Browse all knowledge products

Search found 121 items

Browse by:

Type

Sector

Theme

Region

Country

Key Terms

April 2018

Baltic Energy Technology Scenarios 2018

Nordic Council of Ministers

Baltic Energy Technology Scenarios 2018 (BENTE) is a scenario-based energy system analysis that explores the changes in the Baltic countries’ energy systems. What are the drivers and their impacts in the following decades?

January 2018

Nordic and Baltic Public Sector Green Bonds

Climate Bonds Initiative
The report Nordic and Baltic Public Sector Green Bonds has a specific focus on the role of local governments, municipally owned companies (MOCs), state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and Local Government Funding Agencies (LGFAs) and along with Scandinavian nations includes Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in its scope.
October 2015

All Hands on Deck: Setting Course to a Sustainable Blue Economy in the Baltic Sea Region

World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
The report All Hands on Deck: Setting Course to a Sustainable Blue Economy in the Baltic Sea Region looks at the sea’s economic and environmental situation through the lens of a “SWOT” analysis — strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats — that is based on the Principles, and it proposes a set of action steps to realize this singular opportunity: the chance to create a global model of prosperity and environmental stewardship in the Baltic Sea region’s maritime economy.
January 2014

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Municipal Water Protection Measures: Environmental Benefits Versus Cost of Implementation

Global Canopy
This cost-benefit analysis study was conducted within the CITYWATER project, which aimed to promote the implementation of water protection actions to improve the state of the local waters and the Baltic Sea. It consists of five case studies representing differing measures. The results show that investments in infrastructure such as wastewater treatment plants and port reception facilities, as well as in natural solutions such as stormwater wetland and agricultural buffer zones, result in significant reductions in nutrient loads.
7 September 2020
Other News

Public procurers in the driving seat to a circular economy

The recent Baltic Circular Procurement Congress highlighted the leading role of public procurers in driving forward the movement towards circular economies.
November 2018

Nordic Green to Scale for countries: Unlocking the potential of climate solutions in the Baltics, Poland and Ukraine

Nordic Council of Ministers
Nordic Green to Scale 2 analyses the potential of scaling up existing climate solutions in two regions: the Baltic countries, Poland and Ukraine in Europe; and Kenya and Ethiopia in East Africa. This report reflects the study results for the five European target countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the Ukraine). Ten different solutions have been selected out of those included in the two previous studies as particularly promising for that region. The analysis covers emission reduction potential, costs and savings as well as cobenefits of scaling up the selected solutions.
January 2020

Plasticus Mare Balticum

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
This report seeks to share understanding of the roots of plastic polymer pathways to the Baltic Sea, then moves to defining the nature and extent of the problem, then passes to the impacts on sea ice habitat and marine species of the region.

Lithuania - Improve the Water Supply and Sanitation Services

Country: 
Lithuania

Lithuania commits to reduce the gap between urban and rural areas of drinking water and wastewater service coverage and quality. The commitment includes the development and renovation of drinking water supply and wastewater treatment infrastructure.

May 2019

ESG Reporting Guide 2.0

This publication ESG Reporting Guide 2.0 includes the latest third-party reporting methodologies widely adopted by the industry, and aims to help companies navigate the evolving standards on ESG data disclosure, regardless of geography or market capitalization.
May 2015

Principles for a Sustainable Blue Economy

World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
This report Principles for a Sustainable Blue Economy sets shared understanding about what characterizes a sustainable Blue Economy and economic development of the ocean for true prosperity.

Pages