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Perspective / SEI and UNDP authors explore the urgency of managing transboundary climate risks to safeguard global progress.
Past event / SEI experts will provide input on key climate change topics at the forefront of UNFCCC discussions.
Feature / This Q&A with Katherine Browne, SEI research fellow, maps the climate finance landscape and what is at stake in negotiations leading to a new goal.
Feature / Cambridge MBA students build diverging business cases for basic service provision in sub-Saharan Africa.
Feature / Renewable energy finance in Africa faces an uphill battle. With patience and more knowledge sharing, recent encouraging results can continue.
Feature / SEI was invited to share research insights with the International Development Association and Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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.
Past event / How can we accelerate sustainable energy investments, enhance international cooperation and scale up progress towards energy global goals?
Past event / SEI's Finance for Sustainable Development team explored 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.
Other publication / High-emitting industrial sectors are set to grow in developing and emerging countries, but obstacles remain with securing investments for low-carbon production.
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.
SEI report / Policy can address key challenges for investments in technological and production changes that bring deep emissions cuts in heavy industry in Sweden.
Journal article / The article examines whether financing is a significant obstacle for achieving radical emission reductions in energy-intensive industrial sectors.
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.
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Project / This research project explores the effectiveness of financial risk mitigation in attracting private investment in renewable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Project / Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre (SSFC) aimed to have a transformative impact on sustainable finance in Sweden and beyond.
Program / 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.
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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