New publications from SEI

News | Posted on Thursday 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.

Person tending lavender plant. Photo: Kaur Kristjan / Unsplash.
Person tending lavender plant. Photo: Kaur Kristjan / Unsplash.

Nature-based outdoor activities for mental and physical health: Systematic review and meta-analysis

This paper presents a systematic review of the controlled and uncontrolled evidence for outdoor nature-based interventions (NBIs) to improve adult mental health in community based (non-hospital) settings. It identifies which of the reviewed NBIs are most effective and what format and dose is most efficacious.

Coventry, P.A., Brown, J.V.E., Pervin, J., Brabyn, S., Pateman, R., Breedvelt, J., Gilbody, S., Stancliffe, R., McEachan, R. and White, P.C.L. (2021). Nature-based outdoor activities for mental and physical health: Systematic review and meta-analysis. SSM - Population Health, 16. 100934. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100934
 
 

Which forest-risk commodities imported to the UK have the highest overseas impacts? A rapid evidence synthesis

This paper describes a rapid evidence synthesis to identify which forest-risk commodities imported to the UK have the highest overseas impacts.

Molotoks, A. and West, C. (2021). Which forest-risk commodities imported to the UK have the highest overseas impacts? A rapid evidence synthesis. Emerald Open Research, 3. 22. http://doi.org/10.35241/emeraldopenres.14306.1
 
Note: this paper is currently inversion 1; peer review: awaiting peer review.
 
 

Integration of climate change mitigation and sustainable development planning: lessons from a national planning process in Nigeria

In this journal article, researchers from SEI York discuss climate change mitigation and sustainable development planning in Nigeria.
 
Malley, C., Omotosho, D., Bappa, B., Jibril, A., Tarfa, P., Roman, M., Hicks, K., Kuylenstierna, J., Sandez, C. and Lefevre, E. (2021) Integration of climate change mitigation and sustainable development planning: Lessons from a national planning process in Nigeria. Environmental Science and Policy, 125. 66-75. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.08.022.
 

Climate change, trade, and global food security: A global assessment of transboundary climate risks in agricultural commodity flows

This report provides a first systematic, quantitative assessment of transboundary climate risks to trade in major agricultural commodities – maize, rice, wheat, soy, sugar cane, and coffee.

Adams, K.M., Benzie, M., Croft, S. & Sadowski, S. (2021). Climate Change, Trade, and Global Food Security: A Global Assessment of Transboundary Climate Risks in Agricultural Commodity Flows. SEI Report. Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm. https://doi.org/10.51414/sei2021.009

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Citizen science and the Sustainable Development Goals in low and middle income country cities

This paper addresses challenges faced by low and middle income country  (LMICs) cities using citizen science to enhance official data monitoring of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and calls for greater support for them.

Pateman, R., Tuhkanen, H. and Cinderby, S. (2021). Citizen Science and the Sustainable Development Goals in Low and Middle Income Country Cities. Sustainability, 13(17). 9534. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179534

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Urban air pollution and children in low- and middle-income countries

This evidence into action brief summarises the state of research on the topic of urban air pollution in low- and middle-income countries and its impacts on children, and proposes ideas for action.

West, S., Loh, M., Malley, C., and Bowyer, C. (2021) Urban air pollution and children in low- and middle-income families: Global Alliance - Cities 4 Children: Research Series: Cities for Children and Youth.

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Creating a practical guide to quantify and reduce air pollution from businesses

SEI, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and IKEA are partners in a project to create a practical guide to help businesses develop their own air pollutant emission inventories. The guide is being devised to set out a process for businesses to track and ultimately reduce these emissions across their value chains. This brief outlines the genesis, concept and aims of the project.

Michalopoulou. E., Kuylenstierna, J., Malley, C., Borgford-Parnell, N., Galef, A. A. and Holmberg, L., (2021). Creating a practical guide to quantify and reduce air pollution from businesses. SEI brief.
 

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Frances Dixon

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frances.dixon@york.ac.uk
+44 (0) 7859147820
fdisxonSEI

For all media enquiries please contact:

Frances Dixon
frances.dixon@york.ac.uk
+44 (0) 7859147820
@fdisxonSEI