Green Toolbox

Sida contributes to reduced poverty, sustainable development and just green transition in Sweden’s partner countries by addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, loss of biodiversity and pollution. The triple planetary crisis undermines the conditions for development and can lead to increased inequality, poverty, conflict and vulnerability of individuals and societies. Sida addresses the crisis through:

• Targeted interventions (projects and programs where climate and environment is the principal objective of the intervention).
• Integration of a climate and environment as a significant objective within other thematic areas.
• Strategic dialogue.
• Mobilisation of capital.

Sida’s climate and environment policy from 2022 is the point of departure for Sida’s work on climate and environment. The Policy is part of Sida’s Environmental Management System (EMS) which is a tool to reduce our direct as well as indirect impact on the environment.

This e-learning about the EMS gives you an overview of Sida’s work on climate and environment, including the environmental situation in a few of Sida’s partner countries.

E-learning on Sida's environmental management system on our learning platform

In the following document, you find definitions of key concepts within the area of climate and environment.

Fossil-free power and heat production (for Sida employees):

Climate and environmental aspects interact with four other perspectives that also guide Sida’s operations: poverty, human rights, gender equality and conflict. The following documents provide guidance on how contributions can be set up and assessed to address the perspectives and their interaction.

The following documents provide guidance on how climate, environment and biodiversity can be integrated in specific sectors.

Applying the OECD-DAC policy marker on environment and the Rio markers for climate mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity and desertification allows Sida to follow up on how Sweden contributes to the implementation of international environmental agreements through its development cooperation.

The following documents provide guidance on approaches that are of specific relevance to Sida’s work on climate and environment.

The following publications are not updated and should not be used as guidance. They can still be useful as background information.

The following documents provide guidance on strategic dialogue on climate and environment within various sectors.

The following documents provide guidance on how to look for opportunities to increase financing and mobilisation of private capital to climate, environment and biodiversity.

The following documents provide an overview of Sida’ support to climate and environment for the past two years. For older overviews, see Sida's publications database.

In 2019, an OECD peer review of environmental integration in development cooperation in Sweden, Canada and through the European Commission and the European Investment Bank was carried out.  The evaluation still guides Sida’s work on environmental integration.