Financing Models

The plan demands that the transition occurs immediately and that all political decisions take into account the acute situation, with the explicit warning that problems worsen the longer time passes without action. It also demands that redistribution from state to municipality and region increases and that costs are distributed solidaristically across the country, which is the core of the question about financing municipalities' climate adaptation. To investigate new financing models now therefore lies in the direction of the plan.

• acute crisis governs decisionsdecisive»Omställningen behöver ske omgående och alla politiska beslut behöver ta hänsyn till den akuta kris som vi befinner oss i.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The transition needs to occur immediately and all political decisions need to take into account the acute crisis we are in.”
• increased redistribution to municipalities»Omfördelningen från stat till region och kommun måste öka och särskild hänsyn ska tas till de många kommuner och regioner som idag inte får ihop sin ekonomi samtidigt som de redan har bland landets högsta skatter totalt sett.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Redistribution from state to region and municipality must increase and special attention should be paid to the many municipalities and regions that today cannot balance their budgets while already having among the country's highest total taxes.”
• delay worsens problems»Ju längre tiden går utan att något görs, desto mer förvärras problemen, oavsett om det rör ojämlikhet eller stigande medeltemperatur.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The longer time passes without action, the more problems worsen, whether it concerns inequality or rising average temperature.”
• solidaristic cost distribution»Inkomster och kostnader behöver fördelas solidariskt över landet.« (party programme ↗)“Incomes and costs need to be distributed solidaristically across the country.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto commits to continuing the major investments so that municipalities can adapt to climate change locally and to increase the state's contributions to municipalities and regions. Investigating new financing models for municipal climate adaptation now is a means for this very commitment, and the party programme requires the party to act swiftly in climate policy. The plan talks about the money, not the form of investigation, therefore derived coverage.

• state funds for municipal climate adaptationdecisive»Vi vill fortsätta de stora investeringarna så att kommunerna kan klimatanpassa lokalt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to continue the major investments so that municipalities can adapt to climate change locally.”
• act swiftly in climate work»Vi socialdemokrater ser det som vår uppgift att ta initiativet och agera skyndsamt« (party programme ↗)“We social democrats see it as our task to take the initiative and act swiftly”
• increased state grants to municipalities»Vi vill fortsätta öka statens bidrag till kommuner och regioner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to continue increasing the state's contributions to municipalities and regions.”
• climate risks are acute»Skogsbränder hotar folks hem. Skyfall svämmar över stadskärnor och torka slår ut skördar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Forest fires threaten people's homes. Heavy rainfall floods city centers and drought destroys harvests.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto promises investments in climate adaptation and that, among other things, schools and care homes shall be adapted for heavy rainfall and heat, and the programme requires that work on climate adaptation be coordinated and resources invested to seriously get started. Municipalities' climate adaptation then requires financing, which is why an investigation of new financing models is already supported by the plan. The programme's precautionary principle furthermore argues against postponing measures while awaiting further evidence.

• resources for climate adaptation nowdecisive»Vi behöver samordna arbetet med klimatanpassningen och satsa resurser för att på allvar sätta igång med arbetet.« (party programme ↗)“We need to coordinate work on climate adaptation and invest resources to seriously get started with the work.”
• invest in climate adaptation»investera i klimatanpassning för att möta effekterna av klimatförändringarna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest in climate adaptation to meet the effects of climate change.”
• municipal services are climate-adapted»anpassa äldreboenden, skolor och förskolor för att klara skyfall och hetta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“adapt care homes, schools and preschools to handle heavy rainfall and heat.”
• do not postpone measures»Om det föreligger hot om allvarlig eller oåterkallelig skada, får inte avsaknaden av fullständig vetenskaplig bevisning användas som ursäkt för att skjuta upp åtgärder för att förhindra miljöförstöring.« (party programme ↗)“If there is a threat of serious or irreversible harm, the lack of complete scientific evidence shall not be used as an excuse to postpone measures to prevent environmental damage.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan makes climate work a main priority and establishes that every day without action is a lost day, while the party programme explicitly rejects a passive attitude to climate change. Financing models for municipalities' climate adaptation are not addressed, but to investigate them now rather than await ongoing assignments follows from the plan's demand for action and from the fact that passivity becomes costly for future generations. Moreover, the requirement is an investigation, not new expenditures, which does not conflict with the plan's budget discipline.

• climate work is urgentdecisive»Varje dag utan handling är en förlorad dag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Every day without action is a lost day.”
• no passive climate policy»Detta dilemma löses inte med en avvaktande attityd.« (party programme ↗)“This dilemma is not solved with a passive attitude.”
• climate is core policy»För Centerpartiet är omsorg om miljö och klimat en central del av politiken, aldrig en nedprioritering eller ett särintresse.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“For the Centre Party, care of the environment and climate is a central part of policy, never a deprioritisation or a special interest.”
• climate threat is greatest»Klimatförändringarna är det största miljöhotet mänskligheten känner.« (party programme ↗)“Climate change is the greatest environmental threat humanity faces.”

