Europe

Consumption-based emission inventories in Nordic municipalities – a quest to develop support for local climate action

Journal article / The authors examine the challenges and expectations of Nordic municipalities in using consumption-based emission data to embrace climate action.

Trase welcomes new report from UK Committee on deforestation policy

Feature / A UK Parliament Committee has carried out a review of how the country contributes to global deforestation, highlighting research performed by Trase and SEI.

Kevin Hicks speaks to BBC Countryfile on air pollution and agriculture

Media coverage / In an interview with BBC One, SEI's Kevin Hicks discussed the problems caused by ammonia released from livestock farming.

Estimating the economic value of hydropeaking externalities in regulated rivers

Journal article / In this study, the authors investigated valuations for policies aiming to reduce hydropeaking in regulated rivers.

Nordic socio-recreational ecosystem services in a hydropeaked river

Journal article / The authors present a novel spatiotemporal hydropeaking impact assessment of socio-recreational ecosystem services (SRESs).

Analyzing development finance flows in the Western Balkans’ energy sector: a 2008–2020 perspective

Journal article / The study presents a scoping literature review and detailed analysis of the five countries’ energy sector-related development finance flows from 2008 to 2020.

Policy for sustainable consumption – an assessment of Swedish municipalities

Journal article / This study explores the role of local policy actors in supporting sustainable consumption, taking food consumption in Sweden as an example.

Ujuvsaared kui elurikkuse ülalhoidjad, reostuse puhastajad ja jätkusuutlikumate linnade kujundajad – BioFloat

Project / BioFloati projekt katsetab ujuvsaarte kontseptsiooni kolmes Eesti ja Läti järves, et säilitada elurikkust ja taastada vee-ökosüsteeme.

Floating islands as biodiversity pit stops and pollution cutouts towards more resilient cities – BioFloat

Project / The BioFloat project tests the concept of floating islands in three lakes in Estonia and Latvia to preserve biodiversity and restore water ecosystems.