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Statliga insatser för ökad läsning och läslust hos barn och unga i Norden : Policy brief
No full textI denna promemoria och tekniska rapport sammanställer Kulturanalys Norden en genomgång av litteraturstatistik i de nordiska länderna. Vi tar vår utgångspunkt i tabell CULT17 som redovisas i Nordic Statistics Database (NSD). I rapporten redovisar vi även förutsättningarna för en fortsatt harmonisering av standarder för statistiken över publicerade böcker. För att utveckla statistiken till ökad jämförbarhet är vår rekommendation att länderna framöver på ett samstämmigt sätt även inkluderar digital utgivning och egenutgivning. Vidare är rekommendationen att länderna undersöker möjligheterna till att leverera en separat variabel - ”varav barn- och ungdomsböcker” – utöver nuvarande genreuppdelning
Nordic Hydrogen Valleys : value chain mappingacross the region
No full textIn this first comprehensive mapping of Nordic hydrogen value chains, an overview of the status and the nature of clean hydrogen projects across the Nordic region is established, based on definitions of “Nordic hydrogen valley” and “Nordic hydrogen hotspot”, specifically developed for the mapping carried out in this report. The mapping results are visualized in an interactive digital tool (available at nordich2valleys.org), at the same time ensuring a joint Nordic digital platform as the basis for future updates of the Nordic hydrogen value chain landscape. In addition to the mapping, the report analyses the potential of clean hydrogen-based fuels in Arctic maritime transport. Finally, the report carries out an analysis of drivers, barriers and policy measures regarding the development of hydrogen valleys in the Nordics and on that basis policy recommendations are highlighted
Product Service Systems in the Nordics : Paving the way for Circular Business and Sustainable Consumption
No full textThe report, Product-Service Systems (PSS) in the Nordics, investigates how PSS models can support sustainable consumption and resource efficiency in the Nordic countries. From 2021 to 2024, the project evaluated 16 pilot projects and engaged with more than 100 stakeholders to uncover the conditions for PSS success. It highlights the economic and environmental benefits of these systems while identifying the challenges that hinder their adoption. Through targeted recommendations for businesses, policymakers, and financial institutions, the report aims to facilitate regional cooperation, promote circular business models, and drive sustainable economic growth across the Nordic region
Sustainable levels of human activities in the Nordic marine environment
No full textCoastal and marine ecosystems are under pressure from various human activities, which exert direct and indirect impacts on underwater biota. Relevant management policies urgently need detailed information on ecological impacts of the activities. The COMA project analyzed the impacts of human activities and pressures on marine ecosystem were from three different viewpoints: (1) What evidence there is of ecosystem responses to single and multiple pressures?, (2) How different human activities impact the marine ecosystem?, and (3) What evidence there is of the sustainable levels of human activities? By applying a review, a meta analysis and three case studies, COMA addressed the questions, provided advice and suggested an approach for management
Paris Alignment of Export Credit Agencies: Denmark
No full textPerspectives Climate Research utilized its methodology to assess EIFO, the official Export Credit Agency (ECA) of Denmark, for its alignment with the Paris Climate Agreement. Overall, EIFO was rated with ‘Transformational’ (score 2.54/3.00). EIFO is the first institution to receive the highest possible ranking among eleven ECAs that Perspectives Climate Research assessed so far. The score reflects EIFO’s successful phase-out of fossil energy financing and its world-leading renewable energy support. EIFO is also raising climate ambitions of other ECAs through initiatives like E3F and NZECA. Areas for improvement include reporting project-level GHG emissions, providing comprehensive sustainability reports, defining climate finance, and setting sectoral emissions reduction targets across its portfolio
Stabil civil beredskap i Norden - En studie av hur nordisk regionalpolitik kan bidra till civil beredskap
No full textDen här rapporten är del av ett nordiskt projekt vars övergripande syfte har varit att undersöka hur regionalpolitik på bästa sätt kan bidra till att tillgodose civil beredskap och robusthet i nordiska landsbygder under perioder av kris. I det nya risklandskapet är ett robust samhälle, med kapacitet att stå emot och hantera både miljökatastrofer och mänskligt orsakade kriser, högst eftersträvansvärt. Regioner och kommuner kan bidra till robusthet och civil beredskap genom att upprätthålla samarbetsförmåga och utveckla innovativa lösningar för en hållbar omställning, tillika säkra tillgången till mat, råmaterial, energi och service för sina invånare, både i fredstid och i perioder av kris. Inom ramen för studien definieras civil beredskap genom följande aspekter: förebyggande och trygghetsskapande åtgärder i samhället, räddningstjänst och krisberedskap, matsäkerhet inklusive livsmedelsförsörjning, jordbruk och matproduktion, energiförsörjning, försörjning av råmaterial (främst mineraler och metaller), samt tillgång till (offentlig) service
Norræn samstarfsáætlun um vinnumál 2025–2030
No full textNorræna ráðherranefndin um vinnumál (MR-A) mun á tímabilinu 2025–2030 setja í forgang verkefni sem stuðla að góðum skilyrðum og jafnrétti á vinnumarkaði, auka atvinnustig og efla aðlögunarhæfni og samkeppnisfærni vinnumarkaðarins. Hin grænu umskipti kalla á fjárfestingar og breytingar og lýðfræðilegar breytingar sýna fram á þörfina á aðgengilegu og hæfu vinnuafli. Stafvæðing og ný tækni skapa í senn tækifæri og þörf á breytingum og nýrri hæfni. Norðurlönd hafa búið við sameiginlegan vinnumarkaði í yfir 70 ár og eiga að nýta einstakt samfélag sitt til að finna sjálfbærar lausnir.
Planning around remote work: Latest research and implications for planners and policymakers
No full textThis report discusses planning and policy implications, categorized under three areas: transportation, the built environment, and sustainability. The report highlights several recommendations, such as to safeguard public transport, support investments in measures to boost small-town and rural attractiveness, encourage development according to work-live (mixed-use) designs and 15-minute city principles, promote a diverse and affordable housing supply, enable access to digital infrastructure, plan for residents who also cannot work remotely, and reconsider research frameworks and data collection based on the unique spatial patterns of remote work
Nefco Annual Report 2023
No full textNefco, the Nordic Green Bank's Annual Report for 2023 includes the Report of the Board, the Financial Report and Impact Report. Nefco is an international financial institution (IFI) that finances the initial scale-up of Nordic green solutions on international markets. Founded in 1990 by the five Nordic countries, we serve the interestsof our owners, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, support globally set environmental and climate targets and take concrete actions to accelerate the shift to green.
From media welfare to data welfare : Broadening the scope of media welfare
No full textThis chapter engages with the notion of the data welfare state, extending the discussion of digital media welfare. Our main aim is to address the shifts in welfare provision under the paradigm of datafication. This primarily conceptual contribution puts forward the normative ideal of the data welfare state as a point of departure from the media welfare state. In the chapter, we highlight the current limits of data welfare and outline the prospects of the data welfare state by drawing on two empirical case studies of data-based technologies implemented by 1) a Swedish municipality to automate social benefit applications, and 2) a smart-sensor project of a public housing company to improve public safety. The case studies serve as an illustration of the conceptual arguments being made while shifting the focus from traditional media institutions to broader welfare infrastructures that are increasingly being datafied. To develop a better understanding of data welfare, we suggest revisiting the concept of mediation in the context of the data welfare state, in which the process of datafication is becoming a major way of mediating the social good