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17 July 2025

SEI is working with countries to meet their commitments to the Global Methane Pledge through the development of action plans, roadmaps and funding strategies.

25 June 2025

We are looking for a part-time team member who will support an exciting new citizen science project: Action for Quality Aquatic environments, in which members of the public will carry out water quality monitoring. Apply by 20th July.

24 June 2025

SEI’s Kevin Hicks and Katy Brooke reflect on the recent African Clean Air Programme (ACAP) Roadmap meeting in Accra, sharing key insights, outcomes and what comes next in the drive to improve air quality and support sustainable development across Africa.

6 May 2025

SEI's project transformed a transit hub in Indonesia through community design, offering a replicable model for inclusive urban renewal.

15 June 2023

For the academic year 2023/24, the University of York is offering new learning pathways for students.

13 June 2023

The children's news programme visited a school where pupils were investigating their classroom's air quality using the SAMHE monitor and Web App.

9 June 2023

Dr Pateman will present a paper on our citizen science work at this hybrid event

24 May 2023

Dr Archer will discuss her work on the SAMHE project and childhood exposure to air pollution with other air quality experts

12 May 2023

In a debate facilitated by cross-party think tank Policy Connect, Dr Sarah West from SEI York joined a panel of experts to discuss indoor air pollution with cross-party representatives from the UK government. The debate aimed to develop solutions for clean air and thereby improve health outcomes.

11 May 2023

Do you have a research background in environmental science and want to join our international team developing mitigation strategies for tackling air pollution and climate change? Apply for our Research Associate role.

4 May 2023

The Schools’ Air Quality Monitoring for Health and Education project is seeking 2000 schools for the study in order to build a broad picture of air quality in primary and secondary education settings in the UK.

24 April 2023

The Schools' Air Quality Monitoring for Health and Education project launches this week

20 April 2023

Do you have financial administration experience in a busy office within a large/complex organisation? If this is you and you're excited to support the work that SEI does, apply for our Centre Finance Administrator role.

27 March 2023

In the op-ed "The air is killing us. We know what we must do but will we?" Syeda Hadika Jamshaid and Chris Malley, SEI Research Fellow in York, explain why action on air pollution is critical

27 March 2023

Researchers at the universities of York and Heriot-Watt are asking the over 60s to share their experience of how storms, flooding and heatwaves have affected their lives as part of a nationwide study on healthy ageing and climate change.

26 January 2023

Are you interested in collating and assessing literature on the topic of heather management on peatlands? Are you good at engaging in collaborative research, with well-developed organisational skills?

16 January 2023

The Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre is York’s centre for research, teaching and partnership for global development.

19 December 2022

Global Environmental Impacts of Consumption Indicator (GEIC) developed by SEI and partners to assess the sustainability of consumption is adopted as part of a historic new deal to protect nature agreed today at COP 15 in Montreal.

19 December 2022

Read the latest issue of the SEI York newsletter, focused on COP27 and climate change.

19 December 2022

Read new papers and reports on development finance directed to nature-based solutions, climate migration as an adaptive strategy, creative participatory approaches for inclusive climate resilient transport in Africa, and more.

1 December 2022

Are you a dynamic and organised individual interested in supporting our communications specialists on a wide range of projects and centre-level communications?

23 November 2022

PhD student Ying Wang shows that spending time in natural environments in childhood leads to more attachment to these environs in adulthood.

23 November 2022

We are accepting applications for a fully funded 4-year environmental PhD project.

22 November 2022

Do you have a good understanding of the science underpinning environment and development issues and a good knowledge of the science-policy interface? We are recruiting for two Communications Specialists.

16 November 2022

Would you like to join a highly motivated team at one of the World's leading environmental think tanks? We're looking for an Administrator to assist with supporting day to day operations.

5 October 2022

UK schoolchildren can now interact with live data on their classroom air quality through the SAMHE project.

4 October 2022

Read the latest issue of the SEI York newsletter, focused on clean air and climate issues.

15 September 2022

Eight countries in South Asia are recommitting to work together to reduce the severe and widespread health and economic impacts of air pollution in the region.

15 September 2022

Read new papers and reports on agriculture-driven deforestation, Togo's integrated climate change and air pollution mitigation assessment and lessons from innovations in village governance in Vanuatu.

14 September 2022

SEI York now produces a bimonthly newsletter. The second issue is due out this month so sign up now to stay up to date with our latest research!

