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This report examines past climate adaptation projects funded by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) in Bolivia's water sector to identify lessons for supporting just transitions in water resource management.

This research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute discusses the difficulties in tracking and demonstrating progress toward the global goal on adaptation within the UNFCCC global stocktake, highlighting a lack of rigour in reporting and evaluation.

This report presents seven perspectives from the AgriFoSe2030 project on the food crisis and agricultural interlinkages in East Africa and Southeast Asia, detailing how specific project interventions aim to improve food security and system resilience.

This perspective piece by the Stockholm Environment Institute argues that UN Member States should adopt a systems-thinking approach to prioritize Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ahead of the SDG Summit in New York. The authors contend that because SDGs are interlinked, prioritizing specific 'accelerator' goals can boost progress across the entire 2030 Agenda, provided that trade-offs are managed and 'easy fixes' are avoided.

This discussion brief introduces the Clean and Green framework, a tool developed by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) to manage waste-related risks and resources in Burkina Faso. The framework aims to expand sanitation and hygiene efforts beyond human excreta to include animal excreta, food hygiene, and water management, while promoting the safe reuse of nutrients and organic matter to improve agricultural production and environmental sustainability.

This briefing by the Stockholm Environment Institute analyzes the distributional welfare impacts of the 2022 energy price crisis in Sweden. It examines how electricity and fuel price increases affected different income deciles and geographical regions, evaluating the effectiveness of policy responses such as fuel tax reductions and direct compensation. The report highlights that low-to-middle income groups and residents of sparsely populated areas were most affected, and argues that short-term subsidies may conflict with Sweden's long-term climate goals of net-zero emissions by 2045.

This research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute explores how systems thinking can enhance Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) analysis in capital investment. Through a review of tools, practitioner interviews, and workshops, the study identifies significant barriers in the finance sector—such as a reliance on quantitative aggregation and short-term horizons—while proposing six dimensions to operationalize systems thinking for asset managers.

This report documents the role of girls and young women in advocating for climate action and justice in Asia and the Pacific, focusing on their vulnerability, the barriers they face, and the tools they use to challenge shrinking civic space.

This research paper evaluates the climate neutrality trajectories of nine Swedish cities, analyzing the alignment between their political intent and the actual policy instruments deployed to address both territorial and consumption-based emissions.

This policy brief describes a research project conducted by Cambodia's Ministry of Environment in cooperation with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) to investigate air pollutant emissions and worker health impacts within the garment manufacturing sector. The study utilized interviews with 323 workers across 16 factories and 16 factory owners to address a knowledge gap identified in Cambodia's 2021 Clean Air Plan.

A research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute examining rural-to-peri-urban migration in north and central Namibia as a response to climate hazards, detailing the associated benefits for migrants and the socio-economic costs for communities of origin.

This research paper evaluates whether the methane-targeted mitigation actions listed in countries' Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are sufficient to meet the goals of the Global Methane Pledge.

This research paper analyzes the diffusion of cleaner brick-making technologies in Bangladesh, evaluating government mandates, the role of development cooperation, and the potential emission reductions from kiln conversion.

This policy brief summarizes a study on the relationship between socio-economic status, living and working conditions, and air-pollution exposure in Bangkok, proposing six policy recommendations to mitigate health impacts and reduce exposure inequality.

A report by the International Science Council, co-authored by SEI's Albert Salamanca, evaluates the progress and implementation gaps of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, emphasizing that escalating disaster impacts and complex risk patterns are outpacing current management capacities.

This research paper examines securitization trends in Swedish climate adaptation policy between 2005 and 2022, analyzing whether the approach aligns with threatification, riskification, or normal politics through the lens of discourses, actor constellations, and tools.

This policy brief by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the relationship between socio-economic status and exposure to PM2.5 air pollution in Bangkok. Based on a study of five districts and 400 participants, it finds that informal workers and low-income residents face higher exposure and more health symptoms, while public perception of air quality often contradicts government monitoring data.

This report, commissioned by the Norwegian Environment Agency and produced by the Stockholm Environment Institute, maps climate change adaptation efforts in Finland, Germany, the UK, Sweden, and Austria using document analysis and interviews.

This research paper from the Stockholm Environment Institute analyzes the global interactions between Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets and the 1.5°C climate target, finding that these goals are generally synergetic.

This research paper analyzes the role of ideas in the 2020 Swedish public debate regarding a green economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the challenges of achieving policy coherence for the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals.