Climate and energy declarations etc.

The plan requires ambitious environmental goals that are followed up with strict legislation and that all political decisions take into account the climate emergency. Binding limit values in climate declarations over the building's entire life cycle is one such strict regulation, and the plan explicitly identifies construction as an area that should become environmentally smart and store carbon. The climate risk declaration lies close to the plan's requirement for increased resilience against the consequences of climate change.

• strict environmental legislationdecisive»miljömål som följs upp med skarp lagstiftning och praktiskt arbete.« (party programme ↗)“environmental goals that are followed up with strict legislation and practical work.”
• immediate climate transition»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.”
• climate-smart construction»Med större kontroll och planering från samhällets sida, kan byggandet både öka i takt och bli miljösmart och lagra kol istället för att släppa ut koldioxid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“With greater control and planning from society's side, construction can both increase in pace and become environmentally smart and store carbon instead of emitting carbon dioxide.”
• emission budget with quantified requirements»Vi vill att regeringen arbetar med en utsläppsbudget som knyter ihop« (party programme ↗)“We want the government to work with an emission budget that links”

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 adheres to the climate policy framework and requires that the climate perspective be applied at all levels of decision-making, which carries the requirement for sharper and progressively tightened limits in buildings' climate declarations. The polluter pays principle applied fully supports that the entire lifecycle, including demolition, is covered. The plan's commitment to climate adaptation speaks for also investigating climate risk declaration. However, the plan does not mention the design of declarations.

• 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.”
• the climate framework remains fixed»Det klimatpolitiska ramverket ska ligga fast.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The climate policy framework shall remain fixed.”
• the polluter pays»Principen om att förorenaren betalar tillämpas fullt ut.« (party programme ↗)“The principle that the polluter pays shall be fully applied.”
• preparedness against climate risks»Stärk beredskapen mot extremväder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen preparedness against extreme weather.”

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 legally binding climate targets aligned with research and that construction be carried out with long lifespan and resource-efficient, environmentally friendly materials, which approaches binding thresholds for building lifecycle emissions. The requirement for climate risk declaration responds to the commitment that climate adaptation shall be an integrated part of societal planning and that new construction shall account for flooding and heat waves. Both parts of the counter-proposal are thus supported by the plan.

• resource-efficient constructiondecisive»Bostäder ska byggas med lång livslängd, god boendestandard och resurseffektiva, miljövänliga material.« (party programme ↗)“Housing shall be built with long lifespan, good living standards and resource-efficient, environmentally friendly materials.”
• climate-adapted new construction»Miljöpartiet vill att klimatanpassning ska vara en självklar och integrerad del av samhällsplaneringen. Nybyggnation ska ta höjd för risken för översvämningar,« (party programme ↗)“The Greens want climate adaptation to be an obvious and integrated part of societal planning. New construction shall account for the risk of flooding,”
• binding climate targets»juridiskt bindande klimatmål som ligger i linje med forskningen.« (party programme ↗)“legally binding climate targets aligned with research.”
• investments 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.”

The plan wants to reduce the regulatory burden of building and climate transition and prioritizes pricing of emissions over detailed regulations. Binding lifecycle limit values in climate declarations plus a new climate risk declaration add administrative requirements for construction of the sort the plan explicitly wants to halve. The plan's climate ambition is high, but the policy instrument it points to is economic, not administrative limit values, hence support for the counter-proposal is absent.

• fewer and faster regulationsdecisive»Klimatet kan inte vänta på dyra och krångliga regelverk. Det är dags att halvera tiden det tar att få tillstånd för gröna investeringar och reformera miljöbalken så att ett projekts klimatnytta ges större vikt i miljöprövningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The climate cannot wait for expensive and complicated regulations. It is time to halve the time it takes to get permission for green investments and reform the Environmental Code so that a project's climate benefit is given greater weight in environmental review.”
• pricing over regulation»Ytterst är lösningen i klimatfrågan att få till stånd en global prissättning på koldioxid« (party programme ↗)“Ultimately, the solution to climate is achieving a global pricing of carbon dioxide”
• effective climate measures»Ett ledarskap som prioriterar effektiva åtgärder framför symbolpolitik eller passivitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A leadership that prioritizes effective measures over symbolic politics or passivity.”

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 builds climate policy on general and technology-neutral economic instruments such as carbon tax and emissions trading and explicitly distances itself from symbolic politics. Binding life-cycle threshold values for each building are detailed regulation aside from pricing of emissions, and the plan warns against detailed control that counteracts free economy's prerequisites. The counter-proposal's demands are thereby rejected, even though the plan wants building regulations to stimulate energy efficiency.

