Transcript SEI Tallinn 20 years milestones (slides).

Stockholm Environment
Institute Tallinn Centre
SEI Tallinn
Säästva Eesti Instituut
20 years – 20 milestones
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SEI Tallinn Centre established
SEI`s Tallinn Centre was established 1/11/1992
with the agreement of the Swedish and Estonian
governments, as the fourth SEI centre after
Stockholm, York and Boston. Started with 4 staff,
now over 20 staff.
Lai str 34, Tallinn
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Environmental Conventions
The first international conference on the status of
multilateral environmental agreements in the
Baltic States, organised by SEI Tallinn in Estonia.
SEI Tallinn has organised altogether 4 international
conferences on this topic: in addition to 1993, also
in 1995, 1997 and 2001.
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Climate and energy
Start of two UNEP and GEF global programmes in
Estonia on climate change.
At present the work in the programme supports the
implementation of the UN Framework Convention
on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol in
Estonia in two major directions: EU ETS of GHG
allowances and Joint Implementation projects.
2012 - toolkit for the policy-makers, spatial planners
and the businesses to deal with climate change. In
12 languages toolkit.balticclimate.org
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Environmental management (EM)
The EM Programme - to promote sustainable
consumption & production, integrated product policy
& sustainable use of natural resources (waste policy).
Capacity building and knowledge transfer of best practices
in EM systems (ISO, EMAS), life cycle assessment
(LCA), green public procurement & corporate social
responsibility.
2012 - EMAS for
regional tourism
clusters in EU countries
Environmental Impact Assessment
(EIA)
SEI Tallinn organised the international conference
on EIA in the Baltic States. EIA has been one of
the core expertizes since the first years of SEI
Tallinn.
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Estonian Institute for Sustainable
Development
SEI Tallinn extended its name
to emphasize the relationship
with country of location. The
first letters of the name in
Estonian also form an
acronym SEI: Säästva
Eesti
Instituut
The official name became the
Stockholm Environment
Institute Tallinn Centre,
Estonian Institute for
Sustainable Development.
SEI Tallinn publication series
First book in the series of SEI Tallinn publications
was issued: Sustainable Development Glossary.
As of 2012, altogether 20 books authored by SEI
Tallinn experts have been published in the series.
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European Commission R&D
framework programmes
SEI Tallinn started to participate as a partner in its first EC
Framework Programme project: ENER Forums – The
European Network for Energy Economics Research.
Since then, SEI Tallinn experts have been partners to 3–4
framework programme projects each year
CEERES
LIAISE
FLAGSHIP
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Estonian Council of Environmental
NGOs (EKO)
SEI Tallinn was one of the founding members of EKO.
EKO is an informal politically independent cooperation
network that helps environmental activists jointly
achieve the environmental protection goals that are
important for all of us.
Strategic Environmental
Assessment (SEA)
The SEA of the forestry sector development plan
was completed by SEI Tallinn experts.
Since then, SEI experts have conducted several
SEAs for national level development plans:
electricity, transport, oil shale use and
energy strategies.
Since 2007
scenario analyses -
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Sustainability measures (SM)
The Programme was established to analyse & develop
integrated environmental policy for decision-making:
Policy analyses, impact assessments, advancement of
knowledge in environmental policy integration, urban
planning, sustainable transport & mobility, nature
management, Natura 2000 & urban biodiversity,
environmental governance, strategic planning, education
for sustainable development.
Estonian Association for
Environmental Management (EKJA)
EKJA was founded on the initiative of SEI Tallinn.
It is a non-profit organisation which brings together
enterprises, organisations and individuals, who want
to improve the environmental performance of
corporate management.
EKJA - green entrepreneurs
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National allocation plans (NAP)
for GHG emission allowances
In 2004 and 2006, on the request of the Ministry of
Environment SEI Tallinn prepared the Estonian NAP
of Greenhouse Gases allowances for the
implementation of EU Emissions Trading Scheme
for the first (2005–2007) & second trading period
(2008–2012).
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Ecological tax reform
The Estonian government approved the basis for the ecological
tax reform (ETR) in which SEI Tallinn provided core input.
The aim of the ETR is to shift the tax base away from labour
taxes and towards the consumption of natural resources and
pollution of environment.
2008 - SEI Tallinn
studies on resource &
waste taxes,
2012 - impact of all
environmental taxes
on enterprises
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Sustainable Development Glossary
SEI Tallinn launched the web-based glossary which
includes terms in Estonian, English, German and
Russian with explanations in Estonian.
www.seit.ee/sass
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Environmental economics and
accounting (EEA)
The EEA programme was established in SEI Tallinn.
Main topics: analyses of monetary & regulatory
environmental policy instruments, socioeconomic impact assessments, economic
valuation studies, research on monetary
indicators of sustainable development.
Urban biodiversity conservation
The aim is to promote and increase awareness.
Several analyses and guidelines have been
published; urban ecology lectures have been
initiated at Tallinn University.
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Mobility management
SEI Tallinn has introduced the concept of mobility
management in Estonia and is actively promoting
it, being also the coordinator of the Estonian
network of mobility management “LiLi”.
www.facebook.com/groups/lilid
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Estonian Commission for
Sustainable Development
Dr Kaja Peterson was elected chairman of the
Commission, a 16-member group that advises
the Estonian government on sustainable
development issues.
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Sustainable Development Forums
The goal of the Forums, which were initiated by SEI
Tallinn in 2001 and are held periodically, is to bring
sustainability issues to the forefront of public
discourse and to promote sustainable development.
2012 – forum on Green Economy
SEI Tallinn gave Green Economy
Promoter Awards to enterprises.
Work in progress 2012-2013
Estonian low-carbon future scenarios till 2050
study in collaboration with RAKE at the University of Tartu
Estonian environmental fees system and its
impact on enterprises and competition
study in collaboration with RAKE at the University of Tartu
Economic and social analyses of the EU Marine
Strategy implementation in Estonia
under the INTERREG funded GES-REG project in collaboration
with Estonian marine institutes, Ministry of Environment,
Finnish, Swedish and Latvian partners
Several international projects on Impact Assessment
of policies and strategies, urban biodiversity
and mobility management
Aitäh!
Thank you!