Stockholm Environment Institute
We are an international non-profit research institute that tackles environment and sustainable development challenges. Through SEI’s HQ and seven centres around the world, we engage with policy, practice and development action for a sustainable future.
- How can sustainable living go mainstream? At #SCORAI2025, SEI shared tools and insights to help cities enable sustainable living – from the Consumption Compass to place-based futuring in Malmö. Get key takeaways and reflections on how fair, local solutions can drive big change: 🔗 buff.ly/JrkCA56
- Join us on 20 May for the launch of SEI’s Consumption Compass 2.0 – a free, interactive tool that shows how household #consumption in Sweden impacts the climate. 🇸🇪 10:00 CEST (Swedish session) 🇬🇧 15:00 CEST (English session) 📍 Online Registration and details ⤵️
- One of the many effects of slashing USAID is a funding loss for #CleanCooking programs and businesses in Africa, intended to improve both human and environmental health. SEI US's clean cooking expert, Senior Scientist Rob Bailis, comments on this setback and its implications for Africa.
- 🌍 weADAPT wants your feedback! Take a quick 10-min survey to help shape how the platform supports climate adaptation work globally. As a thank you, get a free personalized tutorial to boost your impact. Start here 👉 buff.ly/meY4b1K
- The US will retire its extreme weather database, which has tracked billion-dollar weather and climate disasters since 1980. Such disasters have incurred USD 2.945 trillion in damage during that time. US Centre Director @edwardrcarr.com says this is a loss the US cannot afford.
- Our @trase.earth partner Global Canopy’s #Forest500 report "Companies profit, forests fall" is now launched. 🌳 With major forests like the #Amazon at risk of reaching a tipping point, urgent action is needed to tackle #deforestation in supply chains. 📊 forest500.org/reports/ @globalcanopy.org
- 🔬 Out of the lab and into the kitchen This new paper explores how three #microbiology projects used #CitizenScience methods to engage participants in co-designing research questions and #DataCollection. The authors share learnings from each project & share key recommendations: buff.ly/zajapOQ
- SEI was honoured to welcome Ambassador Patricia Godinez and other distinguished members of the Latin American and Caribbean diplomatic corps in Sweden. Hosted by Måns Nilsson and Karina Barquet, the visit offered a valuable exchange on climate, water, oceans and the bioeconomy.
- 🔴 STARTING NOW Leading researchers and practitioners in artificial intelligence and global governance will discuss various aspects of research and decision-making in the realm of #AI. Join us 👇
- The Pint of Science festival is here! Researchers from SEI at the University of York will share vital studies on water, peatlands and sustainable communities. Engage with leading scientists and learn about impactful science. Join us: www.sei.org/events/pint-... #Pint25
- 📣 TODAY | How can #AI support a sustainable, equitable future? Join our high-level dialogue on AI governance with top thinkers and policymakers, co-hosted with the Stockholm Centre on Global Governance (SCGG) at Stockholm University. 🕒 15:00 CEST 🎥 Livestream:
- 🌳 Trees clean our air, cool our cities and boost urban life. Discover their power at the 2025 #UrbanTreeFestival! Join the Branching Out project for several free online events celebrating urban forests. Sign up: www.sei.org/events/2025-... #UrbanTrees
- Ecological citizenship practices connect the public, scientific researchers & decision-makers to co-design #sustainability solutions. Could it be the key to unlocking engaged, positive #climate action from individuals & communities? Discover more: buff.ly/EaNYQxn @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social
- 📣 INTERNSHIP | Join SEI Asia to support gender-transformative climate finance solutions across the Asia-Pacific. Work on #GESI, data and policy engagement with a dynamic regional team. Apply by 25 May 👉 buff.ly/uaUuG1H
- 🌐 On Tuesday – experts, policymakers and practitioners will explore the fast-evolving intersection of #AI and global governance. Speakers include: Somya Joshi (SEI), Victor Galaz @sthlmresilience.bsky.social and Jonas Tallberg (SCGG). 🖥️ Online, 6 May, 15:00 CEST www.sei.org/events/globa...
- ⚡ This week's blackout in Spain wasn’t about “too much renewables” – it was about too little grid investment. In her latest SEI perspective, Maria Xylia explains why Europe must boost flexibility, interconnections and resilience now. Read it here: buff.ly/jdMrQwM #EnergyTransition
- 📝 #Agri4D is open for registration! Organized by @sianiagri.bsky.social – hosted by SEI, @slu-global.bsky.social and @sidasweden.bsky.social – the conference brings together science, policy and practice to reach #SDG2: #ZeroHunger.
- 🎙️ Latest episode of "Power in Balance": SEI's Katarina Inga talks to Sámi reindeer herder Jörgen Stenberg and Canadian @uoft.bsky.social scholar and #IndigenousRights advocate Ted Chamberlin to explore the deep ties between land, culture and storytelling. Listen now: buff.ly/zRAV9mK
- What next for #deforestation footprinting? The availability of different methodologies is one of the field's greatest strengths, but developing capacities to harmonize their insights is an emerging priority: buff.ly/OUZPGVQ @natureportfolio.nature.com @goetheuni.bsky.social #Agriculture #Trade
- US government funding for #climate research continues to face cuts, this week with the dismissal of nearly 400 authors for the next National Climate Assessment. SEI US Centre Director @edwardrcarr.com weighs in.
