Latvia

Unravelling the drivers of European urban and rural carbon footprints over time

Journal article / This article maps consumer carbon footprints by urban density in Europe, revealing what drives the changes.

Municipalities can lead the shift away from single-use plastics

Feature / The BALTIPLAST project developed practical tools for municipalities to turn single-use plastic reduction ambitions into action.

Electrification potential analysis for Baltics – past and future developments

Project / This study aims to analyze the electrification potential for the three Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

HAZGONE – Connecting up- and downstream measures for better hazardous substances governance and policy in the Baltic Sea Region

Project / The HAZGONE project provides stakeholders with a holistic understanding of governing hazardous substances and micropollutants.

ChemClimCircle-2: Fostering implementation of the ChemClimCircle approach to Green Public Procurement in the Baltic Sea Region

Project / The project focuses on transforming public procurement by integrating climate protection, circular economy and chemical reduction principles.

Circ@Home – Resilience by circularity and sharing culture at households as a precondition for climate-neutral cities

Project / This project aims to develop circularity approaches that fit into the municipalities' framework for circular economy development.

ClimaResponse – Responsive Local Action for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction

Project / ClimaResponse aims to enhance the capacities of regional and local public authorities to efficiently plan and implement climate resilience strategies.

An assessment of the scope and effectiveness of soft measures to handle plastic pollution in the Baltic Sea Region

Journal article / This paper shows the advantages of soft measures, such as education and awareness campaigns, to handle the problem of plastic waste in the Baltic Sea Region.

The Baltic-Finnish gas market can and must be decarbonized

Perspective / There is a feasible path to decarbonise the gas sectors of the Baltic states and Finland by 2050 or earlier.