Climate policy
To combat climate change, national climate policies must be developed in correlation with international climate agreements. As a member of the European Union (EU), Sweden’s climate policy is linked to the EU’s climate change objectives and common policies. A range of national measures and instruments are used to meet the objectives set out.
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The member states of the EU have committed to jointly reduce their emissions by eight per cent by 2010 and by at least 20 per cent to 2020.
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Sweden is now increasing the pace of work on the transition to a low-carbon society The aim is to make the country independent of fossil energy, and Sweden therefore has to make its own contribution to international efforts to reduce emissions.
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International climate cooperation and emissions-reducing investments abroad form part of national climate and energy policy. International cooperation is essential in limiting human impact on climate.