The Collaboration for Environmental Evidence is an open community of scientists and managers working towards a sustainable global environment and the conservation of biodiversity. The collaboration seeks to synthesise evidence on issues of greatest concern to environmental policy and practice.

CEE has formal charitable status and its Objects are:
The protection of the environment and conservation of biodiversity through preparation, maintenance promotion and dissemination of systematic reviews of the effects and impacts of environment management interventions, for the public benefit.

Syntheses take the form of systematic reviews providing rigorous and transparent methodology to assess the impacts of human activity and effectiveness of policy and management interventions. This website contains a small but fast growing Library of Environmental Evidence in the form of systematic reviews.

The Collaboration is not for profit and relies on the dedication and enthusiasm of scientists and managers to provide a reliable source of evidence to continuously improve the effectiveness of our actions. 

Please browse our website to find out more and do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or suggestions you might have.

To find out more about the systematic review process and how to author a review, please see our "Information for..." section.

13/05/13- The CEE Annual Report for 2012 has now been approved by the Board of Trustees. Read the report here

02/04/13 - The CEE is very pleased to welcome a new Centre based in Sweden The
Mistra Council for Evidence-based Environmental Management (MISTRA EviEM) is based in Stockholm at the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. Andrew Pullin, Chair of CEE Trustees, commented 'The
addition of MISTRA EviEM greatly strengthens the CEE network of centres and is a key step in our programme to establish a global network. Mistra EviEM is currently running a 5-year programme to conduct systematic reviews on questions of concern to the Swedish environment. You can find more information at
> Find out more information here....

19/03/13 - Updated version of CEE Guidelines now available Version 4.2 of the CEE Guidelines is now available to read and download. This version is updated to provide Guidelines consistent with the procedures of the CEE journal 'Environmental Evidence'. Additionally, some sections have been revised and rearranged following feedback from authors of CEE systematic reviews.

Version 5 of the CEE Guidelines is already in an advanced planning stage and will be published in 2014!
> Read the Guidelines here....

01/03/13 - New systematic review of evidence for glacial shrinkage in the Himalayas The shrinkage of glaciers has been has been among the most commonly presented evidence for the impacts of climate change. Claims of glacial shrinkage in the Himalayas have caused some controversy and posed questions about the state of the evidence.
> Read the CEE systematic review here...

12/10/12 - CEE teams up with 3ie to open thematic window on effectiveness of climate change interventions A workshop held in London on 5th October marked the opening of a thematic window to generate evidence that supports effective allocation of funds to interventions mitigating the effects or facilitating adaptation to climate change.
> Read the scoping paper here...

08/10/12 - CEE is seeking up to three new Trustees to join its Board of Trustees
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- Seminar: Environmental evidence for Africa:  Establishing a new research programme in Johannesburg Wednesday 10 Oct 2012 at 12.30-13.30 in G1, 18 Woburn Square, Institute of Education, University of London. To book a place,email ssruadmin@ioe.ac.uk.

* Two new CEE Centres have been established in South Africa and Australia Centres contribute to the work of the CEE by encouraging evidence-based practice and systematic review activity within their geographic region...
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* Call for Subject Editors for the CEE Library Each subject editor will lead in promoting the conduct of systematic reviews among their colleagues and relevant societies by establishing a Subject Review Group...
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