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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.
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💡 Which trends will shape #climate and #resilience in 2026?

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January 14, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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⛽ SEI experts highlight in @theconversation.com how Nigeria and South Africa's #FossilFuel production plans clash with their climate goals, drawing from findings in the 2025 #ProductionGap report.

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A quote from the commentary by SEI experts Emily Ghosh and Derik Broekhoff that reads: "Since both countries want to continue relying heavily on fossil fuels for revenues and energy needs, this is going to lock them into costly and uncertain energy futures."
January 13, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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NEW:

@lukegooding.bsky.social @robdphillips.bsky.social and Jeremy Keenan share their #EcologicalCitizenship Technologies Framework.

This generative scaffold encourages a planet-centred approach to the creation, development and governance of new technologies.

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Appropriate technologies: for regenerative practices and ecological citizenship, yielding planet-centred design
Introducing a new methodology for designers, technologists and citizens to engage with technologies in an ecologically interdependent world.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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🎤 Live today at 13.30 CET: Stockholm Resilience Centre hosts the Nordic launch of the World Bank’s Rebooting Development, with SEI’s Måns Nilsson on the panel.
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Join us next week for the Nordic launch of Reboot Development: The Economics of a Livable Planet. Be part of a discussion on how to create sustainable economies in line with global environmental goals.
🗓 12 Jan 2026 | 🕜 13.30–15.00 CET
💻 Register: buff.ly/qRwUNoL
January 12, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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📢 #JobAlert

SEI Tallinn is recruiting a Climate and Energy Modelling Expert to deliver policy-relevant analysis on electricity security of supply and low-carbon #EnergySystems, focusing on Moldova and Ukraine.

📄 Nine-month position
⏳ Apply by 31 January 2026
🔗 Apply via CV.ee: buff.ly/HHlApdO
January 11, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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📢 SEI Tallinn is offering an #internship focused on climate risk, adaptation and resilience.

The internship combines research, data analysis, visualization and communication tasks and can be on-site, hybrid or remote.

📧 Apply by 15 January 2026: buff.ly/v8OApim
January 10, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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🗞️ New feature!

Experts from SEI and AIDA explore how science is reshaping climate litigation and the major challenges Latin America and other low-income regions face in accessing scientific evidence.

Read here: buff.ly/vRwfa5U

#ClimateJustice #ClimateLitigation
This image shows an aerial view of a meandering river surrounded by green vegetation with the caption, bridging science and climate justice: perspectives from Latin America.
January 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Doing environmental #CitizenScience with schools? How can you ensure it has enduring impact on students and teachers?

Smriti Safaya shares insights from five years work in Hong Kong and UK schools in this presentation given at #CAPS25.

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#NatureEducation #InclusiveCitSci
Nurture in nature for nurture of nature: SEI at the Conference for Advancing the Participatory Sciences 2025
Smriti Safaya will discuss how to achieve enduring impact from environmental citizen science projects in schools, based on her research in Hong Kong and the UK.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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🌎 The US decision Wednesday to halt support for dozens of international bodies such as @ipcc.bsky.social and @ipbes.net does not change the strength of the US #ClimateChange and #biodiversity knowledge base, SEI US Centre Director @edwardrcarr.com says.
Photo of Ed Carr with the text of his quote reading, "An administration can pull funding, but it can't erase expertise. The United States remains home to world-leading climate and biodiversity research, and that scientific community is not going anywhere."
January 8, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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How can #CitizenScience truly reflect everyone’s voices and experiences?

Join @drrhysarcher.bsky.social and SEI York’s #InclusiveCitSci team at #ECSA2026 @ecsa.ngo for a hands-on session on embedding equity, accessibility and diversity across the project lifecycle.

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Event card. Text is "SEI at ECSA 2026. Inclusive citizen science in practice: learning across borders. European Citizen Science Association. 3-6 March 2026.Oulu, Finland. Early bird rate ends 27 January." Image of three young people in walking clothes and with backpacks leaping across a stream in grassy countryside. Logos for Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York, Inclusive Citizen Science and the European Citizen Science Association.
January 8, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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🌊 How can Swedish port regions prepare for #climate risks and #security threats? A SEI-led project provides support.

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SEI leads project to strengthen Swedish ports’ climate and crisis preparedness
SEI is leading the project Increased Preparedness for Swedish Port Regions which helps ports face both climate risks and the changing security situation.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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🎉 Happy new year!

