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Swedish heat energy system – new tensions and lock-ins after a successful transition

SEI brief / This policy brief highlights the successes and challenges Sweden's heat energy system faces as it moves towards a low carbon energy system.

A sustainable Europe through business unusual

Perspective / We need business unusual and Estonia’s successful track record in the last 25 years gives us hope that it will be able to make its mark, writes Lauri Tammiste.

Prevent climate risk in coasts, before it’s too late

Perspective / Viewing disaster risk reduction as an integrated chain of actions could help cities mitigate and adapt to climate risk and prevent our coasts from washing away.

The European wood pellet market for small-scale heating

Other publication / The findings of a quantitative wood pellet market analysis based on trade flows, price developments, exchange rates and temperature.

Biomass and biofuels in the EU: Emotion-based policymaking?

Perspective / The European Commission’s tinkering on biomass policy effectively promotes oil over economically viable and sustainable biofuels, writes Francis X. Johnson.

Disaster risk reduction strategies in EU coastal areas – recommendations for EU, national, and regional policy makers

SEI brief / This policy brief highlights the lessons-learned from the RISC-KIT project and provides recommendations relevant to the Sendai Framework and EU Floods Directive

Gathering the tribes: a science-policy-business dialogue on a low-carbon EU

Perspective / Taking ambitious action to tackle global climate change should be a straightforward task, but reality is not that simple.

Bringing EU policy into line with the planetary boundaries

SEI brief / This brief discusses how the planetary boundaries framework can be used to inform EU policy-making

Cascading of woody biomass: the tricky path from principle to policy to practice

SEI brief / This discussion brief explains the principle of "cascade use" of wood and how it is being applied in the EU