Funder

Government of Sweden, Ministry of Environment

The Ministry of the Environment is responsible for the Government’s environmental and climate policy. The Ministry works on issues concerning the climate, biological diversity, chemicals, ecocycles, nature and forest conservation, marine and water environments, radiation safety and international environmental cooperation.

Contributions

Biological Diversity: Protecting the variety of life on Earth

Biodiversity underpins human life and a significant shift away from “business as usual” is needed to reverse the alarming rate of biodiversity loss.

Deep Dive

September 28, 2020

Stockholm and the Birth of Environmental Diplomacy

A 1972 UN conference began modern international cooperation on the environment. What lessons should we take from it amid mounting global crises?

Deep Dive

September 10, 2020

Still Only One Earth: Lessons from 50 years of UN sustainable development policy

A policy brief series takes stock of how environmental progress has been fostered in the past and how to leverage those lessons in current crises.

Project