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Improved REAP-Petite for Climate Week

Monday 4 March 2013

Measure the impacts of your energy, travel, shopping and hobbies


SEI ranked as 6th Environment "Think Tank" in the World

Friday 25 January 2013

SEI improves its position for the third year in a row.


Senior Researchers (3 Positions) in Sustainable Development

Friday 14 December 2012

Exciting possibilities to work for one of the World's Top Environment Think Tanks


REAP Petite relaunched

Friday 16 November 2012

New enhanced version of online community carbon calculator


Lord Mayor to plant Jubilee Royal Oak in New Earswick

Monday 12 November 2012

The Lord Mayor of York is to plant a Royal Oak in his own ward of New Earswick this Saturday to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.


New Report - Metals in a Low-Carbon Economy

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.


Decreasing trade to cut emissions may squeeze poor countries’ incomes

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.


Release the pressure - a broader view of the value of water

Monday 12 March 2012

Value ecosystems not just crops when managing water use, says UN Report prepared by SEI.


SEI helps Vietnam consider rice as feedstock

Tuesday 14 February 2012

SEI helps the University of York forge links with Vietnam into researching the feasibility of using rice straw as a biorefinery feedstock rather than being burnt outside in the paddy fields.


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.