The party programme says that societal planning is needed to handle the consequences of climate change, for example rising water levels, and that liberal environmental policy is based on knowledge rather than symbolic measures. Investigating financing models for municipalities' climate adaptation is a knowledge base of this kind and does not conflict with the plan. The plan says nothing about financing responsibility however, so the support is weak and derived.

• planning for climate consequencesdecisive»Det behövs samhällsplanering för att klara klimatförändringarnas« (party programme ↗)“Societal planning is needed to handle the consequences of climate change”
• the severity of the climate threat»Klimatförändringarna är vår generations största miljöhot.« (party programme ↗)“Climate change is our generation's greatest environmental threat.”
• knowledge-based environmental policy»Liberal miljöpolitik tar avstånd från symbolpolitik och« (party programme ↗)“Liberal environmental policy distances itself from symbolic politics and”
• sustainable societal construction»Framtidens samhällen måste byggas på ett miljömässigt hållbart sätt.« (party programme ↗)“Future societies must be built on an environmentally sustainable basis.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The stewardship principle assigns the plan long-term responsibility with respect for future generations, and action shall be based on the precautionary principle when environmental damage is threatened. The plan also requires that the financing principle be respected when the state assigns municipalities new tasks, which in practice climate adaptation does. Investigating new financing models now follows from these principles, even though the plan does not explicitly mention climate adaptation.

• stewardship across generationsdecisive»långsiktig helhetssyn med respekt för vår samtida omgivning och kommande generationer.« (party programme ↗)“long-term holistic perspective with respect for our contemporary environment and future generations.”
• financing principle»enskilda människorna kunna lita på att deras lagliga rättigheter respekteras av kommunala organ. Finansieringsprincipen måste respekteras när staten ålägger kommunerna nya uppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“individuals can trust that their legal rights are respected by municipal bodies. The financing principle must be respected when the state assigns municipalities new tasks.”
• precautionary principle»också att agerandet grundas på försiktighetsprincipen.« (party programme ↗)“also that action is based on the precautionary principle.”
• decisions tested long-term»den kommunala organisationen. Alla politiska beslut bör fattas i enlighet med förvaltarskapsprincipen, vilket innebär att konsekvenserna av besluten« (party programme ↗)“the municipal organization. All political decisions should be made in accordance with the stewardship principle, which means that the consequences of decisions”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

Financing models for municipalities' climate adaptation are not addressed in the plan. The closest principle is the fiscal one: all new promises must be financed or fit within the surplus target, and the large needs within the justice system, defence and welfare require hard priorities where the plan explicitly points out what can wait. Starting investigations into new state financing models is such a new commitment. Therefore the demand is rejected, with low confidence.

• financed reformsdecisive»Alla nya löften och reformer – som till exempel våra inkomstskattesänkningar – behöver finansieras eller rymmas inom överskottsmålet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All new promises and reforms—for example our income tax cuts—need to be financed or fit within the surplus target.”
• hard priorities»De stora behoven inom rättsväsendet, försvaret och välfärden ställer stora krav på prioriteringar under åren som kommer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The large needs within the justice system, defence and welfare place major demands on priorities in the years to come.”
• prioritize away»Vi vet vad som måste göras – och vad som får vänta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We know what must be done—and what can wait.”
• stewardship for the future»Vårt förvaltaransvar är ett ansvar mot kommande generationer,« (party programme ↗)“Our stewardship responsibility is a responsibility to future generations,”

The plan requires that municipalities are given increased support and assistance in environmental work and that society analyzes and plans for different types of major crises, including floods and cloudbursts. Investigating financing models for municipalities' climate adaptation is such planning, and the plan's requirement for environmental efficiency speaks for costs being analyzed in advance. The plan therefore supports the requirement, although without mentioning the financing of climate adaptation.

• increased support for municipalities' environmental workdecisive»Kommunerna måste ges ökat stöd och hjälp i miljöarbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Municipalities must be given increased support and assistance in environmental work.”
• plan for major crises»Analysera och planera för olika typer av stora kriser« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Analyze and plan for different types of major crises”
• environmental efficiency per kronor»Sträva efter miljöeffektivitet och hitta de åtgärder som ger mest miljö per krona« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strive for environmental efficiency and find the measures that deliver the most environmental benefit per kronor”
• evaluate society's vulnerability»Samhällets sårbarhet behöver bättre utvärderas, inkluderat hur ett allt mer elektrifierat och digitalt samhälle påverkar utsattheten vid en kris eller störning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society's vulnerability needs to be better evaluated, including how an increasingly electrified and digital society affects exposure during a crisis or disruption.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.