NEWS 2009-11-18

"Excellent - and partly outstanding"

Mistra's Board of Directors has decided to provide continued funding for four more years to the research program Entwined. The assessment of the program receives very high ratings in terms of both...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

RESEARCH RESULT 2009-09-29

Mistra Invests in Film

Mistra's research program Sustainable Investments is the first program in the Mistra family to be presented with the help of motion pictures.

RESEARCH RESULT 2009-09-23

Heureka Is Going On Tour With Its Research Results

The research program Heureka (named after the Greek scientist Archimedes’ famous exclamation, “I have found it!”) reaches the finish line this fall, after eight years of hard work. But before that,...