The societal benefits of research

IVL contributes to:

• Sustainable food production systems where ecosystems are maintained, which strengthens the ability to adapt to climate change and gradually improves the quality of soil.
  

IVL contributes to:

• reducing the number of deaths and illnesses due to harmful chemicals, pollution and contamination of air, water and soil.
  
• strengthening capacity concerning early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks.

IVL contributes to:

• Achieving universal and equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation by developing and implementing technologies for water collection, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reusage.
  

IVL contributes to:

• ensuring universal access to a significantly increased share of renewable energy in the global energy selection, and access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services.
  
• increasing the pace of improving energy efficiency and strengthening international cooperation for research and technology within clean and renewable energy.

IVL contributes by:

• improving efficiency of resources for production and consumption.
• endorsing occupational health and safety.
  
• breaking the link between environmental degradation and growth.

IVL contributes to:

• refurbishing infrastructure and industries to make them spö ustainable, with more efficient use of resources as well as environmentally friendly technologies and industrial processes.
  
• supporting domestic development of technology, along with research and innovation in developing countries.

IVL contributes to:

• reducing the cities' negative environmental impact by working with air quality and management of municipal and other waste.
• that cities and communities implement integrated plans for inclusion, efficiency of resources, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, and resilience to disaster.
  
• affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all and an inclusive and sustainable urbanization.

IVL contributes to:

• environmentally friendly handling of chemicals throughout their life cycle, and significantly reducing emissions to air, water and soil in order to minimize negative consequences for health and the environment.
• encouraging companies to implement sustainable practices and integrate sustainability into their reporting cycle.
• identifying and eliminating inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption.
• reducing waste through preventive measures, as well as reusage and recycle.

IVL contributes to:

• strengthening resilience and the ability to adapt to climate-related dangers and natural disasters.
• improving education, awareness, and both human and institutional capacity in terms of early warning, climate adaptation and mitigation of climate change and its consequences.
  
• integrating action for climate into policies, strategies and planning at a national level.

IVL contributes to:

• preventing and reducing pollution in the sea, in particular from activities based on land, including marine litter and nutrient supply.
• strengthening the conservation and sustainable utilization of the oceans and their resources
  
• protecting marine and coastal ecosystems in order to achieve healthy and productive seas.

IVL contributes to:

• preserving, restoring and sustainably using terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their ecosystem services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and arid areas.
• integrating the values of ecosystems and biodiversity into national and local planning and development as well as into accounting strategies.
  
• cultivating the forests sustainably, stopping deforestation, restoring impoverished forests, reducing the destruction of natural habitats and halting the loss of biodiversity.

IVL contributes to:

• development, transfer and dissemination of environmentally friendly technologies to developing countries.
  
• strengthening the global partnership for sustainable development and complement it with a new one that exchanges knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources to help achieve the goals of sustainable development; especially in developing countries.