policy engagement Archives

Flooded Venice with a lineup of empty chairs partially submerged in water, highlighting the impact of high tide events.

Q&A: Unpacking the European Climate Risk Assessment with Mikael Allan Mikaelsson

Feature / Mikaelsson discusses the first-of-its-kind assessment, emphasizing the urgency of adapting policies to mitigate climate risks.

11 March 2024 / About Adaptation, Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Public policy and Supply Chains

Flags of various countries flapping in front of the UN Headquarters in New York City with the sun shining in the background.

Obsessive measurement disorder or pragmatic bureaucracy? Coping with uncertainty in development aid relations

Past event / Join Susanna Alexius and SEI's Janet Vähämäki as they discuss their findings from their newly released book.

06 March 2024 / About Finance and Public policy

Flags fly outside the General Secretariat Building at the United Nations Headquarters

Obsessive measurement disorder or pragmatic bureaucracy?

Other publication / This book examines issues in performance measurement and monitoring in the context of the complex field of development aid.

5 March 2024 / About Finance and Public policy

Genesee – Finger Lakes Emissions Scenario Analysis

Other publication / The Climate Solutions Accelerator of the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region and SEI US have been assessing the region's climate footprint and generating solutions.

1 February 2023 / About Climate policy, Planning and modelling, Pollution and Public policy

Genesee – Finger Lakes Emissions Inventory

Other publication / The Climate Solutions Accelerator of the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region and SEI US have been assessing the region's climate footprint and generating solutions.

1 February 2024 / About Business, Climate policy, Household energy, Mitigation, Pollution and Public policy

Brick buildings on the along a bollarded road on the edge of the river Ouse in York.

Major partnership to address policy challenges in Yorkshire and the Humber

Press release / SEI will join a research partnership to aid vital decision-making in the Yorkshire and Humber region, announced this press release from the University of Leeds.

14 February 2024 / About Public policy

View of Port of Luanda and an oil refinery off the coast of Luanda, Angola.

Development transitions for fossil fuel-producing low and lower–middle income countries in a carbon-constrained world

Journal article / Researchers explore three types of development transitions for low- and lower-middle-income countries that transition to low-carbon development.

8 February 2024 / About Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Mitigation, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Supply Chains and Sustainable lifestyles

Young African woman cooks a meal over a wood-burning fire outside a brick house in Malawi

The quiet triumph of COP28: clean cooking

Feature / We speak with SEI US clean cooking expert Rob Bailis on how COP28 delivered for an issue that affects climate and development alike.

7 February 2024 / About Energy access, Finance, Forests, Household energy, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

The Okavanga Delta stream winds through green vegetation in Botswana.

WEAP winter 2024 basic training: register today

Past event / SEI scientists will host a three-day training on WEAP, SEI's flagship water modelling software, on 29 and 31 January and 2 February. Register today.

29 January 2024 / About Adaptation, Cities, Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Food and agriculture, Planning and modelling, Public policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals and Water resources