14 April 2022

SEI York invites you to attend our Celebration Event on Monday 25 April 2022 at 1.30pm. The event will celebrate the renewed partnership between SEI and the University of York.

28 January 2022

Three new SEI publications on the role of learning in farmer-led innovation, health and wellbeing in cities in the Global South and collaborative pathways to sustainability transformations.

6 January 2022

What risks and opportunities are surfacing? What issues warrant greater attention? Take part in the free online event on 12 January as SEI experts offer their perspectives.

29 December 2021

Looking for ideas for green New Year's resolutions? Follow these six tips from SEI researchers to have a more sustainable year in 2022.

19 December 2021

SEI York Centre Director Sarah West was featured on BBC Breakfast at the York Christmas Market to discuss how people can have a more green and sustainable Christmas.

17 December 2021

SEI researchers offer advice on how to have a more environmentally friendly Christmas this year.

17 December 2021

City planning needs to consider livability and resident well-being alongside equality of environmental and economic development: new research from SEI's Initiative on City Health and Wellbeing.

10 December 2021

Join us as we celebrate the United Nations Day of Human Rights and #StandUp4HumanRights.

6 December 2021

Three new SEI publications on cross-border climate impacts, co-created transdisciplinary approaches to local air pollution research, and how we can enable sustainable trade.

30 November 2021

SEI's Jessica Slater helps Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith consider the environmental impact of lighting their firepit and cooking bacon each Saturday.

15 November 2021

Three new SEI publications on a range of topics from delivering urban wellbeing in the global south, overcoming siloed thinking about food loss and waste, and why consumer countries' laws to tackle commodity-linked deforestation is insufficient.

12 November 2021

As COP26 draws to a close, global leaders have spoken about their plans to tackle climate change. SEI’s Chris Malley was interviewed by BBC Radio York to discuss his thoughts on COP26 and the results that will come of it.

11 November 2021

Pick your read from seven new SEI publications on a range of topics from nature-based outdoor activities for mental and physical health to assessing transboundary climate risks in agricultural commodity flows.

9 November 2021

Leading brands including Tesco, Nestle, Sainsbury’s, Nando’s, KFC UK and Ireland, Morrisons and McDonald’s UK and Ireland have signed up to the new UK Soy Manifesto. They have committed to buying only soya that has been grown without deforestation or removal of native vegetation, by 2025.

3 November 2021

A NEW practical guide for businesses on how to measure air pollution across value chains is being developed by SEI and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition in partnership with IKEA. It was launched at COP26 and will support companies to understand their impact on air quality and take necessary actions to reduce their emissions to contribute to better health for people and the planet.

1 November 2021

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned global leaders that humanity has “run down the clock” on climate change and it’s now one minute to midnight. SEI’s Chris Malley shares his thoughts with BBC Radio York from inside the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow.

18 October 2021

Aftonbladet ran an article about methane gas leaking from fibre banks in Swedish rivers and asked SEI’s Johan Kuylenstierna about the importance of tackling methane gas emissions in the fight against climate change.

14 October 2021

As COP15 of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity talks began last week, The Guardian ran an article on the five main drivers of biodiversity loss and how countries can collectively act to tackle them. SEI’s Kevin Hicks was asked about the issue of nitrogen pollution.

1 October 2021

Learn more about what SEI is doing to support sustainable cities for the health and well-being of their inhabitants and the planet. #UrbanOctober

22 September 2021

SEI Research Fellow Simon Croft was quoted in the Phys.org news blog on his contribution to a new SEI report “Climate Change, Trade, and Global Food Security: A Global Assessment of Transboundary Climate Risks in Agricultural Commodity Flows”.

22 September 2021

SEI Research Associate Eleni Michalopoulou features on a Russian television news segment discussing how researchers have managed to “farm” coffee in Finland through growing cells in a bioreactor.

21 September 2021

SEI’s Chris West was one of a team of experts consulted by Women’s Health Magazine to help create their list of the top 30 best health food products. Chris explains the environmental issues linked to dairy, coffee and meat consumption and suggests ways we can shrink our environmental footprint when doing our food shopping.

7 September 2021

Find out more how SEI is supporting the day and is contributing to #HealthyAirHealthyPlanet.

