Stockholm Environment Institute at York

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Welcome to SEI York

The Stockholm Environment Institute at York is one of the constituent centres of the Stockholm Environment Institute, an independent, international research organisation committed to the implementation of practices supportive of global sustainable development.

SEI conducts a comprehensive research, consulting and training programme which focuses on the links between the ecological, social and economic systems at global, regional and national and local levels.

The York centre is located within the Environment Department at the University.

Themes

SEI is organised around four themes:

Projects

SEI at York have participated in a number of projects. An A-Z of projects is available.

News

Food crops damaged by pollution crossing continents

Thursday 2 February 2012

Man-made air pollution from North America causes Europe to lose 1.2 million tonnes of wheat a year, a new study has found.


Survey asks older people's views on environment

Wednesday 1 February 2012

The elderly are disproportionately affected by environmental problems, but their voices are not often heard on these issues. An international project aims to change that.


Events

Thu
23
Feb

SEI 2nd Annual Seminar - Can Technology Save the Planet?

The York SEI 2012 Annual Seminar will address the role of technology in tackling current and future environmental challenges with contributions from Mark Lynas and Doug Parr followed by discussion.