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.
SEI is organised around four themes:
SEI at York have participated in a number of projects. An A-Z of projects is available.
Wednesday 4 April 2012
A new report published by SEI entitled "Metals in a Low-Carbon Economy: Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and Business in a Finite World" examines the use of five metals in lowcarbon technologies: cobalt, lithium, neodymium, indium and tellurium.
Tuesday 3 April 2012
A new SEI study shows why development concerns need to be embedded in low-carbon strategies: so that shifts in consumption in high-income countries can bring benefits, not losses, to poor countries.