This evaluation of the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) climate portfolio is part of a larger evaluation that aims to determine whether Swedish development finance for climate mitigation is financing efforts that are likely to contribute to emission …
The growing threat of nitrogen pollution Nitrogen is a fundamental element of life on Earth, making up 78% of the air we breathe in its inert, harmless form. It must be fixed into reactive forms to be of use to plants and is a key component of fertilizers …
Undertaking systemic risk assessments of critical infrastructures (CIs) is necessary to improve understanding, mitigate impacts, and increase resilience to cascading effects of intensifying hydrometeorological hazards. This paper presents a novel …
Stockholm Environment Institute is an international non-profit research institute that tackles environment and sustainable development challenges. We empower partners to meet these challenges through cutting-edge research, knowledge, tools and capacity …
This workshop brought together 71 stakeholders from Kenya’s agriculture, energy and waste sectors to explore challenges and opportunities for bioeconomy development within the private sector. Discussions focused on key factors influencing the participation …
The Resilient Coasts – Caribbean Sea project, funded by the Swedish Postcode Lottery Foundation, began in spring 2024. It is a collaboration between eight countries in the Caribbean and Latin America, in partnership with SEI. The project uses a …
Biodiversity leakage is undermining global efforts to halt biodiversity loss. There are concerns that conservation initiatives in regions like Europe and China are causing production shortfalls in sectors such as timber. These are then driving land …
The project also had a strong legitimacy-building function, in that the project was accepted as fair and rightful by the local community and by Burundian government authorities. The project built its legitimacy by creating jobs and by including local …
The global agrifood system faces significant challenges to its sustainability and its contribution to climate change is widely recognized. Notably, emissions from livestock represent the largest portion of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the global …
Brazil’s Forest Code (FC) is a landmark law that, despite dating back to the 1930s, has low compliance. Illegal deforestation continues, and millions of hectares that were set to be reforested remain degraded. Although sector agreements such as the Amazon …
The nexus of climate policy and “competitiveness”—how to transition to clean energy while ensuring a competitive economy—is a concern on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States and the European Union, there has been an attempt to resolve the issue …
يساهم معهد ستوكهولم للبيئة في دعم جهود العراق لمواجهة تحدياته المائية من خلال العمل عن كثب مع وزارة الموارد المائية العراقية. وبدعم من مشروع الابتكار المائي لتعزيز الاستدامة والصمود (WICER) المموّل من الوكالة السويدية للتعاون الإنمائي الدولي (Sida) ، …
Iraq faces significant water challenges due to its dry climate, rising temperatures and upstream water diversions, which threaten the country’s access to water. As demand increases, supply struggles to keep up, leading to significant shortages. This …
The transport and logistics sector plays a vital role in global trade and the movement of goods, yet its operations significantly contribute to greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions. While efforts to decarbonise this sector are gaining momentum, the …
Current situation in Ukraine Despite the ongoing war with Russia, which necessitates that defense remains Ukraine’s top priority, there is also a critical need to invest in areas such as the green transition – a shift toward a sustainable, low-carbon …
Introducción Alcanzar los objetivos climáticos mundiales exige una transformación fundamental de los sistemas energéticos que siguen dependiendo en gran medida de la utilización de combustibles fósiles. Los científicos han calculado que, para cumplir los …
This study examines the economic impact of adopting SLM practices—specifically Conservation Agriculture (CA) and Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM)—on household income and carbon sequestration potential among smallholder farmers in Siaya County, …
The COVID-19 pandemic caused massive human suffering just as much as it heightened pre-existing socio-economic and political issues. Brazil, where over 700,000 people perished, offers one of the starkest cases as Black and Indigenous lives were …
Electrification, digitalization and automation are three trends driving the low-carbon transition of the transport sector. For the transition to be just, it is essential to ensure that those affected by these trends view the changes they bring as …
Produced by an international research team, the LIFE metric helps confront the challenge of human-driven habitat loss and its severe impacts on biodiversity. By combining existing methodologies with powerful new computing technology, the team assessed how …
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