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L and MP in debate on climate action plan

12/21/2023, 10:10:15 PM

Highlights: Sweden's climate action plan was presented on Thursday. The opposition says that the measures are not enough. The government says that they have both short- and long-term measures. The Center Party, the Left Party and the Green Party said that they will raise a vote of no confidence in the climate minister, Romina Pourmokhtari, in the coming days. The plan includes phasing out fossil fuels, expanding nuclear power and the electricity system, and electrifying the automotive sector.

The criticism from the opposition against the government, SD and Climate Minister Romina Pourmokhtari (L) was not long in coming after the climate action plan was presented on Thursday. In SVT's Aktuellt, the climate minister and the Green Party's spokesperson Daniel Helldén debated.


The Tidö parties have agreed that Sweden will achieve the long-term climate goal, to have no net emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, by 2045 at the latest. Phasing out fossil fuels, expanding nuclear power and the electricity system, and electrifying the automotive sector are what are crucial, according to the government.

Criticism from the opposition was not long in coming. Daniel Helldén (MP) believes that the measures are not enough when it comes to what the government should do in the short term.

"You send things forward in time instead of doing anything. The 2030 targets are conspicuous by their absence because they are sent for an inquiry. And you can't show that you're going to meet the goals for 2045," he says.

Helldén accuses the government of the fact that the action plan contains empty words at the same time as several parts are sent to be investigated.

Lack of confidence in the climate minister

On Thursday, the Center Party, the Left Party and the Green Party said that they will raise a vote of no confidence in the climate minister.

But the government, for its part, believes that they have both short- and long-term measures.

"We want to expand the Climate Leap so that industry and agriculture can make the transition, invest in restoring wetlands and convert the heavy and light trucks and work machines," says Pourmokhtari (L).

According to Pourmokhtari's forecast, the short-term measures will reduce emissions in Sweden by 2030, she says.

Listen to some of the debate above.