- New: Researchers used standardized input data to assess how three globally recognized #biodiversity indicators measure #agriculture's impact in the Cerrado. They found that effective measurement of land use change impact requires careful pairing of indicator & research question ⤵️
- 📢 #JobAlert | Engagement and Impact Director (SEI HQ 🇸🇪) ✅ Lead global policy engagement and influence strategies ✅ Strengthen SEI’s institutional impact worldwide ✅ Support research teams to drive change at critical policy moments ⌛ Deadline: 9 May 2025 🔗 buff.ly/7joVuPE
- How can islands go fully renewable? Join us at the #CE4EUislands Forum 2025 to find out! ✅ Discover insights from the #30for30 initiative ✅ Explore leading renewable projects ✅ Engage in interactive working groups 📅 14–15 May 2025 📍 São Miguel, Azores 🇵🇹 Register: buff.ly/YJL4ZrO
- Attending the 2025 Conference for Advancing the Participatory Sciences? Join Smriti Safaya to discover how environmental #CitizenScience projects can achieve an enduring impact on students and teachers. 📆 29 May 🕒 09:15-10:30 PDT 📍 Portland, Oregon buff.ly/uOTDLdP #NatureEducation
- From unsafe and underused to green, accessible and empowering. Medan’s Terminal Binjai tells a change story worth sharing – where inclusive design, local voices, and smart mobility converge. See the transformation ⤵️
- 🇸🇪🤝🇷🇸 Serbia’s Ambassador to Sweden, Jelena Čukić Matić, met with SEI Executive Director Måns Nilsson and the SEI Environmental Strategy and Policy Team. The meeting launched a dialogue on building an institutional partnership to support Serbia’s sustainability transformation.
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- Reposted by Stockholm Environment Institute🔟Over the past ten years Trase has become a globally recognised source of data and intelligence, bringing transparency and accountability to deforestation in global supply chains. 🔎Read about Trase’s achievements to date in this insight from founding partner @sei.org ⬇️ www.sei.org/features/tac...
- 📽️ What’s it like to intern at SEI? Meet Theodor Wagner Robinson as he reflects on how his SEI #internship shaped his career path, connected with his academic background, and the key lessons he took with him. Get a glimpse into the real impact of interning at SEI! 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmhN...
- 📢 #JobAlert | SUMERNET Program Manager (SEI Asia 🇹🇭) Lead one of Southeast Asia’s key sustainability networks. Oversee @sumernet.bsky.social and advance climate resilience and policy engagement across the Mekong. ⌛ Deadline: 1 May 2025 🔗 Apply now: sei.org/people/jobs/...
- 🔌The #EnergyTransition poses an opportunity to foster fairer, more inclusive economies the world over. Governments & industries must place #GenderEquality at the center of this shift, SEI experts say, which would support people of all identities & abilities. Read their insights 👇🏾 buff.ly/IEx5hNY
- What #wildlife do you see locally? Record your sightings 25 -28 April as part of the global #CityNatureChallenge. No expertise needed!🌿🐦⬛🐛 Discover how to get involved in #York and around the world 👇 www.sei.org/events/york-... @inaturalist.bsky.social #CitizenScience #Biodiversity #Nature
- 🔟 Explore 10 years with Trase – tackling #deforestation. "Trase provides unique, reliable data that inform our global work to stop deforestation, protect nature, and fight climate change," said Alex Armstrong, Vice President of External Affairs, Mighty Earth. 👇 www.sei.org/features/tac...
- A team of scientists convened farmers, policymakers & practitioners in Uganda to investigate the locally adaptable ways to improve resource management in agriculture. A journal article co-authored by SEI experts shares the insights they gained. Read more 👇🏾
- 📢 #InternshipAlert | Event Coordination (SEI HQ 🇸🇪) Support impactful events and help to connect research real world change. Gain hands-on experience in event planning, logistics & comms. 🫂 Open to students 🗓️ Sep 2025–Jan 2026 📝 Apply by 27 April: buff.ly/3Tbefyq
- 📢 #InternshipAlert | Finance for Sustainable Development (SEI HQ 🇸🇪) Explore how investments can drive sustainable development in low- & lower-middle-income countries. 📄 Full-time, 6 months (Aug–Dec 2025) ⌛ Apply by 27 Apr 2025: buff.ly/KzOn5Eq
- Numbers alone often fall short when presenting scientific findings, especially to everyday people. The challenge is to blend data, narrative, and design to make #ClimateScience relatable and actionable. 🌱 Explore insights from our latest piece: www.sei.org/perspectives...
- 364 staff. 240+ projects. 5.6B media reach. 454M SEK income. The SEI annual report 2024 is live – and it is packed with the data, stories and people powering change. 📖 sei.org/annual-report-2024/
- “Good policy doesn’t stop at promoting sustainable products – nor should it shame those who can’t choose differently.” SEI’s Laura Del Duca and Carla Liera contribute to this CBC Radio feature and podcast on periods, climate and access. Listen + read:
- 🎥 WATCH: Introducing the EU Green Policy Tracker — a new tool by SEI that monitors how #EU environmental and climate policies are being implemented at national level. 📍 First case studies: Sweden & Estonia 🧵 More below on why this matters ⬇️
- Nearly 50 countries and cities pledged at the WHO conference in Cartagena to halve air pollution by 2040. SEI’s Jenniffer Pedraza shares key insights on how to turn these commitments into real progress toward clean air for all ⤵️
- SEI researchers introduce a new framework for assessing risk ownership of transboundary climate change. A perfect example of the complexities involved: Norwegian-grown salmon fed with Brazilian soy products. Read more ⬇️
- Did you know that traditional clothing manufacturing generates an average of 18% textile waste? It doesn't have to! SEI Tallinn and partners are helping producers implement the value-added upcycling model #UPMADE for more sustainable production. See more: buff.ly/F4xp4vA
