Evaluation of legislation

The plan requires that all political decisions take into account the acute climate crisis and wants climate goals tied together with concrete, numbered proposals through an emissions budget. Evaluating the new legislation from a climate perspective is precisely such a follow-up of whether decisions actually provide room for climate and environmental measures. The counter-proposal's demand therefore aligns with the plan's commitment to environmental goals that are followed up.

• climate consideration in all 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 happen immediately and all political decisions need to take into account the acute crisis we are in.”
• emissions budget»Vi vill att regeringen arbetar med en utsläppsbudget som knyter ihop klimatmålen med konkreta, siffersatta förslag.« (party programme ↗)“We want the government to work with an emissions budget that ties together climate goals with concrete, numbered proposals.”
• environmental goals that are followed up»Vi vill se ambitiösa miljömål som följs upp med skarp lagstiftning och praktiskt arbete.« (party programme ↗)“We want to see ambitious environmental goals followed up with sharp legislation and practical work.”

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 commitment to a climate perspective at all levels of decision and decision-making directly addresses the demand to evaluate legislation from a climate perspective. The plan also wants to see a swift and fair climate transition and that Sweden is a leading force for achieving climate targets, and the election manifesto establishes that the climate policy framework remains fixed. The counter-proposal is therefore supported.

• climate perspective in all decisionsdecisive»Klimatperspektiv på alla nivåer av beslut och beslutsfattande.« (party programme ↗)“Climate perspective at all levels of decision and decision-making.”
• swift climate transition»Skyndsam och rättvis klimatomställning för att göra produktion, transporter och« (party programme ↗)“Swift and fair climate transition to make production, transport and”
• climate targets shall be achieved»Sverige som ledande kraft i världen för att överenskomna internationella miljö- och« (party programme ↗)“Sweden as a leading force in the world for agreed international environmental and”
• the climate policy framework is fixed»Det klimatpolitiska ramverket ska ligga fast.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The climate policy framework shall remain fixed.”

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 requires that climate adaptation is an obvious and integrated part of spatial planning and that construction takes into account nature and cultural values. The counter-proposal's demand that legislation be evaluated from a climate perspective follows from the fact that otherwise municipalities' concrete climate and environmental efforts are limited. The plan does not comment on the evaluation of this specific regulatory framework, so the conclusion is derived.

• climate-adapted planningdecisive»Miljöpartiet vill att klimatanpassning ska vara en självklar och integrerad del av« (party programme ↗)“The Green Party wants climate adaptation to be an obvious and integrated part of”
• investment 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”
• governance towards climate targets»ta fram en svensk utsläppsbudget som gör att vi når klimatmålen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“develop a Swedish emissions budget that ensures we reach climate targets”
• consideration of nature and cultural values»Bebyggelse ska ta hänsyn till kultur- och naturvärden och bidra till« (party programme ↗)“Construction should take into account cultural and natural values and contribute to”

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 establishes that care for the environment and climate is a central part of policy and never a downprioritization, and that decisions shall be made close to those affected. To evaluate whether the building regulatory framework actually gives municipalities space for concrete climate measures aligns with both climate prioritization and the decentralization principle. The plan says nothing about evaluations of exactly this legislation, so support is derived.

• climate never downprioritizeddecisive»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 for the environment and climate is a central part of policy, never a downprioritization or a special interest.”
• decisions close to those affected»Decentralisering handlar om att flytta makten närmare människors vardag.« (party programme ↗)“Decentralization is about moving power closer to people's everyday life.”
• effective climate measures»Ett ledarskap som prioriterar effektiva åtgärder framför symbolpolitik eller passivitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Leadership that prioritizes effective measures over symbolic politics or passivity.”
• greener built environment»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 biodiversity.”

The plan explicitly distances itself from symbolic politics on the environmental issue and establishes that general and technology-neutral economic policy instruments are the most effective tool. Climate goals shall be reached within the framework of a growing economy, not through special climate reviews of individual regulations. The counter-proposal's demand for a special evaluation of building regulations from a climate perspective thus lacks support in the plan.

• general economic policy instrumentsdecisive»såsom koldioxidskatt och handel med utsläppsrätter, är det mest effektiva redskapet.« (party programme ↗)“such as carbon tax and emissions trading, is the most effective tool.”
• rejects symbolic politics»Liberal miljöpolitik tar avstånd från symbolpolitik och« (party programme ↗)“Liberal environmental policy distances itself from symbolic politics and”
• climate goals with growth»inom ramen för en växande ekonomi« (2022 manifesto ↗)“within the framework of a growing economy”
• simplified building regulations»korta överklagandeprocesserna och fortsätta förenkla byggreglerna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“shorten appeal processes and continue simplifying building regulations”

The party programme requires that all political decisions are made in accordance with the stewardship principle so that consequences are considered from a future perspective and that environmental considerations permeate all policy areas. An evaluation of the forest law from a climate perspective is precisely such follow-up, and the plan makes evaluation an important political task. The counter-proposal's requirements therefore align with the plan.

• stewardship in all decisionsdecisive»Alla politiska beslut bör fattas i enlighet med förvaltarskapsprincipen, vilket innebär att konsekvenserna av besluten ska beaktas utifrån ett framtidsperspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“All political decisions should be made in accordance with the stewardship principle, which means that the consequences of decisions shall be considered from a future perspective.”
• environmental considerations in all decisions»Miljöhänsyn behöver genomsyra alla politikområden.« (party programme ↗)“Environmental considerations need to permeate all policy areas.”
• follow-up and evaluation»Politikernas uppgift är i första hand att ta tillvara medborgarnas intresse. Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska uppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“The task of politicians is first and foremost to take care of citizens' interests. Evaluation, cost tracking and quality control are therefore important political tasks.”

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 wants to reduce red tape and administrative steps in building and planning processes, not add new evaluation tasks. The party programme also establishes that climate policy must be effective and never reduced to expensive symbolic politics, which a special climate assessment of permit regulations comes close to. The plan therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's demands.

• minskat regelkrångeldecisive»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Eliminate one-third of businesses' administrative costs and one-third of red tape”
• effektiv klimatpolitik»Klimatpolitiken får aldrig reduceras till dyrbar symbolpolitik eller snäv klimatnationalism.« (party programme ↗)“Climate policy must never be reduced to expensive symbolic politics or narrow climate nationalism.”
• enklare byggregler»Ersätta avancerade detaljplaner med enklare byggplaner« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Replace advanced detailed plans with simpler building plans”

The plan turns against climate policy that becomes poster politics with oversized regulations and wishes instead to have measures that give the most effect per invested krona. The counter-proposal's requirement that building legislation be evaluated specifically from a climate perspective adds such a regulatory step without clear climate benefit. The plan's line on simpler building rules points in the opposite direction.

• against poster politicsdecisive»Svensk klimatpolitik har istället kommit att förvandlas till en kostsam plakatpolitik där det är viktigare att spendera mycket skattemedel, införa nya skatter och införa överdimensionerade regelverk än att göra skillnad på riktigt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish climate policy has instead turned into expensive poster politics where it is more important to spend large sums of tax money, introduce new taxes and introduce oversized regulations than to make a real difference.”
• effective climate policy»Bedriva en effektiv klimatpolitik med ett tydligt globalt perspektiv« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct effective climate policy with a clear global perspective”
• simpler building rules»Anpassa och förenkla regler och processer för planering och byggnation« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Adapt and simplify rules and processes for planning and construction”
• result requirements on investments»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for every public investment”