Klimatklivet and Industriklivet

The election manifesto establishes that it is policy's, not the individual's, responsibility to create opportunities for people to choose simple and cheap climate-smart alternatives, which is exactly the counter-proposal's direction of making the transition accessible for ordinary people. The plan also proposes a massive investment programme where industry transitions from fossil to renewable with major state investments. Continued and developed support to process industry and to biofuels follows from that.

• transition accessible for alldecisive»Det är politikens, och inte individens, ansvar att skapa möjligheter för människor att välja enkla och billiga klimatsmarta alternativ.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is policy's, and not the individual's, responsibility to create opportunities for people to choose simple and cheap climate-smart alternatives.”
• massive investment programme»Vänsterpartiet föreslår ett massivt investeringsprogram för den gröna industrin.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party proposes a massive investment programme for the green industry.”
• state support for industrial transition»Industrier ska ställa om från fossilt till förnybart med hjälp av stora statliga investeringar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Industries should transition from fossil to renewable with the help of major state investments”
• demands on industry»Politiken kan och måste ställa krav på att industrin ställer om« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy can and must set demands on industry to transition”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan commits to increasing green government investments and to, through government investments, accelerating the pace of industry's transformation and facilitating a climate-smart life. The counter-proposal's requirement for continued developed investment support for local climate measures and for heavy processing industry is the same commitment, and the requirement that the transformation shall become accessible to ordinary people is the plan's own formulation. Support for biofuels for the transport sector also lies in the plan. The plan supports the requirement.

• government investments in the transformationdecisive»Genom statliga investeringar kan vi öka takten i industrins omställning och underlätta ett klimatsmart liv.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Through government investments we can accelerate the pace of industry's transformation and facilitate a climate-smart life.”
• increase green investments»Öka de gröna statliga investeringarna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase green government investments.”
• 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 a climate policy that works for ordinary people.”
• more renewable fuels»Vi vill öka den svenska produktionen av förnybara drivmedel, så att det blir lättare att tanka fossilfritt i Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to increase Swedish production of renewable fuels, so that it becomes easier to fuel fossil-free in Sweden.”

The election manifesto wants to invest at least 100 billion per year in the transition and establishes that those with the fewest resources shall receive more support in the transition, which is the counter-proposal's requirement to make the climate transition accessible to ordinary people. The plan also wants strong support for energy efficiency improvements to both households and industries, which corresponds to continued support for process industry's transition.

• transition accessible to alldecisive»De med minst resurser ska få mer samhällsservice, lägre skatt och mer stöd i omställningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Those with the fewest resources shall receive more public services, lower taxes and more support in the transition.”
• large transition investments»investera minst 100 miljarder per år i att ställa om så att Sverige blir ett fossilfritt välfärdsland senast år 2030.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest at least 100 billion per year to transition so that Sweden becomes a fossil-free welfare state by 2030 at the latest.”
• support for industry's transition»införa ett kraftfullt stöd för energieffektivisering till både hushåll och industrier.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“introduce strong support for energy efficiency improvements to both households and industries.”
• strong economic instruments»Kraftfulla ekonomiska styrmedel är nödvändiga.« (party programme ↗)“Strong economic instruments are necessary.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The election manifesto requires that it be easy to do the right thing in everyday life and wants to broaden and scale up the green tax credit so that ordinary households can participate in the transition, which is the core of the counter-proposal. The plan also highlights the green industrial boom and wants to multiply the production of biofuels, which corresponds to the demand for continued support to the process industry and to biofuels for the transport sector.

• broad green tax creditdecisive»Det kan vi lösa genom att bredda och skala upp det gröna avdraget« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We can solve this by broadening and scaling up the green tax credit”
• easy to do the right thing»Det ska vara lätt att göra rätt i vardagen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It should be easy to do the right thing in everyday life.”
• support for green industry»En grön industriboom har redan påbörjats i Sverige, från batteriproduktion, bioraffinaderier och världens första fossilfria stål i norr till eldrivna bilar, flygplan och lastbilar längre söderut.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A green industrial boom has already begun in Sweden, from battery production, biorefineries, and the world's first fossil-free steel in the north to electric cars, aircraft, and lorries further south.”
• more biofuel and biogas»Sveriges energioberoende måste stärkas, bland annat genom att mångdubbla produktionen av biobränslen och biogas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden's energy independence must be strengthened, among other things by multiplying biofuel and biogas production.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan wants to replace a climate policy that distributes subsidies with new technology, international cooperation and effective policy instruments, and distances itself from making climate policy a competition for the highest subsidies. Further developing investment support for local climate measures to make the transition more accessible to ordinary people goes against that line. Support for the process industry's transition, however, has support in the plan's demand that carbon capture shall be promoted.

