2030 Agenda

Understanding and overcoming policy (in)coherence to control deforestation in Colombia

SEI brief / This policy brief details how Colombia's efforts to reduce deforestation can conflict with other environmental policies and goals, such as the 2030 Agenda.

New European Research Alliance for Sustainable Development calls for greater EU focus on collaborative research with low- and middle-income countries

Press release / Today in Brussels, 12 European research organizations urged the EU to focus on collaboration with low- and middle-income countries to tackle global challenges.

Mistra Geopolitics Director invited as an expert to UNDP in New York

Feature / Björn-Ola Linnér, Director of Mistra Geopolitics and Professor at Linköping University, has been appointed as an expert to the UN's Human Security Colloquium.

Climate change and geopolitical division pose risks to food security, but there are solutions

Press release / A new report, by SEI and Mistra Geopolitics, shows that climate change, geopolitical tensions and geoeconomic division are posing risks to food security.

Launch of Fossil Fuel Atlas and expansion of Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) to make energy-related data and decision-making more accessible than ever

Media advisory / On Thursday, SEI will unveil an interactive fossil fuel mapping tool and an expansion of free license availability to the world’s most popular energy software.

The carbon footprints of consumption of goods and services in Sweden at municipal and postcode level and policy interventions

Journal article / This study provides households' carbon footprint estimates for all Swedish municipalities and examines how these data can be used to support policymaking.

UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Adaptation finance gap

Other publication / UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2024 finds that nations must dramatically step up adaptation, starting with a commitment to act on finance at COP29.

SEI voices: how updated NDCs can accelerate climate action

Perspective / From sanitation to food systems, improved Nationally Determined Contributions can unlock untapped climate action, say SEI experts.

New analysis: uncertain if the EU’s new due diligence rules help protect Sámi herding communities in Sweden from negative impacts of mining

Press release / A new SEI analysis shows that it's uncertain if EU’s due diligence rules will protect Sámi communities in Sweden from the negative effects of mining.