Environment and climate

The plan requires an emissions budget that ties climate targets to concrete, quantified proposals and ambitious environmental targets that are monitored, which is the same thing as a transparent and comprehensive account of climate, ocean and biodiversity work. The plan also requires increased aid and a driving Swedish role internationally. The criticism that the politics increases emissions aligns with the plan's climate perspective.

• emissions budget and monitoringdecisive»Vi vill att regeringen arbetar med en utsläppsbudget som knyter ihop« (party programme ↗)“We want the government to work with an emissions budget that ties together”
• monitored environmental targets»miljömål som följs upp med skarp lagstiftning och praktiskt arbete.« (party programme ↗)“environmental targets that are monitored with strict legislation and practical work.”
• stricter climate targets»Investeringar i grön teknik, industri och infrastruktur, utbyggd energikapacitet och stärkt styrning utifrån nya, skärpta klimatmål behövs.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Investments in green technology, industry and infrastructure, expanded energy capacity and strengthened governance based on new, stricter climate targets are needed.”
• increased aid»Sverige ska öka biståndet, stärka FN och skriva under kärnvapenkonventionen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden should increase aid, strengthen the UN and sign the nuclear weapons convention.”

The plan's commitment is a fixed climate policy framework, increased pace of emission reduction and protection of biological diversity, plus doubled climate aid. An action plan with more transparent and exhaustive reporting on climate, marine and diversity work, including the role of aid, is a means for maintaining that ambition level. Reporting forms are not addressed in the plan, so the position is derived.

• fixed climate frameworkdecisive»Det klimatpolitiska ramverket ska ligga fast.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The climate policy framework shall remain fixed.”
• increased pace of emission reduction»Redan nu minskar utsläppen i vårt land, men takten måste öka.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Already now emissions are decreasing in our country, but the pace must increase.”
• doubled climate aid»Därför vill vi dubblera klimatbiståndet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore we want to double climate aid.”
• protect biological diversity»biologiska mångfalden måste skyddas.« (party programme ↗)“biological diversity must be protected.”

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 requires a Swedish emissions budget that ensures climate goals are met, protection of at least 30 per cent of the world's oceans, and development aid that protects oceans and biological diversity. The party programme wants climate goals to guide investments. The counter-proposal's requirement for an action plan with more transparent and comprehensive reporting on climate, ocean and biodiversity work, including the role of development aid, is precisely the direction the plan seeks.

• emissions budget as a steering instrumentdecisive»ta fram en svensk utsläppsbudget som gör att vi når klimatmålen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“develop a Swedish emissions budget that ensures we meet climate goals.”
• development aid for oceans and biodiversity»att biståndet ska hjälpa till att bygga hållbara, klimatsmarta samhällen, skydda hav, främja biologisk mångfald och ekosystemtjänster.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“that development aid shall help build sustainable, climate-smart societies, protect oceans, promote biodiversity and ecosystem services.”
• global ocean protection»skydda minst 30 procent av världens hav.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“protect at least 30 per cent of the world's oceans.”
• climate goals guide policy»Klimatskadliga subventioner ska fasas ut och klimatmålen ska styra investeringarna i infrastruktur.« (party programme ↗)“Climate-damaging subsidies shall be phased out and climate goals shall guide investments in infrastructure.”

The election manifesto requires new climate leadership that prioritises effective measures over symbolic politics or passivity, and states that every day without action is a lost day. The party programme states that climate policy shall be based on what science shows is necessary. An action plan with open and exhaustive reporting on climate, sea and diversity work follows from this, as does the commitment to save lakes, watercourses and seas.

• effective measures, not passivitydecisive»Ett ledarskap som prioriterar effektiva åtgärder framför symbolpolitik eller passivitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Leadership that prioritises effective measures over symbolic politics or passivity.”
• acute climate challenge»Klimatutmaningen är akut. Temperaturer stiger, polarisar smälter och bränder rasar. Ekosystem kollapsar, människor flyr och matförsörjningen hotas. Varje dag utan handling är en förlorad dag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The climate challenge is acute. Temperatures rise, ice sheets melt and fires rage. Ecosystems collapse, people flee and food supplies are threatened. Every day without action is a lost day.”
• science-based climate policy»Klimatpolitiken ska utgå från vad vetenskapen visar är nödvändigt för att undvika farliga förändringar.« (party programme ↗)“Climate policy shall be based on what science shows is necessary to avoid dangerous change.”
• protect seas and water»Rädda Sveriges sjöar, vattendrag och hav.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Save Sweden's lakes, watercourses and seas.”

