SEI U.S. Center 2017 Annual Report - 1 Introduction and general center information

The Water Group, for example, addressed gender and social equity in their modeling work, outlining two key goals: integration of gender and equity issues into the framing of the research questions and objectives and the social inclusion of women. [...] Nearly all UNFCCC Parties tabled pledges as part of the Paris Agreement, and a broad coalition of civil society organizations have collaborated to undertake a careful science- and equity-based assessment of them, with SEI serving a core role in convening the group, providing the analysis, and preparing the report on behalf of the coalition. [...] The paper describing the downshifting analysis was selected as one of the best papers at the International Conference on Sustainable Development in New York, and was published as part of a special issue consisting of papers from the conference. [...] As the developer of the WEAP modeling platform, the Water Group has long been engaged in capacity development around the use of the tool. [...] In addition to the Ministry of Environment and Water, SEI collaborated with the Institute of Hydraulic and Hydrology from the San Andrés University and the Laboratory of Hydrology from the University of San Simón.