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UN climate change panel selects four experts from Stockholm Environment Institut...

Stockholm, 24 June 2010 − Four experts from Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) will be among the lead authors of the Fifth Assessment Report of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), due for publication in 2013-2014, the IPCC announced yesterday in Geneva. The report will provide the first full global update of the climate change knowledge base since 2007, when the IPCC published its Fourth...
 

President of Club of Rome to deliver major address in Stockholm

The 2010 Gordon Goodman lecture takes place at 10:30 on Friday 28 May 2010 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Dr Ashok Khosla, one of the world's foremost thinkers and doers on environment and development issues, will speak on 'Equity and empowerment: the missing variables in the sustainability equation'.
Criticism of the global economic system tends to argue that humanity is reaching...

Stockholm Environment Institute to develop research program in partnership with ...

STOCKHOLM, 21 DECEMBER 2009 – Today Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), a pioneering international research institute for sustainable development, announced its intention to partner with 3C (Combat Climate Change), a global initiative of business leaders. The partnership will produce cutting-edge, in-depth research at the intersection of climate policy and business.

Crucial Indonesian river delta at risk due to mangrove degradation and shrimp fa...

(11.12.2009) Scientists calls for better management of mangroves and shrimp culture in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, to prevent the impacts of climate change in the Mahakam Delta, home to 52 thousand people. COP15 Press conference scheduled 14th Dec. 19:30 - 20:00, Asger Jorn Press Conference Room, Hall H on the ground floor of the Bella Center, Copenhagen.
Footage of the Mahakam Delta and interview with shrimp...

ÖGONVITTNEN TILL KLIMATFÖRÄNDRINGARNA I HEARING

Under MR-dagarna i Stockholm iscensätts en klimathearing där ögonvittnen från hela världen vittnar om hur klimatförändringarna påverkar sina liv och överlevnad. Ett av ögonvittnena är Sheila Watt-Cloutier, inuit från Kanada, som talar om 'rätten att frysa'. Humanity on Trial äger rum den 17 november kl 11-14.30 under MR-dagarna på Stockholmsmässan.
Klimathearingen utspelar sig år 2020. För elva år sedan möttes...

Top scientist to propose global climate budget at international meeting in Stock...

On Thursday 8 October, Sweden's environment minsiter Andreas Carlgren will open an international meeting on environment and development. The event gathers decision makers from all over the world to discuss the environmental challenges that lie ahead. Professor John Schellnhuber, one of President Barroso's climate advisers, will present new research and propose a global climate budget. Professor Johan Rockström...
 

Scientists, campaigners and politicians gather in Stockholm to testify on climat...

Humanity on Trial (humanityontrial.wordpress.com) kicks off on 29 May at Kulturhuset with an inquiry into the effects of climate change on human rights. Experts from all corners of the globe, including former Swedish Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson, Stockholm Environment Institute's Professor Johan Rockström and world renowned climatologist Professor Stephen Schneider, will testify to the inquiry panel.