Stockholm Environment Institute

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Stockholm Environment Institute

Abbreviation	SEI
Formation	1989
Type	Foundation
Headquarters	Stockholm, Sweden
Region served	International
Official language	English
Executive Director	Måns Nilsson
Budget	161 333 120 SEK (Foundation: 2016)[1]
Staff	230 (2018)[1]
Website	https://www.sei.org/

The Stockholm Environment Institute, or SEI, is a non-profit, independent research and policy institute specialising in sustainable development and environmental issues.^[2] SEI works on climate change, energy systems, water resources, air quality, land-use, sanitation, food security, and trade issues with the aim to shift policy and practice towards sustainability.^[2]

SEI wants to support decision-making and induce change towards sustainable development around the world by providing knowledge that bridges science and policy in the field of environment and development.^[2]

History[]

SEI was established in 1989 as an initiative of the Government of Sweden. The name of the Stockholm Environment Institute is derived from the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm.^{[citation needed]}

Activities[]

Programs[]

• Ecological Sanitation Research Programme
• LEAP: Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning System
• Resources and Energy Analysis Programme (REAP)
• Regional Air Pollution In Developing Countries (RAPDIC)
• Sustainable Mekong Research Network Programme (SUMERNET)
• weADAPT (weADAPT.org)
• WEAP: Water Evaluation And Planning System
• TRASE Transparent supply chains for sustainable economies.
• SIANI Swedish International Agriculture Network Initiative (siani.se)

Partnerships[]

• SEI was one of the organizations who founded the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance in 2007 together with the German Development Organization (GIZ)^[3]

Organizational structure[]

Executive Directors[]

• 1989–1990 Gordon T. Goodman
• 1991–1995 Michael J. Chadwick
• 1996–1999 Nicholas C. Sonntag
• 2000 Bert Bolin (interim Executive Director)^[4]
• 2000 Lars Nilsson (interim Executive Director)
• 2000–2004 Roger Kasperson
• 2004–2012 Johan Rockström
• 2012–2018 Johan L. Kuylenstierna
• 2018–present Måns Nilsson (Executive Director)

Centres[]

SEI operates in seven countries: Sweden, United States, United Kingdom, Estonia, Thailand, Kenya, and Colombia.

Funding sources[]

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is SEI's main donor. SEI also receives funding from development agencies, governments, NGOs, universities, businesses, and financial institutions.^[5]

For example, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation also provides funds to SEI in the area of maternal health^[5] and in sustainable sanitation.^[6][7] At the SEI Science Forum in 2015, Melinda Gates took part to discuss sustainability and gender together with SEI staff to help shape SEI's future research.^[5][8]

See also[]

• Stockholm Resilience Centre

References[]

External links[]

• Official website