25 August 2021

Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at York researcher Dr Eleni Michalopoulou has contributed to a new COP26 Universities Network Briefing, advising on environmental solutions that are actionable now, as well as research priorities for the next decade.

19 August 2021

World Athletics builds on SEI’s air pollution research to introduce Phase 2 of their air quality project – a new method of monitoring air pollution in Nairobi.

17 August 2021

Read the new publications released by SEI - a commodity supply mix for more regionalized life cycle assessments; and six modes of co-production for sustainability.

11 August 2021

SEI York researchers are taking part in a ÂŁ2.3mn, UKRI funded project, to improve understanding of the functions and services provided by treescapes.

6 August 2021

Integrating assessments of agricultural systems can reduce emissions and improve health, new research suggests.

4 August 2021

Take part in SEI-hosted online sessions at World Water Week from 23-27 August as we discuss water governance, sanitation, blue finance and sustainability.

14 July 2021

SEI Research Associate Eleni Michalopoulou was featured on a Russian television news segment highlighting the value of celebrity involvement in environmental issues.

8 July 2021

SEI Research Associate Eleni Michalopoulou featured on a Russian television news segment to discuss the new EU law to ban single-use plastics.

1 July 2021

SEI Senior Research Fellow Chris Malley was interviewed by Neena Bhandari from SciDev.Net about a recent SEI study linking agriculture production, unhealthy diets and rising greenhouse gas emissions.

7 June 2021

Long-term research is required to understand the true impacts of different peatland management techniques. For the last 20 years, SEI has studied the effect of different management practices on UK peatlands.

5 June 2021

With an increasing range of data, methods and tools now available, SEI is at the forefront of research to understand how these embedded biodiversity losses flow through global supply chains.

25 May 2021

We need to rethink the old boundaries of water governance. Traditional units of governance in water management are spatial or biogeographical, watersheds, basins or catchments. Watersheds transcend political, cultural and national boundaries, but their governance is stuck in administrative settings that reflect small-scale national priorities. Those affected directly by water decision-making are left out, along with their environmental concerns.

24 May 2021

How did SEI respond to COVID-19, and how is it contributing to a green recovery?

12 May 2021

The launch of the new Global Methane Assessment last week identifies an important opportunity to reduce the rate of global warming and achieve significant health and development benefits by reducing methane emissions from human sources.

7 May 2021

BBC News Chief Environment Correspondent Justin Rowlatt interviews SEI researcher Eleni Michalopoulou about the new Global Methane Assessment on the 6 o’clock news.

6 May 2021

The assessment shows how human-caused methane emissions can be reduced by up to 45% this decade.

6 May 2021

A Global Methane Assessment released today by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), with support from SEI researchers, shows that human-caused methane emissions can be reduced by up to 45% this decade. Such reductions would avoid nearly 0.3°C of global warming by 2045 and would be consistent with keeping the Paris Climate Agreement’s goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5˚C, within reach.

21 April 2021

SEI York’s Chris West is quoted in a Sky News article about the UK’s carbon footprint reduction.

21 April 2021

More than 300,000 responses to the WWF carbon footprint calculator shows an average 17% reduction in footprint.

21 April 2021

More than 300,000 responses to the WWF carbon footprint calculator shows an average 17% reduction in footprint.

30 March 2021

Chris West was quoted in this Guardian article on the impacts of western consumption on global deforestation.

16 February 2021

There is a clear link between reduced greenhouse gas emissions and better health. A new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health shows how millions of premature deaths can be avoided – if the countries tighten their climate work.

12 February 2021

It’s no secret that disposable nappies generate huge amounts of plastic waste, with three billion thrown away each year in the UK according to recycling charity WRAP. Are biodegradable nappies the answer if you’re trying to be a more sustainable parent?

21 January 2021

On his first day in office, President Joe Biden declared to make progress on his climate agenda, including taking executive action to limit methane pollution from new and existing oil and gas operations. SEI expert on air pollution Dr. Johan C.I Kuylenstierna reacts to the decision.

13 November 2020

An interview with key researchers on a project in Bangladesh that evaluated the local air pollution and human health impacts of policies that help mitigate global climate change.

5 November 2020

An interview with Steve Cinderby and Diane Archer about SEI's project, City Health and Wellbeing.

4 November 2020

SEI's Rachel Pateman suggests how citizen science can address chemical and waste issues that threaten public health and the environment

28 September 2020

See SEI's groundbreaking work on the ocean and biodiversity.

