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World Water Day 2023

Feature / Water is a central research topic at SEI. This World Water Day, explore SEI's latest research and perspectives on water.

22 March 2023 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Business, Cities, Climate services, Disaster Risk, Food and agriculture, Geopolitics, Participation, Planning and modelling, Pollution, Public policy, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Water resources, Water-Energy-Food Nexus and Wellbeing

Green public procurement: a lever for mitigating European greenhouse gas emissions

SEI brief / The EU's approach to green public procurement is scattered, both across and within Member States. These 17 recommendations can harness GPP's potential.

20 March 2023 / About Business, Public policy, Supply Chains and Transport

An oil pipeline winds through a northern Alaska forest against a mountain skyline.

Planting trees does not make proposed Alaska oil project OK, SEI’s Michael Lazarus tells AP

Media coverage / SEI US Centre Director Michael Lazarus talks to The Associated Press about a contentious oil drilling proposal in Alaska.

28 February 2023 / About Business, Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Pollution and Public policy

Construction cranes and a TV tower are silhouetted against an orange and blue sky in Berlin.

Green public procurement: a key to decarbonizing construction and road transport in the EU

SEI report / Green public procurement can help cut the EU's greenhouse gas emissions. This report details how to boost this policy tool in construction and road transport.

9 February 2023 / About Business, Climate policy, Public policy and Supply Chains

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Q&A: The possibilities of green public procurement with Astrid Nilsson Lewis

Feature / A team of SEI experts published a report on the status of Green Public Procurement in the EU. Lead author Astrid Nilsson Lewis breaks down their findings.

9 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Cities, Climate policy, Fossil fuels, Innovation, Land use, Mitigation, Public policy, Supply Chains and Transport

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Case study: Urban Deli’s digital tool use and sustainability vision

SEI report / A comprehensive qualitative case study of Urban Deli investigated how digital tools support the retailer with necessary information to become more sustainable.

7 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Innovation, Supply Chains and Sustainable lifestyles

Power plant in Denmark emits pollutants against a pink and blue twilight sky.

SEI’s Jindan Gong talks flipping energy crises into energy transitions on podcast

Media coverage / Russia's invasion of Ukraine plunged Europe into an energy crisis. But it provides a chance to spark the green economy, Jindan Gong tells Podcast and Business.

3 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Disaster Risk, Energy access, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Household energy, Mitigation, Public policy, Renewables and Sustainable lifestyles

A section of the Amazon rainforest in Peru is clear-cut, leaving behind a wasteland of fallen trees against a background of lush green forest

Derik Broekhoff speaks to ClimateWire about wild carbon market landscape

Media coverage / In the wake of a Guardian investigation into carbon offsets, SEI Senior Scientist Derik Broekhoff weighs in on carbon markets' validity as a climate solution.

20 January 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Business, Climate policy, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Mitigation, Pollution and Public policy

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Green public procurement: a lever to accelerate the green transition

Event / Watch this informative webinar and discussion highlighting SEI's latest research on how green public procurement can advance the EU's climate goals.

About Business, Climate policy and Public policy