Political documents
As a researcher, it is good to be familiar with the political contexts in which your research is relevant. In many open calls from national and international funding agencies, the relevance for sustainable development must be motivated.
Examples of policy documents
International
- the Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals
- the Paris Agreement (the international treaty on climate change)
- the European Green Deal
- Towards a circular economy | European Commission (europa.eu)
Sweden
- The Swedish environmental objectives
- Agenda 2030 in Sweden:
- the Swedish implementation plan for Agenda 2030
- the final report of the Agenda 2030 delegation (more information available in Swedish)
- Swedish climate policy
- Sweden´s climate policy framework (law, goals and climate political council)
- The Swedish Climate action plan
- Reports of the Climate political council
- Circular Economy
- reports of the delegation for circular economy (in Swedish)
- Handlingsplan cirkulär ekonomi (regeringen.se) (in Swedish)
- Industry
- the Swedish national initiative Fossil Free Sweden develops roadmaps and strategies for different industry branches to reach the 2045 net zero goal (for carbon dioxide)