Climate Issues in Planning and Green Space Planning

The plan demands that public transport and public services are designed so that car dependency decreases, and that all political decisions take into account the acute climate situation. Replacing parking standards with mobility standards and setting climate requirements in planning is in line with this. The requirements for green space factor and urban green respond to the plan's commitment to protect biodiversity with strong legislation and long-term societal planning.

• reduced car dependencydecisive»Kollektivtrafiken och utbudet av samhällsservice ska vara tillgängligt för alla och utformas så att bilberoendet minskar.« (party programme ↗)“Public transport and the supply of public services must be accessible to everyone and designed so that car dependency decreases.”
• climate considerations in all decisions»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 happen immediately and all political decisions need to take into account the acute crisis we are in.”
• protect biodiversity»Vi måste lösa klimatkrisen och skydda den biologiska mångfalden – omställningen går alldeles för sakta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We must solve the climate crisis and protect biodiversity – the transition is far too slow.”
• strong environmental legislation»Därför behövs en kraftfull lagstiftning, ekonomiska styrmedel, långsiktig samhällsplanering, klimatinvesteringar och miljöinriktad näringspolitik för att miljöhoten ska kunna bemästras.« (party programme ↗)“Therefore, strong legislation, economic policy instruments, long-term societal planning, climate investment and environmental-focused industrial policy are needed to master environmental challenges.”

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's explicit line is a climate policy for ordinary people that shall never be built on blaming those who need the car, which speaks against removing the right to demand parking places and against mandatory new requirements on new construction. The party programme's willingness to transform transport systems to more walking, cycling and public transport points in the opposite direction, but the election manifesto weighs heavier in the mandate period.

• no blame for car usersdecisive»Klimatkrisen kan aldrig lösas med att skuldbelägga människor som behöver ta bilen till affären – det är helt nödvändigt i stora delar av vårt land.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The climate crisis can never be solved by blaming people who need to take the car to the shops – it is completely necessary in large parts of our country.”
• climate policy for ordinary people»Sverige och världen måste ställa om – och Sverige ska ha en klimatpolitik som fungerar för vanligt folk.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden and the world must transform – and Sweden shall have climate policy that works for ordinary people.”
• transformed transport systems»Transportsystemen ska läggas om för mer gång-, cykel- och kollektivtrafik och så att« (party programme ↗)“Transport systems shall be transformed for more walking, cycling and public transport and so that”

The election manifesto demands reduced car driving in major cities in favour of walking, cycling and public transport, and investments in more nature and greenery in cities. The party programme states that living in the city shall mean freedom from needing a car and that green spaces must be a natural part of the city. Mobility standards, abolished parking requirements and green space factors are instruments for exactly this.

• reduced car driving in citiesdecisive»minska bilåkandet i storstäderna och främja gång-, cykel- och kollektivtrafik.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“reduce car driving in major cities and promote walking, cycling and public transport.”
• more urban greenery»investera i mer natur och grönska i städer och tätorter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest in more nature and greenery in cities and urban areas.”
• car-free city life»Att bo i staden ska innebära en frihet från att behöva bil.« (party programme ↗)“Living in the city shall mean freedom from needing a car.”
• green spaces in the city»Grönytor är viktiga för både miljön och människors hälsa, fysisk såväl som psykisk. Grönytor måste därför vara en naturlig del av staden.« (party programme ↗)“Green spaces are important for both the environment and people's health, both physical and mental. Green spaces must therefore be a natural part of the city.”

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The plan wants to promote electric cars with, among other things, better parking options and warns that climate work gets stuck in expensive and complicated rules. Legislating away the municipality's right to require parking and making green space factor mandatory in all new construction goes in the opposite direction and shifts decisions away from the local level, contrary to the plan's decentralisation principle. That cities shall become greener is, however, a commitment that speaks partly for the proposal.

• better parking for electric carsdecisive»Elbilarna ska främjas med hjälp av fler laddplatser, differentierade trängselskatter som gynnar miljöbilar och bättre parkeringsmöjligheter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Electric cars shall be promoted through more charging points, differentiated congestion charges that favour environmental cars and better parking options.”
• avoid complicated rules»Klimatet kan inte vänta på dyra och krångliga regelverk.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The climate cannot wait for expensive and complicated rules.”
• decisions close to the individual»beslut i första hand ska fattas av människor själva, eller så nära den enskilda människan som möjligt« (party programme ↗)“decisions shall in the first instance be made by people themselves, or so close to the individual person as possible”
• greener cities»Vi vill se fler grönområden nära där människor bor, renare vatten och mer biologisk mångfald.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to see more green spaces close to where people live, cleaner water and more biological diversity.”

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's climate line builds on general and technology-neutral instruments and takes distance from symbolic politics and detailed regulation of everyday life. Mandatory green-space factor, material requirements and a legislated mobility norm are precisely such detailed steering of building and planning that the plan wishes to avoid, whilst wishing to simplify building regulations. That green areas shall have a self-evident place in densification pulls in the opposite direction but does not carry the requirements.

• general technology-neutral instrumentsdecisive»Generella och teknikneutrala ekonomiska styrmedel, såsom koldioxidskatt och« (party programme ↗)“General and technology-neutral economic instruments, such as carbon tax and”
• no to symbolic politics»ny teknik och tillväxt i stället för plakatpolitik och nya symbolskatter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“new technology and growth instead of poster politics and new symbol taxes”
• municipal planning responsibility»I samhällsplaneringen ska det kommunala planmonopolet användas i högre grad« (party programme ↗)“In spatial planning the municipal planning monopoly shall be used to a higher degree”
• green areas in densification»Vid förtätning av städer måste grönområden få en självklar plats.« (party programme ↗)“In densification of cities green areas must have a self-evident place.”

The plan establishes that access to a car for many is a prerequisite to being able to live and work anywhere in the country, and the election manifesto particularly highlights those dependent on their car. Removing the right to demand parking spaces and making green space factor mandatory in new construction is moreover national micro-management that clashes with strong municipal self-governance. The plan values urban greenery, but not through compulsory demands.

• car needed throughout the countrydecisive»Tillgång till bil är för många en förutsättning för att« (party programme ↗)“Access to a car is for many a prerequisite for being able to”
• support car-dependent households»Vi ser den som bor utanför storstäderna och är beroende av sin bil.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We see those who live outside the major cities and depend on their car.”
• strong municipal self-governance»Den kommunala självstyrelsen ska vara stark« (party programme ↗)“Municipal self-governance shall be strong”
• value of urban greenery»Även små grönytor i städerna fyller en viktig« (party programme ↗)“Even small green spaces in cities serve an important”

The plan starts from the assumption that those who need the car in daily life shall be able to afford and have the opportunity to use it, and wants to remove regulatory red tape and replace detailed plans with simpler building plans. Abolishing the right to demand parking spaces and making green space factor and material requirements mandatory instead means new statutory requirements on building. The plan furthermore wants decisions to be made at the lowest effective level, namely by the municipalities themselves.

• the car should be possible to usedecisive»Där du som behöver åka en bit för att skjutsa dina barn till fotbollsträningen eller musikskolan har råd att ta bilen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Where you who need to drive a bit to take your children to football training or music school can afford to take the car”
• simpler planning system»Ersätta avancerade detaljplaner med enklare byggplaner« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Replace advanced detailed plans with simpler building plans”
• reduced regulatory red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove a third of companies' administrative costs and a third of regulatory red tape”
• decisions at the lowest effective level»Det politiska systemet ska bygga på att beslut fattas på lägsta« (party programme ↗)“The political system shall be based on decisions being made at the lowest”

The counter-proposal wants to eliminate the right to require parking spaces and steer away short car trips and impose new climate and greenery requirements on new construction. The plan's core commitment is the opposite: the car should become easier and cheaper to use, car commuting should be improved and symbol politics that raises costs should be rejected. New mandatory requirements for construction also contradict the plan's line on simplified building regulations.

• protect car usedecisive»Sverigedemokraterna vill göra det lättare och billigare att ta sig fram med bilen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats wants to make it easier and cheaper to get around by car.”
• facilitate car commuting»Förbättra förutsättningarna för bilpendling, framförallt på landsbygden« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Improve the conditions for car commuting, especially in rural areas”
• against car-hostile governance»Att ensidigt beskatta vissa trafikslag extremt hårt slår mot dem som saknar alternativ till bilen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Taxing certain modes of transport extremely heavily hits those who lack alternatives to the car.”
• stop symbol politics»Stoppa symbolpolitik som går ut över möjligheten att bedriva industri och näring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop symbol politics that harms the ability to conduct industry and business”