Sweden

Climate change and health: developing evidence for action

Past event / Sir Andy Haines, Professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, delivered the Gordon Goodman Lecture on 15 September 2021.

Creating a practical guide to quantify and reduce air pollution from businesses

SEI brief / SEI and partners are producing a first-of-its-kind guide for businesses to develop air pollutant emission inventories to track and reduce such emissions.

No green future without securing indigenous peoples’ rights

Feature / The government's inability to secure Sámi rights threatens the climate transition in Sweden.

Mistra Geopolitics and SEI contribute to Sweden’s review of SDGs

Feature / We review the SDG Synergies tool and country examples to see how analysing synergies and trade-offs between the SDGs will support implementation of Agenda 2030.

Sweden’s electric heavy-duty transport pledges: the good, the better, the best and why we shouldn’t let it rest

Feature / Road transport accounting for 90% of all transport emissions in Sweden. Electrification is a viable alternative for reducing emissions.

Implications of new national policies on management of sewage sludge for a Swedish municipality

SEI brief / This brief examines the impact of national policy directives on speeding up the circular economy transition, and their implications on cities such as Uppsala.

“The reindeer never finds peace”: The impacts of Boliden’s mine and the road in the Stihke area on Voernese reindeer herding district

SEI working paper / This report explores the impact of the Boliden mine on the Voernese Reindeer Herding District. The report is in Swedish, with an English summary.

“Return the land to the reindeer”: The impacts of Boliden’s mine and the road on Stihken on Vilhelmina Södra reindeer herding district

SEI working paper / This report explores the impact of the Boliden mine on the Vilhelmina Södra Reindeer Herding district. The report is in Swedish, with an English summary.

Solutions for sustainable cities

Feature / This fact sheet provides insights into the importance of sustainable cities and gives some practical examples of what cities can do to become more sustainable.