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Abbreviation
  
SEI

Type
  
Foundation

Official language
  
English

Headquarters
  
Stockholm, Sweden

Staff
  
193 (2014)

Formation
  
1989

Region served
  
International

Executive Director
  
Johan L. Kuylenstierna

Founded
  
1989

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Motto
  
Bridging Science and Policy

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The Stockholm Environment Institute, or SEI, is a non-profit, independent research and policy institute specialising in sustainable development and environmental issues.

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Mission

SEI's mission is to "support decision-making and induce change towards sustainable development around the world by providing integrative knowledge that bridges science and policy in the field of environment and development."

Activities

SEI works on climate change, energy systems, water resources, air quality, land-use, sanitation, food security, and trade issues with the aim to shift policy and practice towards sustainability.

SEI is also commissioned to write reports by third parties.

Specialist programmes

  • Ecological Sanitation Research Programme
  • LEAP: Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning System
  • Resources and Energy Analysis Programme (REAP)
  • Regional Air Pollution In Developing Countries (RAPDIC)
  • Sustainable Mekong Research Network Programme (SUMERNET)
  • weADAPT (weADAPT.org)
  • WEAP: Water Evaluation And Planning System

    • Associated organizations

  • Stockholm Resilience Centre

    • Networks

  • SEI is a partner in the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance network - and was in fact one of the founding organizations in 2007

    • Executive Directors

  • 1989–1990 Gordon T. Goodman
  • 1991-1995 Michael J. Chadwick
  • 1996-1999 Nicholas C. Sonntag
  • 2000 Bert Bolin (interim Executive Director)
  • 2000 Lars J. Nilsson (interim Executive Director)
  • 2000-2004 Roger Kasperson
  • 2004–2012 Johan Rockström
  • 2012–Present Johan L. Kuylenstierna

    • Board of Directors

    SEI is registered in Sweden as a foundation (STIFT THE STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE, SEI) and is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Government of Sweden for terms of four years. The SEI board was first established on 21 June 1989

    List of SEI Board Chairs

  • Gunnar Brodin, Sweden
  • Gordon T. Goodman, United Kingdom
  • Karin Söder, Sweden
  • 2001 Maurice F. Strong, Canada
  • 2001-2009 Lars Anell, Sweden
  • 2009–Present Kerstin Niblaeus, Sweden

    • Centres

    SEI has a total staff of about 181 and operates through seven centres:

  • Stockholm, Sweden (headquarters) (established 1989)
  • US: Boston, MA; Davis, CA; Seattle, WA (established 1989)
  • York, UK (established 1989)
  • Oxford, UK (established 2002)
  • Tallinn, Estonia (established 1992)
  • Bangkok, Thailand (established 2003)
  • Nairobi, Kenya (established 2008)

    • The institute itself is organized into four broad research themes:

  • Managing environmental systems - this includes sustainable urbanization which in turn includes work at the city scale on water resources, sanitation, climate, and sustainable lifestyles
  • Reducing climate risk
  • Transforming governance
  • Rethinking development

    • In addition to these four themes, there is also a China Cluster which operates at a research programme level and is focused on sustainability issues in China

    History

    SEI was established in 1989 as an initiative of the Government of Sweden. The name of the Stockholm Environment Institute is derived from the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm.

    References

    Stockholm Environment Institute Wikipedia
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