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This briefing by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the impact of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) on smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia. While the EUDR aims to eliminate deforestation from the EU market for six key commodities, the report highlights significant barriers for smallholders—including high compliance costs, lack of technical capacity, and land tenure insecurity—that risk excluding them from global value chains. The authors propose establishing knowledge hubs, financial support mechanisms, and enhanced stakeholder coordination to ensure an inclusive transition.

This policy brief by the Stockholm Environment Institute outlines essential requirements ("must-haves") for adaptation finance within the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) to be agreed upon at COP29. It focuses on three primary objectives: ensuring the finance is sufficient in quantum and instrument, effective in its implementation and scale, and equitable in its allocation and access.

This policy brief examines the role of agroforestry in providing bioenergy for households and small-scale industries, emphasizing the need for sustainable sourcing and innovative energy conversion to ensure food and fuel security.

This report examines the sustainability of the avocado value chain in East Africa, specifically regarding exports to the European Union, and identifies the requirements for smallholder farmers to transition to sustainable practices.

This perspective article explores the potential of combining artificial intelligence (AI) and Earth observation technologies to enhance forest management and sustainability, while also addressing the associated risks and the need for governance mechanisms.

This research paper examines how energy network regulation in the UK can be adapted to manage uncertainties associated with net zero climate policy, utilizing theories of adaptive regulation and lessons from other sectors.

This research paper argues for the application of a feminist political ecology approach to better understand the power differentials and social inequities that influence the relationship between climate change and human migration.

This research paper evaluates and refines the Tandem framework, a non-prescriptive guide for co-designing climate services. By applying the framework across diverse settings in Indonesia, Sweden, and Colombia, the authors demonstrate its ability to transform climate information from 'useful' to 'usable' and propose five specific enhancements to the original framework to better address vulnerability, equity, and governance.

This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute describes the work of the Transforming Foundation Industries Research and Innovation Hub (TransFIRe) in facilitating transformative change and resource optimization across six UK foundation industries and their supply chains. Based on interviews with 12 technical academic leads and seven trade organisation representatives, the report identifies shared barriers to innovation, such as infrastructure deficits, and potential enablers, including financial support and regulatory changes.

This briefing by the Stockholm Environment Institute outlines strategies for a just transition to a fossil-free transport system in Sweden. It identifies the socio-economic and geographic groups most at risk of negative impacts—particularly those in low-population density areas—and proposes a policy framework to ensure equity and political acceptance.

This report, co-authored by Stockholm Environment Institute researchers, provides the Colombian government with policy recommendations for the fair and progressive removal of subsidies for ACPM (diesel) as part of its energy transition strategy.

This research paper evaluates carbon sequestration and land use and cover (LULC) transitions in Thailand's Lower Songkhram River Basin (LSRB) using Land Change Modeler (LCM) and InVEST, comparing a business-as-usual scenario against a conservation scenario for 2040.

This research paper examines the impact of climate change on nature-based value chains in four arid and semi-arid counties of Kenya. Using the VC-ARID approach, the study finds that temperature variability and reduced water availability, combined with poor access to finance and climate data, threaten food security and economic stability. The authors argue for the integration of climate resilience into value-chain strategies through multi-stakeholder collaboration and improved climate information services.

This report summarizes a webinar held on 12 July 2024, titled "Youth Action for Climate and Clean Air Now," which brought together over 140 youth activists and experts to discuss the role of young people in reducing short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) and improving global air quality.

This research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute analyzes land use and land cover (LULC) data from 2001, 2011, and 2021 to project outcomes for 2050 in four arid and semiarid counties in Kenya. The study evaluates three scenarios—achieving 10% forest cover, converting forests to croplands, and restoring degraded forests—to guide sustainable land management and meet Kenyan government climate commitments.

This research paper analyzes land-system changes in the Gran Chaco from 1985 to 2015 and simulates potential futures up to 2045 to assess the social-ecological impacts of agricultural expansion under different policy narratives and expansion rates.

A report by the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Korea Environment Institute that analyzes flood control projects and resilience indicators across Asia to develop a specific flood resilience index for South Korea.

This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the impact of consumption-based emissions (CBEs) on the EU's carbon footprint, noting that the EU has been a net importer of CO2 emissions since 2015 and recommending binding EU-level targets and standardized accounting to mitigate these emissions.

This policy brief examines the opportunities and barriers for the European Union to reduce consumption-based emissions (CBEs), which include emissions from the entire supply chain of goods and services consumed within the EU regardless of where production occurs. Based on policy analysis and case studies from France, Denmark, and Sweden, the brief argues that while territorial emissions have decreased, the EU's carbon footprint remains significant due to imports, necessitating coordinated EU-level targets and a shift from simple efficiency gains to systematic changes in consumption patterns.

This research paper, commissioned by the Estonian Ministry of Climate, examines the feasibility of recycling capabilities for textile waste in Estonia in response to the European Union’s Waste Framework Directive.