A good living environment for humans and all other living things,now and for future generations.
The Sixth International PCB Workshop, entitled Persistent Pollutants Require Persistent Solutions, will be held in Visby, Sweden, from 30 May to 2 June 2010. (9 February 2010)
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has decided that 27 wolves may be shot under licence during the period 2 January – 15 February. (22 December 2009)
A new report concerns the publication and citation performance of researchers within programs financed by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. The overall quality of the publications funded by the programs is impressive. (18 December)
The whole proposal contains some 150 measures within areas such as eutrophication, hazardous substances, biodiversity and fishing, and maritime issues. (17 December)
Sweden continues to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, which in 2008 reached a record low. Total Swedish emissions have now fallen by almost 12 percent since 1990. (16 December 2009)
Conference documentation from the international conference "Green public procurement – Taking it to the next level".(2 December 2009)
The new website is an emission register resembling the registers that exist in several countries, in Europe and globally. The register contains a database concerning emissions from the roughly 1,000 largest companies in Sweden. (24 November)
Some 69 per cent of Swedes prefer to buy their goods and services from companies that are actively working to limit climate change, which is an increase of seven percent on last year’s result. (5 November)
The mandate of the international air conventions should be extended to include the climatic effects of air pollution. This is the conclusion now being presented by the international Air & Climate conference. 2 November 2009
Air pollution and climate change are often treated as if they were two separate problems, when they actually represent the same scourge. (30 October)
A new brochure gives you an overview of Sweden’s work with Green Public Procurement and describes the experiences we have gained throughout the years. (23 October 2009)
Carbon dioxide emissions from new cars in Sweden fell by 3.1 per cent in the first half of 2009 compared with the whole of 2008, from 174 to 169 grams per kilometre. (21 October)
The new biodiversity targets to apply from 2011 must be simple, ambitious and must require that action be taken. (7 October 2009)
Conference documentation from the international conference "The Value of our Marine Environment". (2 October)
We human beings have always shaped our surroundings. A new book from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency depicts past and current changes in the natural environment.
A new publication describes how treatment of wastewater from urban areas has evolved in Sweden. History, legislation, statistics and methods. (11 September)
Kosterhavet is Sweden`s first marine national park. Inauguration 9 September. (8 September)
100 years of national parks in Europe - a shared inheritance; a common future. (4 September)
A proposal detailing what Sweden can do to improve the state of the Baltic marine environment will be presented to the Government today. (13 July 2009)
We have created a knowledge base of some of the most interesting and successful environmental projects from the Local Investment Programmes (LIP).
Swedish efforts to safeguard the environment are moving in the right direction. But when it comes to the objectives for climate, seas, a non-toxic environment and biodiversity the situation is highly problematic. (9 june 2009)
Hiking in Abisko, fishing in the Gavle River (Gavleån), or bat- spotting in Söderåsen. These are just a few of the exciting activities taking place around the country May 24 to celebrate 100 years of national parks in Sweden. (20 may 2009)
The UN’s climate change secretariat, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the Swedish Ministry of the Environment are currently holding a three-day UN workshop on climate information. (20 may)
The Swedish EPA’s international training programme on ”Environmental Governance and Management in the Public Sector” will start for the second time in September 2009. (25 february)
The value of the many services provided by the sea exceeds the cost of preserving them. (20 February)
Dioxins and PCBs are present in high concentrations in fish from the Baltic Sea, exceeding the limits for dioxin-like compounds in food set by the European Commission. (28/1/2009)
These are the results of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s annual survey on public attitudes towards climate change.(15/1/2008)
Sweden compiles annual data on its emissions of climate-changing gases as required by guidelines developed under the Climate Convention and the EU monitoring mechanisms (10/12/2008)
The plan covers a total of 13 new parks and extends the boundaries of seven of the 28 existing parks.(3/12/2008)
Although progress is being made in many areas, major challenges remain: more than half of Sweden's 16 environmental quality objectives are not expected to be met by 2020, even if further measures are introduced. (22/10/2008)
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has commissioned an international expert panel for evaluating the eutrophication situation in the Danish Sounds, the Kattegat and the Skagerrak. (11/11/2008)
The Road to Copenhagen is a monthly newsletter with global news aimed at making it easier for you to keep track of progress in international climate negotiations. Subscribe now - for free! (9/8/2008)
This is the conclusion reached in a report from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency to the Ministry of the Environment.(27/6/2008)
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is supporting two development projects on drinking water management and the pulp- and paper industry in China. (6/5/08)
In 2007, carbon dioxide emissions from new petrol and diesel cars in Sweden dropped by just over four per cent, from 189 to 181 grams per kilometre. (14/4/2008))
Sweden is making progress towards a better environment – but not fast enough. The Environmental Objectives Council concludes that several of the environmental quality objectives will not be attained. (31/3/2008))
Clear environmental requirements are set in more than two-thirds of public procurements in Sweden, an important element in Swedish strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (10/3/2008)
The scenarios show that, as compared to 1990, CO2 reductions of more than 30% are feasible by 2020, and that larger reductions are possible. (17/1/2008)