Sweden

Keeping the flow: hydropower, river ecosystems and governance in northern Sweden

SEI report / This report focuses on hydropower generated in the Norrbotten region of Sweden, from a governance, efficiency and environmental perspective.

Beyond borders: how can the EU become a leader in consumption-based emissions reduction?

Feature / To remain a leader in climate policy, the EU must tackle emissions produced beyond its borders, which result from the EU’s demand for imported goods.

Understanding the distributional impacts of the low-carbon transition on transport workers

Other publication / This paper analyses the distributional impacts of these trends on workers in the Swedish transport sector through semi-structured interviews:

A green transition in transport is about more than just emissions

Perspective / Insights from the JUSTIT project highlight the critical balance between environmental goals and workers' rights in Sweden.

Unleashing Sweden’s innovation potential: a blueprint for the green transition

Perspective / Carlsen argues that innovation is required at the societal level and that the state must play a much more active role in the transition away from fossil fuels.

How will artificial intelligence influence climate science?

Feature / In a commentary for One Earth, Mistra Geopolitics researchers discuss why AI plays an important role in creating long-term climate scenarios.

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.

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).