24 September 2020

The COVID-19 recovery offers a window to develop and implement climate action plans that integrate planning on energy, health and sustainable development towards a more sustainable and resilient recovery. SEI research comprises tools for and insights into such synergistic planning, and highlights how policies on fossil fuel production, air pollution and industry transition can be harnessed for more ambitious and effective NDCs.

8 September 2020

Webinars, policy brief, interactive guide and rock star support.

7 September 2020

Nairobi, 7 September 2020 – As the world celebrates the first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, a new assessment is being developed to illustrate how Africa can achieve key development goals, provide clean air for its people, and help the global fight against climate change. The assessment aims to inform decision making for sustainable economic development in Africa.

4 September 2020

As the global community prepares to mark the first International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, countries of all income and development levels are demonstrating that a focus on local air pollution can raise ambition needed to address global climate change.

4 September 2020

SEI provides policy advice and measures for addressing air pollution, health and climate change mitigation on the first UN International Day of Clean Air for blue skies.

24 July 2020

SEI and Dept of Environment and Geography join new clean air network.

15 July 2020

Research by SEI is contributing to heated debates about the best way to manage one of the UK’s most precious upland habitats.

3 July 2020

Kevin Hicks, International Nitrogen Initiative (INI) Europe Director contributed to the July issue of Air Quality News newsletter talking about the impact of ammonia emissions.

1 June 2020

In Post COVID-19 recovery, public green spaces should play a key role in “building back better”.

27 May 2020

The Scientific Advisory Panel of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition – which includes SEI Research Leader Johan C.I. Kuylenstierna – formally issued a call to the global scientific and policy community to work together to help the world recover from the Covid-19 crisis. Published by the International Journal of Public Health, the call urges economic stimulus efforts that make needed connections between health, air pollution, climate and the environment.

20 May 2020

Where you live, your income, and how your government has responded to the pandemic can result in critical differences in the availability and accessibility of green spaces, as shown here by the experience of SEI researchers around the world. In the recovery, public green spaces should play a key role in “building back better”.

15 May 2020

During the years 2015-2019, SEI invested in research, tool development and capacity enhancement as part of an initiative on Low Emissions Development Pathways (LED-P Initiative).Read about the outcomes and achievements of the work creating an integrated framework for climate change and air pollution, along with easy-to-use planning and analytical tools.

13 May 2020

Covid-19 is an unprecedented public health crisis, but it also offers a unique opportunity to revive our societies. Here, SEI experts make recommendations for a sustainable recovery, focusing on policies to promote equity, resilience and green growth.

23 April 2020

Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, SEI conducted a group question-and-answer session to discuss known and emerging issues about air pollution. Senior Research Fellow Chris Malley, Research Leader Johan C.I. Kuylenstierna, and Acting Africa Centre Director Philip Osano answered questions posed by Communications Officer Karen Brandon.

21 April 2020

Even if you are isolating, there are a range of citizen science initiatives that can help you connect with and support nature.

22 March 2020

SEI’s Marisa Escobar, Alison Dyke and Hector Angarita introduce the SEI Initiative on Water Beyond Boundaries and how it will help to break down barriers to sustainable water management for all.

6 March 2020

Sustainable consumption and production is often treated as a single concept, but the two agendas have, in practice, operated in virtual isolation – often talking about each other, but rarely interacting, and in the process critically weakening both. In 2015, SEI launched a new research initiative to explore why that is, and how to get the two working together.

3 March 2020

Bringing her passion and inspiration to the role.

31 January 2020

SEI is ranked as the world’s top think tank on environmental policy issues in the University of Pennsylvania’s 2019 Global Go To Think Tanks Index, billed as the “premier database and measure of world think tanks”.

31 January 2020

SEI is ranked as the world’s top think tank on environmental policy issues in the University of Pennsylvania’s 2019 Global Go To Think Tanks Index, billed as the “premier database and measure of world think tanks”.

15 January 2020

Are you a great communicator and passionate about the environment? We're looking for a Communications Specialist to ensure our research makes an impact across the globe.

17 October 2019

Environmental and atmospheric scientists at the University of York and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) have been awarded £674,000 for a research project which aims to measure air pollution in some of West Africa’s fastest growing cities.

23 May 2019

We answer those questions put to us during the last School Climate Change Strike

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