Sweden’s climate policies closer to reaching goals
- The outlook for Sweden to achieve its climate goals looks better now than it did a year ago, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Sara Almqvist, a climate analyst for the agency, tells Swedish Radio News that progress is being made compared to a year ago.
- Last year, the forecast was that in the year 2045, Sweden’s emissions would be 38 million tons of carbon dioxide. But this year’s forecast has shaved 12 million tons off of that amount.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Canada releases plan for a 40 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2030, CBC News
Finland: The world could transition entirely to cheap, safe renewable energy before 2050: Finnish study, Yle News
Norway: The quest to turn Norway’s Arctic coast into Northern Europe’s wind power hub, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia: Italian firm to build giant wind farm in northwestern Russia, The Independent Barents Observer
Sweden: Sweden’s solar industry sees bright future despite shrinking subsidies, Radio Sweden
United States: Despite winter darkness, solar power might work better in rural Alaska than you’d expect, Alaska Dispatch News
World: 2021 one of seven warmest years on record, says U.N. agency, Eye on the Arctic