• real climate taxesdecisive»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 in highest subsidy and most symbolic taxes.”
• technology-neutral instruments»Generella och teknikneutrala ekonomiska styrmedel, såsom koldioxidskatt och breda system för handel med utsläppsrätter, är det mest effektiva redskapet.« (party programme ↗)“General and technology-neutral economic instruments, such as carbon tax and broad systems for trading in emission rights, are the most effective tool.”
• distance from symbolic politics»Liberal miljöpolitik tar avstånd från symbolpolitik och åtgärder som dövar samveten i stället för att rädda miljön.« (party programme ↗)“Liberal environmental policy distances itself from symbolic politics and measures that dull the conscience instead of saving the environment.”
• building regulations for energy efficiency»Plan- och byggregler ska stimulera energieffektivitet.« (party programme ↗)“Planning and building regulations shall stimulate energy efficiency.”

The party programme explicitly states that buildings' environmental impact shall be considered from a life-cycle perspective and counts legislation with limit values among the strategic instruments to be used. The precautionary principle and stewardship also speak to risks for future climate damage being made visible to the buyer. The counter-proposal's requirements thereby accord with the plan, with reservation for the plan's requirement that regulatory complexity shall not increase.

• life-cycle perspective on buildingsdecisive»Bostäders belastning på miljön ur ett livscykelperspektiv ska beaktas.« (party programme ↗)“Buildings' burden on the environment from a life-cycle perspective shall be considered.”
• limit values as policy instrument»Lagstiftning med förbud och gränsvärden« (party programme ↗)“Legislation with prohibitions and limit values”
• environment-adapted construction»Miljöanpassad arkitektur spelar en viktig roll för målet att uppnå en hållbar utveckling.« (party programme ↗)“Environment-adapted architecture plays an important role for the goal of achieving sustainable development.”
• regulatory complexity shall be countered»Byråkrati och krångliga regler ska« (party programme ↗)“Bureaucracy and complicated rules shall”

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 counter-proposal demands new binding threshold values for buildings' entire lifecycle and an additional declaration type. The plan goes in the opposite direction: red tape and companies' administrative costs should decrease by one-third, EU directives should as a rule be implemented at minimum level and complex master plans should be replaced by simpler building plans. According to the party programme, climate policy should be effective and not costly symbolic politics, which argues against progressively tightened declaration requirements as the main method.

• EU directives at minimum leveldecisive»Minska regelkrånglet och onödig byråkrati, bland annat genom att motverka överimplementering i Sverige av EU-beslut – som huvudregel ska EU-direktiv genomföras på miniminivå« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce red tape and unnecessary bureaucracy, among other things by counteracting over-implementation in Sweden of EU decisions – as a rule, EU directives shall be implemented at minimum level”
• reduced red tape»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one-third of companies' administrative costs and one-third of red tape”
• simpler building rules»Ersätta avancerade detaljplaner med enklare byggplaner« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Replace complex master plans with simpler building plans”
• effective climate policy»Klimatpolitiken får aldrig reduceras till dyrbar symbolpolitik« (party programme ↗)“Climate policy must never be reduced to costly symbolic politics”

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The plan explicitly warns against stricter Swedish environmental and emission requirements than the world's and wants Swedish climate goals adapted to EU level instead of going first and farthest. Binding, progressively tightened limit values for buildings' entire life cycle are precisely such a national special requirement, and they also counter the plan's goal of simplifying the rules and requirements governing house building.

• no Swedish special requirementsdecisive»Strängare miljö- och utsläppskrav i Sverige jämfört med i omvärlden riskerar ofta att slå ut svenska näringar och få globalt kontraproduktiva resultat när det kommer till de mål kraven syftar till att uppnå.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stricter environmental and emission requirements in Sweden compared to in the world often risk undermining Swedish industries and producing globally counterproductive results when it comes to the goals the requirements aim to achieve.”
• climate goals in line with EU»De svenska klimatmålen bör anpassas till den klimatlagstiftning som finns på EU-nivå för att inte kraven på andra länder ska bli lägre som en konsekvens av att vi gör mer än nödvändigt på bekostnad av vår levnadsstandard och konkurrenskraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish climate goals should be adapted to the climate legislation that exists at EU level so that requirements on other countries do not become lower as a consequence of us doing more than necessary at the cost of our living standards and competitiveness.”
• simplified building rules»Sverigedemokraterna vill underlätta bostadsbyggande genom att förenkla och snabba på beslutsprocesser och se över de omfattande regelverk och krav som styr bostadsbyggande.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Sweden Democrats want to facilitate house building by simplifying and speeding up decision processes and reviewing the extensive regulations and requirements governing house building.”
• stop symbolic politics»Stoppa symbolpolitik som går ut över möjligheten att bedriva industri och näring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop symbolic politics that undermines the possibility to conduct industry and business”