• technology and policy instruments before subsidiesdecisive»En klimatpolitik som ersätter den symbolpolitik där bidrag betalas ut till klimatångest i stället för det vi vet är allra viktigast: mer ny teknik, mer internationellt samarbete och fler effektiva styrmedel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A climate policy that replaces the symbolic politics where subsidies are paid out to climate anxiety instead of what we know is most important: more new technology, more international cooperation and more effective policy instruments.”
• climate taxes before subsidies»Därför är vi för riktiga klimatskatter i stället för att göra klimatpolitiken till en tävling i högst bidrag och flest symbolskatter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore, we are for real climate taxes instead of making climate policy a competition for the highest subsidies and most symbolic taxes.”
• promoted industry transition»Koldioxidinfångning vid utsläppstunga industrier ska främjas.« (party programme ↗)“Carbon capture at emission-intensive industries shall be promoted.”
• scaled-up CCS»Därför ska vi skala upp arbetet med infångning, avskiljning och lagring av koldioxid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore, we shall scale up work on carbon capture, separation and storage.”

The plan requires that economic instruments and support be used to create economic incentives to act environmentally friendly for both consumers and producers, and that domestic production of renewable fuels be stimulated. Emission reductions are a prioritised area. Developing investment support so that the transition becomes accessible also for ordinary people and continuing support to process industry's transition aligns with the plan's direction, even though the plan principally rejects direct company subsidies.

• economic incentives for environmental benefitdecisive»Ekonomiska styrmedel och stöd ska användas för« (party programme ↗)“Economic instruments and support shall be used for”
• reduced emissions»MINSKADE KLIMATUTSLÄPP« (2022 manifesto ↗)“REDUCED CLIMATE EMISSIONS”
• stimulated domestic production»Inhemsk produktion ska stimuleras.« (party programme ↗)“Domestic production shall be stimulated.”
• no direct subsidies»Direkta företagssubventioner avvisas.« (party programme ↗)“Direct company subsidies are rejected.”

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 promises to continue investing in Industriklivet, which helps industry transition, to establish large-scale carbon dioxide capture and to invest in the production of biofuels, which covers the counter-proposal's requirement for continued and developed support for process industry transition. Making the transition cheaper and more accessible to ordinary people is matched by strengthening and expanding the green tax deduction. The plan therefore supports the demand.

• continued Industriklivetdecisive»Fortsätta satsa på Industriklivet som hjälper industrin att ställa om« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Continue to invest in Industriklivet, which helps industry transition”
• transition accessible for households»Göra det billigare för privatpersoner att minska sin elkonsumtion genom att förstärka och utvidga det gröna skatteavdraget« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it cheaper for private individuals to reduce their electricity consumption by strengthening and expanding the green tax deduction”
• carbon dioxide capture»Få på plats storskalig infångning av koldioxid« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish large-scale carbon dioxide capture”
• biofuels for transport»Satsa på tillverkning av biodrivmedel« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in the production of biofuels”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The counter-proposal wishes to develop and broaden investment support for local climate measures so that more private individuals can benefit from it. The election manifesto instead wishes to reduce the costs of climate measures that can be done more efficiently and explicitly criticizes subsidies for e-bikes and similar lacking evidence-based results; funds shall go to measures that reduce emissions most per spending. That the plan supports industry transformation and Swedish biofuel production is not enough to carry a broadened grant support for household-level measures.

• criticism of grant subsidiesdecisive»Subventioner av anställningar, elcyklar och lyxbilar sker precis som mångmiljardsatsningar i integrationsprojekt helt utan evidensbaserade resultat.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Subsidies for employment, e-bikes and luxury cars occur, just as multi-billion initiatives in integration projects, entirely without evidence-based results.”
• cheaper climate measures»Minska kostnaderna för migrationspolitik, bistånd, EU-bidrag och klimatåtgärder som kan göras mer effektiva« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce the costs of migration policy, aid, EU grants and climate measures that can be done more efficiently”
• most emissions per krona»Satsa på åtgärder som minskar utsläppen mest per satsad krona som t ex internationella klimatinvesteringar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in measures that reduce emissions most per spent krona, such as international climate investments”
• industry transformation prioritized»Prioritera svensk industri och konkurrenskraft« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prioritize Swedish industry and competitiveness”