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 key commitment is that climate policy shall be measured by how much it actually reduces emissions and not by symbolic measures, which requires precisely a transparent and exhaustive account of the results. The plan furthermore points out lack of transparency in aid as a serious problem and requires protection of the most valuable sea areas. The counter-proposal's demand for an action plan with clearer reporting is therefore in line with the plan.

• emissions impact must be measureddecisive»en klimatpolitik som inte mäts i hur många skatter som höjs eller hur mycket den kostar skattebetalarna utan i hur mycket den på riktigt får ner utsläppen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“a climate policy that is not measured by how many taxes are raised or how much it costs taxpayers but by how much it actually reduces emissions”
• transparency in aid»Samtidigt finns i dag allvarliga problem med bristande öppenhet och korruption med svenska biståndspengar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time there are serious problems today with lack of transparency and corruption with Swedish aid money.”
• protect seas and diversity»Kampen mot övergödningen ska fortsätta, industrifisket ska begränsas och de mest värdefulla havsområdena skyddas som marina reservat.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against eutrophication shall continue, industrial fishing shall be limited and the most valuable sea areas protected as marine reserves.”
• raised climate ambitions»miljö- och klimatområdet måste höjas och regelverken skärpas.« (party programme ↗)“the environmental and climate area must be raised and regulations tightened.”

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 national accounts to be complemented with measures that highlight the connection between economy and environment, that environmental consideration permeates all policy areas and that action is taken against climate change and for biological diversity. A more transparent and comprehensive reporting of climate, marine and biodiversity work responds to this requirement for visibility, but the plan mentions no action plan and describes climate transition as functioning, so support is weak.

• report on environment and quality of lifedecisive»Nationalräkenskaperna bör utöver ekonomiska« (party programme ↗)“National accounts should, in addition to economic”
• environmental consideration in all policy areas»Miljöhänsyn behöver genomsyra alla« (party programme ↗)“Environmental consideration needs to permeate all”
• action against climate change»För att motverka klimatförändring krävs krafttag för« (party programme ↗)“In order to counteract climate change, action is required for”
• value biological diversity»Att slå vakt om den biologiska mångfalden är viktigt av« (party programme ↗)“Safeguarding biological diversity is important from”

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 is net zero emissions by 2045 at the latest through electrification, new nuclear power and international efforts where every krona achieves the most emission reduction. It explicitly rejects climate policy that stops at expensive symbolic politics, and a new action plan with expanded reporting requirements is precisely such a measure rather than emission reduction. The counter-proposal's premise that the policy pursued increases emissions has no support in the plan.

• net zero emissions 2045decisive»Vi ska som land ta fullt ansvar här hemma och nå nettonollutsläpp senast år 2045.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall as a country take full responsibility here at home and reach net zero emissions by 2045 at the latest.”
• no symbolic politics»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.”
• cost-effective climate efforts»Samtidigt är kostnaden för att minska utsläppen genom internationella klimatinsatser ofta mycket lägre än för att minska utsläppen i Sverige – därför kommer Moderaterna också att rikta om biståndet för att minska utsläppen i andra länder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time, the cost of reducing emissions through international climate efforts is often much lower than reducing emissions in Sweden – therefore the Moderates will also redirect aid to reduce emissions in other countries.”
• climate aid before reporting»Öka klimatbiståndets andel av det totala biståndet för att minska utsläppen utomlands« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase climate aid's share of total aid to reduce emissions abroad”

The plan's climate line is that policy should be effective and have a global perspective and that costs for climate measures and aid should decrease, while at the same time rejecting costly poster politics with new regulations and reporting requirements. An action plan with expanded reporting on climate, sea and diversity work appears in the plan's light as further administration rather than real effect. The plan's general requirement for clear results for every public investment pulls partly in the opposite direction, however, which makes the conclusion uncertain.

• effective climate policydecisive»Bedriva en effektiv klimatpolitik med ett tydligt globalt perspektiv« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct effective climate policy with a clear global perspective”
• against climate poster politics»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 ↗)“costly poster politics where it is more important to spend large tax revenues, introduce new taxes and introduce oversized regulations than to make real difference”
• lower climate and aid costs»Minska kostnaderna för migrationspolitik, bistånd, EU-bidrag och klimatåtgärder som kan göras mer effektiva« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce costs for migration policy, aid, EU subsidies and climate measures that can be made more efficient”
• result requirements for investments»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for every public investment”