Thank you to everyone who engages with us and our work!

Did you know we are also active on LinkedIn, Facebook and X?

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January 1, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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💡 What will be the top global trends shaping #climate and #SustainableDevelopment in 2026?

Take our poll to share your views ⤵️
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December 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Growing evidence on the benefits of #forests for #agriculture shows great potential, but the new research can be hard to navigate for decision-makers. SEI's Rafaela Flach led the recently published @fao.org report aiming to help turn this data into actionable insights: www.sei.org/perspectives...
December 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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📢 #JobAlert | Early-career Computer Scientist – AI for Sustainability (Stockholm)

Apply cutting-edge AI methods to real-world environmental and social challenges, working closely with our multidisciplinary research teams.

⏳ Apply by 8 Jan 2026
✍️ Apply: buff.ly/8lAfvXN

#AIforGood
December 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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🇳🇬 🚗 Transport creates 15% of Nigeria’s greenhouse gas emissions.

This December, we teamed up with #UKPACT to equip private firms with the tools to measure emissions and unlock #ClimateFinance.

Find out how: www.sei.org/features/emp...
December 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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The UN has adopted its first-ever resolution on #AI and the environment.

As SEI’s Somya Joshi notes, AI must support — not undermine — the clean #EnergyTransition and avoid repeating extractive mistakes of the past.

🔗 Closed article @climatechangenews.com: www.climatechangenews.com/2025/12/12/u...
UN adopts first-ever resolution on AI impacts to the environment
The UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi gavelled the resolution on artificial intelligence and environment, but removed mentions to AI's water and power use
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December 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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We're tackling environmental injustice by co-developing new marine monitoring tech with local fishing communities on the Yorkshire coast.

Discover how we're building fairer futures for fishing communities 👉 www.sei.org/projects/add...
December 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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More than 93% of Ugandan households use wood and charcoal for cooking, causing #deforestation, #AirPollution and health risks.

To help #Uganda improve health and climate outcomes, a new clean cooking strategy includes targets for 2040 and strong standards to steer the transition.

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The image shows a Ugandan coffee farmer peeling matoke, a vegetable which she grows on her small plot. Over the image, there is text that states Uganda launches first clean cooking strategy to drive a just energy transition.
December 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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📢 #JobAlert

We seek an experienced and highly motivated Senior Researcher to shape global practice, influence policy, and advance equitable, people-centred #ClimateAction.

📍 Location: SEI Oxford (Hybrid)
📅 Start date: May 2026 or earlier
⏳ Apply by 7 Jan 2026
🔗 www.sei.org/people/jobs/...
December 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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#ParisAgreement10

#AirQuality is the forgotten ally of effective climate action.

Tackling #AirPollution could improve planetary health and save millions of lives, writes SEI York's Chris Malley.

Find out how 👉 www.sei.org/perspectives...

#ParisAgreement #ClimateAction
10 Years On, Reflections on the Paris Agreement. 5. Air pollution is an effective and underused measure of - and lever for - the Paris Agreement
December 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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“A COP doesn't end on the final day when the hammer comes down. It ends when the next COP opens,” – @pwatkinson.bsky.social.

Watch our recent dialogue where climate experts from #COP30 shared key takeaways, negotiation insights, and what should happen next.

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Online dialogue: COP30 post-match analysis | 4 December 2025
The Online dialogue: COP30 post-match analysis took place on 4 December 2025, hosted by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) in collaboration with Linköping University and the Centre for Climate…
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December 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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#ParisAgreement10

11. "The #ParisAgreement is a flawed creation, but also resilient. Even the twice-over withdrawal of the world's largest economy has yet to kill it."

It is governments, not the Agreement, who are failing on #ClimateAction, writes Katherine Browne: buff.ly/PRZ65ca
10 Years On. Reflections on the Paris Agreement. 11. The Paris Agreement's weakness is also its strength
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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🧵 Rivers across Washington state, US are #flooding, prompting evacuation orders for 100K people after 10+ in. of rain fell into regional waterways.

As climate change makes such events more frequent and severe, #adaptation tools such as SEI's WEAP will become critical as governments plan ahead.
December 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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🌊 Are you attending #AGU25 next week, remotely or in person?

Check out the latest tools and research from SEI water experts, covering everything from #adaptation to #RemoteSensing.

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December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM