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This briefing by the Stockholm Environment Institute describes Thailand's strategic promotion of a bioeconomy to overcome the middle-income trap, reduce social inequality, and mitigate environmental impacts. It focuses on the industrial use of sugarcane and cassava to create value-added products like biofuels and bioplastics, while highlighting regulatory hurdles, land and water scarcity, and social issues such as low wages and food insecurity.

The 'Agua Sin Límites' (Water Without Limits) initiative by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) proposes a new agenda for sustainable water management. It aims to address the limitations of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) by focusing on tele-connections beyond the basin, multi-scale participatory approaches to address social inequalities, and the early integration of ecosystem needs into planning.

Zimbabwe's 2021 Revised NDC increases its conditional GHG emission reduction target to 40% per capita by 2030 (up from 33%) and expands its scope to cover all IPCC sectors: Energy, IPPU, Waste, and AFOLU. The report emphasizes Zimbabwe's high vulnerability to climate change, particularly in its rainfed agriculture sector, and outlines a mitigation cost of US$4,834.47 million. It introduces the National Climate Change Fund and a National Climate Finance Facility to mobilize public and private investment.

This report details the outcomes of the ENHANCE project (2017-2020), an Interreg Europe initiative designed to improve regional policy instruments that support the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) to increase resource efficiency and promote the circular economy. The project involved six partners across Europe who identified 24 good practices and implemented 31 actions, primarily focusing on regulatory reliefs and promotional incentives for EMAS-registered organizations.

The 'HANDBOOK for Developing Urban Eco-Islands with Smart Solutions' is a guide published by the Stockholm Environment Institute in 2021. It provides a strategic framework for the integrated development of small islands located near urban areas, aiming to transform them into sustainable tourism destinations. The handbook details a 'Smart and Sustainable Island Development Model' that balances environmental, economic, social, and cultural dimensions, and advocates for the use of digital technology and citizen science to monitor ecosystems and manage visitor flows.

This guide, published by the Stockholm Environment Institute in 2021, provides a framework for the integrated development of small islands near cities into 'eco-islands'—sustainable tourism destinations. Based on projects on Aegna and Vasikkasaari, it outlines a strategic planning process involving visioning, sustainability assessment, and the implementation of 'smart solutions' such as digital monitoring and citizen science to balance tourism with environmental preservation.

This policy brief, based on a report by the Stockholm Environment Institute, examines transboundary climate risks to global food security through the trade of six key agricultural commodities. It argues that traditional risk management strategies like diversification are becoming ineffective due to the systemic nature of climate change, necessitating a shift toward multilateral cooperation and a global systemic view of adaptation to prevent geopolitical tension and protect import-dependent, low-income countries.

This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute analyzes the implementation of Green Public Procurement (GPP) in Tallinn, Estonia. It evaluates the current state of procurement within city agencies, identifies systemic barriers—such as lack of time and expertise—and compares Tallinn's approach with other Nordic and Dutch cities. The document concludes with a four-stage strategic roadmap to increase the prevalence of environmental criteria in city contracts.

This research paper explores how citizen science can be utilized to address food loss and waste to help achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3.

This research paper examines the relationship between green bond financing and the climate targets of the twenty largest European green bond issuers in 2018, finding a disconnect between the two and a lack of pressure to meet science-based targets.

This research paper examines the necessity of integrating peatland science into Earth System Models and Integrated Assessment Models to improve climate change predictions, noting that peatlands are predicted to transition from carbon sinks to carbon sources within the current century.

The report advocates for 'social-ecological transformation' in Asian cities—defined as the simultaneous pursuit of social justice and ecological protection—to meet global climate targets. It emphasizes the need for inclusive decision-making and structural shifts in the built environment, transport, and public participation sectors to move beyond short-term projects toward long-term sustainability.

This guide, produced within the CASCADE project, provides local government officials and experts with tools to identify and overcome barriers to climate change adaptation. It categorizes these barriers into eight groups and offers a self-assessment questionnaire and a curated list of resources, including videos and manuals, to facilitate the adaptation process.

This report, produced as part of the CASCADE project, provides a framework and resources for municipal officers and experts to identify and overcome barriers to climate change adaptation. It categorizes adaptation barriers into eight themes and offers a self-evaluation survey and a guide of resources—including video clips and critical discussion questions—to facilitate local-level risk assessment and adaptation planning.

This research paper details a large-scale study of 253 in-home emission tests in rural India, comparing rocket-style biomass stoves, forced draft gasifiers, and LPG stoves to analyze their impact on indoor air quality and the climate.

This research paper explores the political economy of climate adaptation projects by combining the 4E typology (enclosure, exclusion, encroachment, and entrenchment) with system mapping. Using the solar electricity system in Turkana, Kenya as a case study, the author argues that integrating these tools helps connect theoretical change processes to empirical reality and allows for the construction of causal pathways from projects to impacts.

This research paper utilizes the FEEDME (Food Estimation and Export for Diet and Malnutrition Evaluation) modelling framework to analyze the projected impacts of climate variability, population growth, and land use change on global food security up to the year 2050.

This report examines the intersection of geopolitics and food security, arguing that achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger) requires an understanding of how geopolitical challenges—including unilateralism and zero-sum security approaches—hinder efforts to eradicate hunger.

This research paper examines how land use, climate, and hydropower development drive hydrological alterations in the Srepok River Basin, utilizing IHA software and the Range of Variability Approach to quantify impacts on river ecosystems and water management.

This research paper provides a systematic map of global literature on ecotechnologies used to recover carbon and nutrients from domestic and municipal wastewater. It highlights the vulnerability of the Baltic Sea to eutrophication caused by wastewater emissions and concludes that more research funding and supportive policies are required to improve the efficiency and safety of nutrient and carbon reuse.