The Swedish 2030-secretariat

What brought us here?

With 0,15 percent of global emissions, it would be easy to argue that Sweden has little or no impact on the global climate. Even adding the impact of consumption – goods produced elsewhere but used in Sweden – the impact stays at 0,3 percent. Sweden’s only way to be truly relevant in combating climate change is as a role model for others. A permanent exhibition for climate friendly solutions or a global climate helpdesk. A ground for trial and error, with solutions ready to be adapted around the globe.

The world’s most stringent climate targets were thus approved by the Swedish Parliament in June 2016; net zero by 2045 which means at least an 85 percent emissions reduction in Sweden compared to 1990, with up to 15 percent reductions elsewhere, but financed by Sweden. Until 2030, emissions are to be reduced by 63 percent.

The Swedish Climate Act has only one sectorial target; to decrease emissions from national transport by 70 percent by 2030 compared to 2010, e.i a “Fossil-independent transport sector”. In order to reach this climate goal, we need to work intersectional and combine efforts within primarily three areas: All vehicles (road, sea, air, rail), All fossil free fuels, and Behavioural changes. This is where we come in.