KRAFT – Climate-Adapted Resilience and Supply Preparedness in Sweden

Climate change, geopolitical tensions and Sweden’s strong dependence on global supply chains create new risks for critical societal functions. The Swedish Defence and Resilience Agency (MCF) is therefore funding the research environment KRAFT – Climate-Adapted Resilience and Supply Preparedness in Sweden. Leading researchers from SEI, the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and Lund University are collaborating to support authorities with research, methodology development and capacity building.

The research environment aims to increase resilience across society, from local government to national and international decision-making.

A central part of KRAFT is to understand and strengthen the ability to maintain the flow of critical goods and services. The research will explore how disruptions in production, transport and storage can create cascading effects between sectors and threaten vital societal functions.

The work involves scenario planning, modeling and network analyses to show how shortages can be managed – for example through emergency stockpiling, redundancy, alternative logistics solutions or new partnerships. Particular emphasis is placed on identifying dependencies between sectors and developing tools to prioritize critical flows during crises.