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The cities, communities and consumption team encompasses research and capacity-building activities. The starting point is the many challenges cities and local communities are facing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while at the same time adapting to a warming climate. We currently primarily address issues related to climate change, but we also relate to other environmental and sustainability challenges.
The team brings together projects with the overall aim to contribute with new knowledge about what these challenges entail and how tools, processes and stakeholder engagement methods can be developed and implemented to support policy, planning and decision-making and ultimately facilitate a transition to a just, resilient and sustainable society. This is often done through participatory research methods involving public and private stakeholders, as well as civil society and academia.
Stockholm, Sweden.
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The team adopts a cross-sectoral and multilevel governance perspective, mainly in the context of Sweden and the Nordic countries, covering a variety of research topics. A key feature of the team is the focus on tool development for calculating the environmental pressures of Swedish consumption. Research topics also include the circular economy, supply chain management and how digitalization can aid decision-making processes among consumer, sustainable investments and city finance, as well as processes for transdisciplinary knowledge integration in the context of climate risk and vulnerability assessments.
Journal article / Researchers use experiences and learning from use in three distinct geographical and developmental contexts to create a new Tandem framework.
SEI brief / Get key findings from a comprehensive analysis of EU policy on consumption-based emissions, and recommendations for tackling them.
SEI report / Get a thorough analysis of EU policy on consumption-based emissions, as well as insights and recommendations for the EU and member states on how to reduce them.
Feature / Discover how SEI's Consumption Compass aids Swedish municipalities in slashing climate impact through smarter consumption.
Feature / Navigate the complexities of mindful consumption in a vibrant fashion landscape.
Feature / Explore the AGORA project’s transformative approaches to climate adaptation, fostering collaboration between citizens, researchers and decision-makers.
Feature / New interactive map visualizes household emission footprints in Sweden, based on the Climate Calculator tool
Feature / On 20 April in Stockholm, SEI hosted the Think2030 Dialogue, converging policy makers, business leaders and researchers from across Europe.
SEI report / This report provides a coherent picture of SEI-wide engagement on the circular economy and offers future directions for the research agenda.
Perspective / In an era where the world is facing increasing climate challenges, addressing the environmental impact of consumption habits among EU citizens is key.
Feature / The SEI Initiative on Climate Services generated new insights about co-design and co-production proocesses to integrate climate science into adaptation policy.
Team Leader: Cities, Communities and Consumption; Senior Research Fellow
SEI Headquarters
Project / AT LAST is an EU-funded project that supports European cities in realizing their climate ambitions.
Project / AGORA will support the adaptation to climate change by leveraging and step-forwarding best practices, innovative approaches and policy instruments.
Project / SEI is working together with Malmö on the transition to climate neutral lifestyles with reduced household consumption and how to finance the overall transition.
Program / This project aims to accelerate investment in viable cities by assessing needs, frameworks and conditions under which financiers and cities can collaborate.
Tool / SEI and WWF have developed a climate calculator to encourage individuals to learn more about their own climate impact and inspire them to lifestyle changes.
Project / This project aims to accelerate investment in viable cities by assessing needs, frameworks and conditions under which financiers and cities can collaborate.
Project / Exploring innovative water governance for a resilient, fair management model against climate change impacts.
Project / Bringing consumption-based emissions reduction onto the EU Commission agenda.
Project / The project will examine how exposure and vulnerability to multiple water hazards lead to different types of impacts on infrastructures and populations.
Project / This project seeks to understand tensions in future consumption patterns in Sweden to ensure a fair transition to a fossil-free welfare society.
Project / Carbon Neutral Digestive Initiative - Enhancing Systems (CANDIES) ger konsumenter möjligheten att göra klimatvänligare val vid köptillfället.
Project / Hur kan kommunen hjälpa olika invånare att minska sitt konsumtionsbaserade klimatavtryck och samtidigt skapa mer jämlika livsvillkor?
Project / Understanding local government drivers for sustainable consumption (UNLOCK) investigates how incentive structures shape sustainable consumption behaviours.
Project / This project provided risk-based decision support for adaptation to future natural hazards in Sweden.
Project / Det PRINCE-projektet syftar till är att utveckla en validerad och repeterbar metod för att följa upp miljöpåverkan från den svenska konsumtionen.
Initiative / This initiative brings together expertise in climate services to support planning and decision-making, with a focus on adaptation and disaster resilience.
Project / This project provides cities with an adjustable framework to assess their level and potential for circularity.
Project / This project uses case studies to generate lessons learned and foster stronger Green Public Procurement policy in EU member states.
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