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SEI shares five recommendations ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference

Biodiversity action is falling short – SEI shares five recommendations for building more resilient societies ahead of COP17.
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Partnership in practice for people: SEI and ONWR co-design actionable solutions for water and climate resilience in Thailand

Key messages from the second Joint Steering Committee (JSC) meeting on water-related collaboration between ONWR and SEI Asia ...
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Young people’s experiences of breathing, air pollution and respiratory health in a large African city

In this paper, authors discuss the results of a study which explored adolescents’ lived experiences of breathing, lung health and air pollution in Nairobi, Kenya. “Breathing well”, they found, is far ...
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Media briefing 13 October: SEI experts highlight the key topics to watch at biodiversity COP17

SEI invites journalists to a media briefing where its experts will share their perspectives on key topics ahead of the UN ...
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Uniting citizen science and plural valuation: potential for leveraging transformative change

The authors set out four key leverage points for change, and show where citizen science can strengthen plural valuation at ...
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Assessing environmental justice impacts of California data centre water use

Data centres’ effects on water supply and local populations is a rapidly evolving research topic, and one that must be understood to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goal of clean water and ...
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“The way enthusiasm builds”: frame amplification and emotional reinforcement in participatory policymaking

In this paper, the authors reflect on observations of three UK-based participatory policymaking workshops to examine how emotions both informed and were informed by citizens’ sensemaking schemata – or ...
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Framework for neuro-inclusive digital citizen science: results from the Neuro(Minorities) Science Collaboration

Many digital citizen science participants self-identify as neurodivergent, but digital citizen science projects designed with neuro-inclusive accessibility as a priority are rare. In this paper, the ...
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Meet Marie Jürisoo, Centre Director

You first appeared in Meet SEI in 2018, as Operations Director. What brought you from Stockholm to Bangkok? The short answer is that after seven years as Operations Director, I got itchy feet and ...
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Protecting tropical forests is more cost-effective for biodiversity and climate than restoration

This research compares the cost-effectiveness of different protection strategies in the Brazilian Amazon tropical forest, a globally important area for biodiversity and carbon storage that is ...
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Scaling community energy in the UK: what national policy must address to enable local delivery

This SEI brief aims to inform how the UK’s ambition to expand the number of community-owned, renewable energy sources can translate into practical delivery. It outlines key hurdles that community ...
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Amazonian study identifies most effective ways of conserving biodiversity and carbon

As the 2026 El Niño intensifies across the Amazon, new research highlights the urgent need to better protect the region’s remaining forests from disturbances. While measures to avoid deforestation or ...