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Togo's revised NDCs (2021) report a 27.57% reduction in emissions by 2020, exceeding initial targets. The plan sets ambitious goals for 2030, including 100% electrification, 50% renewable energy by 2025, and the restoration of 80% of degraded lands. It identifies critical governance gaps and proposes a 1.07 million USD communication strategy to integrate climate action into local and sectoral development plans.

This SEI fact sheet, based on a study in the journal Climate Policy, analyzes international public finance for climate change adaptation in Africa from 2014 to 2018. The authors identify five critical shortfalls: insufficient funding levels compared to mitigation and actual needs, a lack of strategic targeting toward the most vulnerable countries, narrow sectoral focus, low disbursement rates of committed funds, and a reliance on loans over grants.

This fact sheet by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the potential for a digital transition within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process. It explores how moving activities online could serve as a catalyst to improve the effectiveness, inclusiveness, and transparency of climate diplomacy, while identifying significant barriers such as a lack of trust among Parties and concerns over structural inequities.

This report analyzes the generation and management of bio-waste (kitchen, canteen, garden, and green waste) and textile waste in Tallinn. It evaluates current collection systems, provides forecasts through 2026, and proposes measures to increase recycling rates to meet EU and national targets.

This briefing from the Stockholm Environment Institute outlines six insights for investors aiming to align their portfolios with the Paris Agreement's net-zero goals. It argues that while divestment is a common strategy, investors may achieve greater impact by using their financial power to coordinate the decarbonization of four high-emitting sectors: oil and gas, agricultural commodities, steel, and cement.

This research paper from the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the extent to which current literature addresses the social impacts of transitioning cities to circular economies, finding a significant lack of comprehensive evidence beyond employment and governance.

This research paper analyzes development finance targeting climate change adaptation in Africa from 2014 to 2018, finding that funding levels are insufficient, heavily skewed toward mitigation, and characterized by low disbursement rates.

A research paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute evaluating the sustainability and economic feasibility of ecotechnologies for recovering carbon and nutrients in Sweden, Poland, and Finland using a bottom-up cost-benefit analysis.

This research paper examines the deployment of AI in farming, forestry, and marine resource extraction, highlighting a gap in systemic risk research and identifying four primary risks: algorithmic bias, unequal access, cascading failures, and efficiency-resilience trade-offs.

This research paper examines solar mini-grid projects in northern Kenya to analyze their impact on local communities. The authors utilize a combination of the 4Es framework and "mechanisms of social change" (MOSC) language to map causal pathways and understand how the design and implementation of adaptation projects can lead to both positive and negative socio-economic and ecological outcomes.

This statement from the Stockholm Environment Institute argues that climate change adaptation must be treated as a global, transboundary ambition rather than a local matter, while emphasizing that adaptation cannot replace the urgent need for emissions mitigation.

This research paper, commissioned by the Swedish Energy Agency, examines the blending of carbon markets and climate finance to support emissions reductions in developing countries and proposes standards for the proportional attribution of funding to ensure environmental integrity.

This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) evaluates the feasibility and desirability of transitioning United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meetings to online formats. Based on stakeholder surveys and interviews, it argues that while the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that many UNFCCC activities can be held virtually, a meaningful transition requires addressing deep-seated issues of trust, power imbalances, and the digital divide to avoid exacerbating existing inequities.

This policy brief by the Stockholm Environment Institute examines the political challenges hindering the coordination of climate finance at both global and national levels. It focuses on the overlapping roles of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF), and how domestic bureaucratic politics in recipient countries like Kenya and Zambia affect the implementation of climate finance.

Ghana's Updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for 2020-2030 outlines a strategy to transition to a climate-resilient, low-carbon economy through 47 adaptation and mitigation programmes across 19 policy areas. The plan aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 64 MtCO2e by 2030, create over one million green jobs, and benefit approximately 38 million people.

This report analyzes the environmental promises made by political parties in their election platforms for the 2021 Estonian local government council elections. It focuses on national platforms as well as specific programs for Tallinn and Tartu, comparing them to the 2017 elections and assessing their alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the European Green Capital (EGC) criteria.

This policy guide by the Stockholm Environment Institute provides a framework for integrating social equity and gender perspectives into smart city development. Using a case study from Khon Kaen, Thailand, it warns against the risks of technology-centric urbanism—such as the marginalization of low-income residents and the reinforcement of masculine power structures—and offers a practical toolkit for stakeholder mapping and social impact assessment.

This research paper proposes the concept of a 'climate change scenario service' to bridge the gap between scientific climate change scenarios and their application by decision makers and societal actors. The authors introduce the SENSES toolkit as a practical implementation of this service concept, focusing primarily on mitigation scenarios while also including materials for adaptation and impact projections.

This briefing from the COP26 Universities Network outlines a vision for plausible net-zero solutions and research priorities across eight sectors for the 2020s to help the UK reach its 2050 target.

This research paper chapter examines the fragmented international governance of fossil fuel subsidies, arguing that while the lack of legally binding disciplines creates coordination challenges, the use of multiple institutional rationales and informal international law can still drive reform.