NEWS 2009-11-09 Top Evaluation Grades Provides E4 Mistra with New Millions Assessment of the research program E4 Mistra, which is focused on energy efficient after-treatment systems for vehicles, gives top marks to the program—in terms of both scientific level and utility. As...

RESEARCH RESULT 2009-11-03 Investors Are Willing to Pay More for Environmentally Aware Companies Mistra's research program Sustainable Investments will release interesting findings on November 11th. Research indicates that regulation parameters for climate change and emissions affect how investors...

NEWS 2009-10-22
Björn Dahlbäck Becomes New Head of the Polar Research Secretariat
The program manager of Mistra’s Marine Paint Program Manager Björn Dahlbäck was today appointed by the government as the new head of the Polar Research Secretariat.


CAPITAL ASSETS NEWS 2009-10-22
CDP: 80 Percent of Companies Want to Reduce their Carbon Dioxide Emissions
On Tuesday, October 20th, the 2009 Carbon Disclosure Project was made public. Mistra's research program Sustainable Investments has prepared this key report for the Nordic countries’ companies and presented the results at Hasselbacken in Stockholm.


RESEARCH RESULT 2009-10-19
How to Produce Beef the Sustainable Way
Pasture-raised cattle living outdoors, even in winter, grazing between different locations can help create sustainable beef production. The burden on land and water resources is consequently lessened and the animals thrive outdoors.


NEWS 2009-10-12
Elinor Ostrom of the Stockholm Resilience Center Receives the Nobel Prize
American Professor Elinor Ostrom, board member of the Mistra funded Stockholm Resilience Center, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in economics. She shares the prize with Professor Oliver Williamson (not pictured).


RESEARCH RESULT 2009-10-12
Future Forest Researchers: New Theories About Insect Infestation
Rising temperatures affect plants, herbivorous insects and predatory insects in different ways. It is therefore easier to predict the risk of future outbreaks of herbivorous insects by focusing on the interaction among species, rather than on the individual insect species.


NEWS 2009-10-08
Stockholm Invests With an Emphasis on Business Development
The Stockholm consortium´s proposal for Urban Futures did not receive money from Mistra. However, that did not prevent Stockholm´s strong team from realizing their ideas on sustainable urban development. Several concrete projects are presently underway on the theme of Changing Minds.


RESEARCH RESULT 2009-10-06
Better Than Expected Results for the Carbon Disclosure Project
The 2009 Carbon Disclosure Project has been completed. This year’s survey has shown improvements in several areas, both qualitatively and quantitatively. On October 20, the results from three different studies will be presented at Hasselbacken in Stockholm.

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