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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Swedish Government's Climate Action Plan Faces Opposition

Published: 2023-12-24

The Swedish government and Sweden Democrats have presented their long-awaited climate action plan.

The plan aims to achieve long-term climate goals, with the government acknowledging that Sweden's climate emissions will increase during 2024 and 2025. Despite this, they have not presented concrete measures to address the issue.

The opposition parties have expressed severe criticism of the plan, with the Centre Party, the Left Party, and the Green Party going as far as to express a vote of no confidence against the Minister for Climate and Environment, Romina Pourmokhtari.

The main feature of the plan is a system of carbon trading to be implemented by 2027, which may increase the cost of driving cars.

The government's plan has been criticized for focusing on electronic flights and ships, without any measures for railways.

The government also aims to phase out fossil fuels, expand nuclear power and the electricity system, and electrify the transport sector.