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This guide from the Stockholm Environment Institute explains four methods for specifying capacity data within the Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) Transformation module, ranging from ignoring capacity limits to full least-cost optimization.

This guide describes the open-source data services provided by the Stockholm Environment Institute for use in energy and environment models, detailing the REST web services and JSON format used to access datasets such as UN Population Prospects, World Development Indicators, IDEES, and IPCC Shared Socioeconomic Pathways.

This guide explains how to enable and configure land-based resource analysis within the Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) software, detailing the necessary settings, data requirements, and the resulting changes to the software's interface.

This guide from the Stockholm Environment Institute explains how to input yield, land area, and woodfuel accessibility data into a resource analysis tool, detailing the mathematical calculation of the overall access fraction based on location, tenure, and management factors.

This fact sheet describes Ghana's participation in the Climate and Clean Air Coalition's (CCAC) Supporting National Action and Planning (SNAP) initiative to mitigate short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). It details the integration of SLCP measures into national development plans, the use of the LEAP-IBC tool for emissions planning, and specific sectoral actions in transport, energy, and cooling.

This fact sheet describes the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), an international non-profit research organization focused on sustainability, climate change, and environmental policy. It outlines SEI's organizational structure, its commitment to open access and collaborative research, and the specific thematic focuses of its eight global centers.

This briefing by the Stockholm Environment Institute argues that the COVID-19 pandemic has created a narrow policy window to steer economic recovery toward a sustainable, net-zero emissions path. It warns against 'carbon lock-in'—where recovery measures entrench fossil fuel dependency—and proposes specific policy levers, such as conditional bailouts and just transition measures, to catalyse industrial transformation.

This report analyzes the interactions between the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Sweden, identifying key 'accelerator' goals (SDG 11, 17, 4, 16, 13) that drive overall progress and critical trade-offs, particularly where energy and economic growth goals conflict with environmental and water goals.

The policy brief argues that the 2020s represent a critical window for International Finance Institutions (IFIs) to prevent emerging economies—particularly India, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Indonesia—from locking in high-carbon steel capacity. It proposes five intervention areas: providing policy knowledge, facilitating green hydrogen roadmaps, de-risking first-mover investments (including SMEs), utilizing green procurement in IFI operations, and scaling scrap-based circular production to reach a target of 50% of global output.

This executive summary, prepared by Friends of the Earth Europe based on a Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) study, outlines a technically feasible pathway for the European Union to achieve domestic greenhouse gas emission reductions of 40% by 2020 and 90% by 2050. The document advocates for a 'climate justice' approach, combining aggressive domestic decarbonization—excluding nuclear power, carbon capture and storage, and offsetting—with significant financial support for developing nations to meet their development needs in a carbon-free manner.

This report, published by the Stockholm Environment Institute in November 2009, presents a calculation and simulation model for the social costs of land transport in Estonia. It estimates the total external costs for 2007, breaks them down by cost type and vehicle category, and analyzes the extent to which these costs are internalized through existing taxes and fees.

This report analyzes three transport and mobility energy consumption scenarios for Estonia up to 2050, with a detailed cost-benefit analysis through 2030. It compares a 'Business-as-Usual' (BAU) approach, a 'Low-Intervention' (VS) scenario, and a 'Knowledge-Based' (EE) energy-efficient scenario, evaluating their impacts on energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and public finances.

The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC3.0) of Mongolia outlines the country's climate targets and actions for the period from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2035. It establishes ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets compared to a Business-as-Usual (BAU) scenario, while detailing comprehensive adaptation strategies for vulnerable environmental, economic, and social sectors. The document emphasizes a transition from a coal-dependent energy system to a green economy and seeks significant international financial and technical support to meet its conditional targets.

The revised Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of Mali outlines the country's updated commitments to the Paris Agreement for the 2020-2030 period. Mali aims to maintain its status as a carbon sink while increasing its mitigation ambitions across four sectors: energy, agriculture, forestry and land-use change, and waste. The document details specific emission reduction targets, adaptation strategies to combat desertification and food insecurity, and a comprehensive financing and monitoring framework, with a strong emphasis on gender integration and the involvement of non-state actors.

A report by the Stockholm Environment Institute and partners arguing that staying below a 2°C warming limit requires rapid global greenhouse gas emission reductions, reaching essentially zero by mid-century. It emphasizes the technical feasibility of this transition and the necessity of North-South cooperation to ensure developing nations can expand energy access while decarbonizing.

This report outlines a strategic pathway for Lao PDR to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. It emphasizes diversifying the energy mix beyond hydropower to include solar, wind, and biomass, while implementing energy efficiency and carbon removal technologies like Direct Air Capture. The roadmap highlights the need for grid modernization, financial innovation to manage high public debt, and regional cooperation within ASEAN to ensure a sustainable energy transition.

This research paper by Frank Ackerman of the Stockholm Environment Institute – U.S. Center analyzes the employment effects of regulating coal ash disposal in the United States under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The author critiques an industry-sponsored study that claimed massive job losses and provides an alternative analysis using the IMPLAN model, concluding that strict regulation would actually result in a net gain of 28,000 jobs.

This policy brief, produced to inform the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, outlines a long-term vision for transforming global energy systems to achieve sustainability. It argues that a fundamental shift is necessary to address simultaneous challenges of energy access, climate change, air pollution, and energy security, emphasizing that such a transition is technologically and economically achievable but requires integrated policy frameworks and scaled-up investments.

The 'SCF2 MEL Guidance Notes 2022-05' provides a framework for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) for the Strategic Collaborative Fund Phase 2 (SCF2). It outlines a two-layer measurement design: event-level MEL implemented by partners and programme-level evaluation managed by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). The guide details specific tools for data collection, GDPR-compliant data handling protocols, ethical requirements for human subject engagement, and environmental assessment criteria for funded events.

This briefing explores the links between chemical safety, noise pollution, and social inequalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It identifies that marginalized groups, including women, children, and Roma communities, face higher risks of exposure due to physiological vulnerabilities, gender-normed occupational roles, and poverty-driven residential locations. The document highlights a severe lack of official environmental health data in BiH and advocates for disaggregated data collection and inclusive policy-making to protect vulnerable populations.