Announcements
Announcements
Our goal is to help accelerate the allocation of capital to truly sustainable economic activities required to deliver the SDGs and global climate targets.
We do so by conducting solutions-oriented research that critically examines the financial landscape and provides expertise on the key sustainability transitions our economies must undertake. We have a special focus on advancing the sustainability agenda for developing countries.
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We aim to understand the processes, limitations and perspectives of various actors involved in developing and financing sustainable projects and to identify the required policy interventions that can make more projects viable in the regions that need them most.
The programme performs practice-driven and solutions-oriented research on sustainability, public policy, business, economics, climate and development finance.
The programme also engages with stakeholders through training and knowledge sharing, to provide and exchange relevant sustainability expertise with actors in the real economy, the financial sector, and policymakers.
Our research currently focuses on mobilizing private and public finance for sustainable economic activities in developing countries, looking at blended structures, risk mitigation and transfer, green and sustainable instruments, and others. We also contribute to subjects such as transitions to net-zero, industrial decarbonization in developing countries, the suitability of different public and private solutions for sustainability objectives, and the international climate and development finance architecture.
The core of the research in the programme is performed by SEI researchers and the programme is organized under SEI’s Development and Aid Policy Team. However, the team collaborate on research projects with various national and international partners.
Feature / A recent SEI workshop explored ways to boost private investment in Africa's energy sector through collaborative dialogue.
Feature / A recent SEI workshop in Ghana revealed insights into overcoming investment barriers in African renewable energy.
Perspective / Systemic changes are needed in public and private finance towards the achievement of the SDGs.
Perspective / The international community must pay serious attention and spend political capital on the mechanisms through which finance translates into actual projects.
Perspective / SEI researchers propose seven measures to help the global financial system better address interlinked climate and sustainable development goals.
Feature / Two SEI researchers travelled to Zambia to investigate the effectiveness of financial risk mitigation strategies intended to fuel renewable energy investment.
Feature / SEI was invited to share research insights with the International Development Association and Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Event on 23 April in New York City / SEI's Finance for Sustainable Development team will explore financing solutions for clean energy in Sub-Saharan Africa at this UN side event.
Past event / Join the FSD team at COP28 as they participate in three events on renewable energy investment, trade and green steel production.
Past event / SEI's Daniel Duma, Carly Evaeus, Björn Nykvist, Fiona Lambe and Janet Vähämäki contributed to this dialogue organized in collaboration with Sida and Norad.
Past event / SEI hosted a webinar on the role of risk mitigation instruments when attracting private finance to renewable energy projects in Southern Africa.
Past event / Together with SSE Executive Education and SEI, SSFC will hold a two-day executive training programme for Egyptian government officials on climate and finance.
Past event / SSFC is organizing a seminar on climate action in developing countries with sustainable finance specialists, private sector experts and Swedish policymakers.
SEI report / Policy can address key challenges for investments in technological and production changes that bring deep emissions cuts in heavy industry in Sweden.
Other publication / Find out more about the state of play, recent initiatives, and prospects for financing the SDGs in Ghana, Indonesia, Mexico, and Senegal.
SEI report / This report examines the use of risk mitigation and transfer (RMT) instruments in private utility-scale renewable energy investments.
SEI report / This report explores the role of risk mitigation and transfer (RMT) instruments for enabling renewable energy investments in SADC countries.
Journal article / In this journal article, 65 researchers from 23 countries summarize what the assess as the past year’s most important findings within climate change research.
Other publication / International finance institutions can play an important role in kick-starting the transition to green steel, especially in emerging and developing regions.
SEI brief / A recent study for Swedish EPA mapped financial flows of the five biggest lenders in Sweden. The results suggest limited alignment with the Paris Agreement.
SEI report / A research report for the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency examines domestic and international flows of the largest lenders in Sweden post-climate rules.
SEI brief / Read the policy points from a comprehensive assessment of the role of DFIs in supporting development objectives in three countries – Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya.
SEI report / How does development finance support national development plans and SDG achievement? This report examines the cases of Kenya, Ethiopia and Ghana.
Journal article / The aim of this paper is to further explore the role of the finance sector in sustainability transitions.
Journal article / This article comments on the potential of sustainability-linked bonds to contribute to the decarbonization of the real economy.
SEI report / This report focuses on “active engagement”, where investors engage with high-emitting sectors, to impact green transition in four key industries.
SEI brief / How can investors in high-emitting sectors help the drive to net zero? This brief presents insights for the agriculture, steel, cement, and oil and gas sectors.
Journal article / What drives the market in green bonds? Read a new study from Norway and Sweden.
SEI brief / This brief uses data and relevant literature to map the African finance landscape in order to understand the green bonds market and its future outlook.
Journal article / This article investigates the link between companies’ climate targets and green debt financing.
Perspective / The chief barrier to industrial transition is not a lack of capital, but the absence of clear policies on incentives for green transition.
Other publication / This report shows that it will not be especially demanding to meet the investment needs for decarbonizing heavy industry in Sweden.
Other publication / This report uses data to understand the structure and development of the green bonds market in Africa and explores the challenges and opportunities it faces.
SEI working paper / This working paper looks at the potential for green bonds to scale-up financing for adaptation and resilience.
Journal article / What impact are green bonds having on sustainability financing and implementation?
Other publication / Read the results of a scoping study on sustainable city bonds.
Project / Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre (SSFC) aimed to have a transformative impact on sustainable finance in Sweden and beyond.
Programme / This project aims to accelerate investment in viable cities by assessing needs, frameworks and conditions under which financiers and cities can collaborate.
Project / The project investigates procedural and distributive equity in decentralised adaptation finance under the Green Climate Fund’s EDA programme
Project / The Centre for Finance for Sustainability, Bangkok (CFSB) aims to unlock private sector investments into sustainability and climate change mitigation.
Project / This research project explores the effectiveness of financial risk mitigation in attracting private investment in renewable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Feature / SEI's George Marbuah contributed to chapter 7 on transformation of the financial sector in UNEP's Emissions Gap Report 2022.
Project / The project investigates procedural and distributive equity in decentralised adaptation finance under the Green Climate Fund’s EDA programme
Project / Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre (SSFC) aimed to have a transformative impact on sustainable finance in Sweden and beyond.
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