Islamic Relief Sweden
Islamic Relief Sweden strives for a fair and sustainable global development. We work to alleviate human suffering in emergency situations and in long-term efforts provide people with tools to take
Inescapably intertwined: the reality of globalisation and borderless climate risks
Climate adaptation efforts are unlikely to succeed if done in geographic isolation. The Transnational Climate Impacts Index examines country exposure to climate change from an international view.
Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
The Nordic Africa Institute is a center for research, documentation and information on contemporary Africa in the Nordic region. Based in Uppsala, Sweden, the Institute is dedicated to providing ti
Tailoring climate information to meet adaptation decision-making needs
This article presents results from the first research phase of SEI’s HazardSupport project, which aims to help address climate change impacts relevant in Sweden today and in the future.
Umeå University
Umeå University was founded in 1965 and is Sweden's fifth oldest university. Today, it has a strong international presence with students, teachers and researchers from all over the world.
The SEI Initiative on Climate Services
This initiative is developing and testing a new framework - Tandem - for the improved co-design, use and interpretation of climate services.
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
The MSB (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency) is responsible for issues concerning civil protection, public safety, emergency management and civil defence as long as no other authority has responsib
HazardSupport: Risk-based decision support for adaptation to future natural hazards
Hazard Support aims to develop new methods for decision-makers and climate experts to tailor information about the impacts of climate change on natural hazards for adaptation decisions.
Barriers in municipal climate change adaptation
This study aimed to investigate barriers to successful local climate change adaptation due to lack of support from decision makers in organisations other than the municipality in question.
LEDS in Practice: Breathe clean
This paper presents two case studies from cities that have taken action on air quality to improve public health and have realized the benefits of reduced emissions.
Lund University
Lund University seeks to be a world-class university that works to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.
Lund University
Lund University is a welcoming meeting place and a melting pot of new ideas.
Mistra-SWECIA
Climate change is a reality and it is important to analyse the effects these changes will have on the environment and on society, as well as investigate how societies will be required to adapt...
Transformative Learning and Engagement with Climate Change Adaptation
This study looks into how science-based learning experiences can help overcome social barriers to adaptation and behaviour change, and how learning in itself may be hindered by those barriers.
Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
FOI is one of Europe’s leading research institutes in the areas of defence and security. We have 930 highly skilled employees with various backgrounds.
A framework for facilitating dialogue between policy planners and local climate change adaptation professionals
The dominant approach to mainstreaming climate adaptation into sectoral policies relies on an ‘upscaling’ model in which it is envisaged to extract lessons from local change processes to...
Climate change adaptation in Swedish forestry
Cover photo: “Traces of Gudrun” © urbanlegend/flickr
AbstractThis report explores how climate change adaptation concerns were integrated into the Swedish forestry discourse in the...
ClimateCost- TPBN 2
This briefing note provides an overview of a European-wide assessment of the impacts and economic costs of sea-level rise and an analysis of the costs and benefits of adaptation.
ClimateCost- TPBN 1
Beyond generic adaptive capacity
This paper examines the processes by which the generic adaptive capacity of a system is translated into adaptation to climate change, what form it takes, and what factors...
Knowledge for local climate change adaptation
Adaptation to climate change is often perceived as a local concern; yet local stakeholders are influenced by knowledge and politics from international and national contexts. Based...
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