CAPACITY STATEMENT

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) provides scientific research and technical support to reduce human vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change. Through its Initiative on Transforming Development and Disaster Risk, SEI works to ensure development does not create new risks but instead enhances resilience. The institute supports global frameworks like the Sendai Framework and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, while providing regional support to ASEAN in Southeast Asia and IGAD in Eastern Africa. SEI's capacity-building efforts include developing analytical tools (such as the BalticClimate Toolkit and RISC-KIT), hosting knowledge platforms like weADAPT.org, and sponsoring 'writeshops' for early-career scientists from developing countries.

• SEI focuses on transforming the relationship between development and disaster risk reduction (DRR) to prevent development from being a root cause of disaster risk and instead use it as a tool for risk reduction.
• The institute's research examines how various factors—including socio-cultural, geo-political, economic, and biophysical processes, as well as marginalization based on gender, age, race, religion, culture, disability, and sexual orientation—influence vulnerability and resilience.
• Regional efforts are concentrated in Asia and Africa, specifically supporting the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
• Capacity-building initiatives include the creation of the BalticClimate Toolkit (2008–2012) for local and regional development, the RISC-KIT project (2013–2017) for coastal zone resilience in Europe, and the weADAPT.org knowledge-sharing platform.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2016). CAPACITY STATEMENT. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI-FS-2016-DRR-development-capacity.pdf

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. CAPACITY STATEMENT. 2016. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI-FS-2016-DRR-development-capacity.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2016capacity, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{CAPACITY STATEMENT}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2016}, url = {https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Publications/SEI-FS-2016-DRR-development-capacity.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }