His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visits SEI - 29 March 2012.
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales was introduced to research on food security, energy, Baltic Sea and planetary boundaries.
At the request of HRH The Prince of Wales, SEI and
the Stockholm Resilience
Centre (SRC) hosted a one hour visit on Friday 23 March. Together with
HM Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, The Prince of Wales was given an introduction to
central aspects of the research conducted at SEI and SRC. The visit started
with a presentation of SEI's research on household energy in developing
countries. SEI researcher Fiona Lambe demonstrated
the use of an ethanol-fuelled cooking stove, which reduces environmentally
harmful fuelwood consumption and 
improves health by reducing indoor smoke. Lambe's
presentation was followed by a round table discussion on energy and food
security. Three short presentations set the scene and seeded further
discussions: Sarah Cornell from SRC presented the Planetary Boundaries concept;
Henrik Österblom (SRC) presented research on the Baltic Sea and a visualization
of its future while Louise Karlberg (SEI)
presented issues related to water, energy and food security.
The participants in the round table discussion included SEI Executive Director Johan Rockström,
SRC Science Director Carl Folke, Ben Moxham (the UK Prime Minister's Advisor on
Climate and Energy), Jan Agri (DeLaval), Erik Brandsma (Vattenfall), Måns
Nilsson (SEI) and Justin Mundy (HRH Prince of Wales' Advisor on
Sustainability).
A key message from the discussion was the importance of linking science with
the private sector and to tap into the enormous innovative capacity and
resources these two sectors have. HRH The Prince of Wales emphasized the
importance of building environmental capital and social capital, and connecting
the highest levels of the private sector with local communities.
Source: www.sei-international.org
29 March, 2012.