Stockholm Environment Institute
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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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🚨 Is meat the new oil?

In a new piece for Verfassungsblog, SEI’s Cleo Verkuijl explores what fossil fuel governance can teach us about transforming industrial meat systems – and how lessons from food can help energy transitions, too.
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As the world grapples with phasing down fossil fuels, another major source of emissions – industrial animal agriculture – demands similar attention.

CLEO VERKUIJL (@cleoverk.bsky.social) outlines five lessons from fossil fuel governance for industrial meat governance.
Quote from our published article by author Cleo Verkuijl: “Our energy and food systems aren't inevitable - they're shaped by policy, choices and power. By learning across sectors, we gain a powerful insight into how we can shift the needle.”
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In May, SEI researchers travelled to #Nigeria to host the SustainFood Collaborative Learning School.

The two-week program connected early career researchers from Africa and US with local communities and farmers to solve issues in #FoodInsecurity.

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How can #agroecology reshape our food systems for people and planet?

SEI’s new collection explores practical, just and sustainable solutions – from project stories to policy insights.

🧵 Explore the page: sei.org/collections/agroecology/
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At #LondonClimateActionWeek we hosted a webinar with @friends-earth.bsky.social that highlighted the need to:

💠 Challenge stereotypes and #ageism
💠 Use age-inclusive and #intergenerational approaches
💠 Include older people in decision-making

Older people help shape climate solutions! 🌏🧩

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On #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons, we recognize the vital role older people can play in climate action. 🏳️💜

Too often seen only as vulnerable, older people bring knowledge, resilience and leadership that make climate action more inclusive and effective. 🔝

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Today marks the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste.

Revisit this SEI report exploring how Southeast Asia is addressing #FLW through agroecology, gender equity and circular innovation – from Bali’s coffee farms to rooftop gardens in Bangkok.

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Transforming food systems in Southeast Asia: the challenge of food loss and waste
This report provides insights for food loss and waste (FLW) reduction across different food systems in Southeast Asia from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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🪴 #RenewableEnergy Auctions in Colombia can foster just energy transitions through enhancing large-scale project benefit sharing and supporting community engagement efforts.

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Photo of white and red wind turbines against a blue sky with black text overlaid reading, "Creating local value: renewable energy auctions in Colombia."
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The event is part of Nordic Climate Dialogues 2025, which brings together Nordic actors in the nexus of climate and development.

#NCD2025 is organized by the @nordicdevfund.bsky.social.

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💸 How can we catalyse finance for #ClimateAction?

Join Måns Nilsson, SEI Executive Director, for "A pathway to profitability – tangible ways to meaningfully involve the private sector in adaptation".

🗓️ 1 October, 9:00–10:30 (CEST)
📍 Online & Helsinki

🖋️ Sign-up for free: buff.ly/uckJsIh
Streaming of Nordic Climate Dialogues 2025
Register to the online event below.
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📢 SEI Latin America is hiring a Research Associate to strengthen our work on #RenewableEnergy in Colombia and the region.

The role focuses on applied research, policy analysis and stakeholder engagement to support inclusive, sustainable energy systems.

Apply by 19 October 2025
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📢 SEI Latin America is hiring a Research Associate to strengthen our work on #RenewableEnergy in Colombia and the region.

The role focuses on applied research, policy analysis and stakeholder engagement to support inclusive, sustainable energy systems.

Apply by 19 October 2025
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📝 A new @trase.earth paper outlines steps to close blind spots in global deforestation policy.

Michael Lathuillière, lead author:

“It is critical to understand how to monitor and evaluate the links between deforestation and agricultural commodity production and consumption.”

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Trase: "It is essential to combine perspectives to limit deforestation"
A new paper by Trase emphasizes the need for governments, companies, and NGOs to combine different perspectives and metrics to prevent blind spots in monitoring deforestation.
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Saša Solujić shared insights from SEI’s BiH SuTra project, highlighting that just transition goes beyond decarbonization — it includes water, agriculture, and biodiversity.

Meaningful change begins with open dialogue and the inclusion of all voices, especially youth.

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🧵 Yesterday, SEI experts joined two key panels at Sarajevo Energy and Climate Week (#SECW).

♻️ Tomas Thernström spoke on turning waste into renewable energy and the need for simple, accessible recycling systems — built through strong collaboration across sectors.

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“Democratic decisions must be allowed to take time,” says SEI’s Annette Löf in this important piece from The Barents Observer on Sámi rights and the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act. 👇
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European energy security and indigenous rights are at stake, and unresolved disputes risk escalating conflicts. In this longread, we explore how the demand for critical minerals and metals are challenging Sámi reindeer herders in the northern regions of Norway and Sweden.
The mineral conflict in the high north
Europe’s demand for critical minerals and metals is growing while Sámi reindeer herders in Norway and Sweden defend their territories and cultural traditions. European energy security and indigenous r...
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📢 #Agri4D is open!

Strong messages this morning on the urgency of tackling food insecurity, building resilience and turning research into impact.

SEI is proud to host SIANI and join the conversation this week. Follow for updates from the conference.
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🌍#Agri4D 2025 is officially open!

This morning’s opening ceremony underscored the growing need for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to engage with the international community and each other to work together towards solutions that benefit all.
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🌱🇧🇦 “This is not just a project — it is a long-term partnership for change.”

In a milestone for the #BiHSuTra project, SEI’s Måns Nilsson joined a Sarajevo Energy & Climate Week side event in Bosnia and Herzegovina to deepen ties for a healthier, low-carbon future.

📷 Jasmin Agovic

#SECW
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📣 #JobAlert | SEI HQ is hiring a Senior Fellow to lead work on sustainable finance and climate investment.

Help cities unlock funding for climate action through Viable Cities and global research.

📄 Full-time, permanent role
📅 Apply by 12 Oct 2025: buff.ly/gCX6wH7
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Accelerating decarbonization through knowledge exchange ⚡🌍

Yesterday, SEI & @leadit.bsky.social hosted a South Korean delegation of journalists & researchers exploring 🇸🇪 Swedish solutions for low carbon steel, cement & transport – featuring insights from LeadIT, Cemvision, Stegra & SEI research. 🌱
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“To me, #CarbonPricing is the essential floor that keeps the decarbonization engine running.”

At #SECW2025 in Sarajevo, SEI's Måns Nilsson shared how 🇸🇪 Sweden’s 1991 carbon tax helped kickstart its energy transition: simple, industry-friendly and growth-positive.
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SEI is proud to present this report with @climateanalytics.org and @iisd.org.

Explore more details, including profiles of 20 major fossil-fuel-producing countries ⤵️

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2023 Home - Production Gap
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To make up for lost ground and steer the world toward a Paris Agreement-aligned track, we must rapidly and steeply wind down #FossilFuel production & use to the lowest levels possible.
Photo of smiling Christiana Figueres, founding partner of Global Optimism and former Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC. A quote next to her photo reads, "Let this report be both a warning and a guide. What we need now is courage and solidarity to move forward at great speed with the just transition." At the bottom reads, "For more information, visit productiongap.org. Next to that are logos of the organizations that produced the report: Stockholm Environment Institute, International Institute for Sustainable Development and Climate Analytics.