Reflections on the first two decades of SEI Oxford

SEI Oxford celebrates its 20th anniversary by reviewing its transition from a small office focused on rural vulnerability to a global actor in climate adaptation. Key achievements include contributing to IPCC reports, launching the weADAPT platform, and developing tools for collaborative decision-making and climate risk management across diverse geographies.

• SEI Oxford's initial mission focused on examining rural vulnerability and livelihoods, with a strategic emphasis on bridging science and policy through participatory engagement with stakeholders.
• The organization has contributed significantly to global climate knowledge, including providing authors for the 2007 IPCC report that shared the Nobel Peace Prize and creating weADAPT, a climate change adaptation platform that reached 6,000 registered users across 220 countries and territories by 2022.
• The scope of SEI Oxford's work has expanded over two decades to include the analysis of international climate law, the use of taxonomies for knowledge management, agent-based modelling for disaster preparedness, and the production of a report on the global fossil fuel production gap regarding 1.5°C and 2°C warming limits.
• The institute has applied its research and tools globally, specifically mentioning work in community forests in Central Africa, coffee fields in Indonesia and Latin America, megacities in sub-Saharan Africa, and conducting "Learning Labs" for adaptation planning in Windhoek, Namibia in 2018.

APA

Butterfield, R. (2022). Reflections on the first two decades of SEI Oxford. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sei-oxford-20th-anniversary-reflections.pdf

Chicago

Butterfield, Ruth. Reflections on the first two decades of SEI Oxford. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2022. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sei-oxford-20th-anniversary-reflections.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{butterfield2022reflections, author = {Butterfield, Ruth}, title = {{Reflections on the first two decades of SEI Oxford}}, publisher = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = sep, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sei-oxford-20th-anniversary-reflections.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }