Strengthened conditions for mining

The plan requires that the state increases its control over the infrastructure and resources that climate transition needs, which speaks for metals and minerals that the transition requires being extracted domestically under societal governance. The plan also establishes that more of the value of natural resources shall remain where they are extracted, and that even richer countries have the right to protect themselves against unfair and environmentally damaging competition. The counter-proposal's requirement for long-term sustainability fits within the plan's requirement for a just environmental space.

• state control over transition resourcesdecisive»Staten måste öka sin kontroll över infrastruktur och resurser som behövs för att genomföra klimatomställningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The state must increase its control over infrastructure and resources needed to implement climate transition.”
• natural resources' value remains locally»Mer av naturresursernas värden måste stanna kvar där de utvinns och produceras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More of the value of natural resources must remain where they are extracted and produced.”
• protection against damaging unfair competition»även rikare länder ska ha rätt att skydda sig mot underbuds- och miljöskadlig konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“even richer countries should have the right to protect themselves against unfair and environmentally damaging competition.”
• just environmental space»Samhällets resursanvändning måste därför anpassas till ett rättvist miljöutrymme.« (party programme ↗)“Society's resource use must therefore be adapted to a just environmental space.”

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 builds climate policy on the basis that the transformation's industry should be located in Sweden with Swedish wages and collective agreements, which supports domestic extraction rather than imports from countries with worse conditions. The party programme simultaneously requires that extraction remains within what is sustainable long-term and that working conditions are good, which is precisely the scrutiny the counter-proposal wishes to see. The plan does not, however, address innovation-critical metals specifically.

• green industry with collective agreementsdecisive»Det skapar tusentals jobb över hela landet här och nu – jobb med svenska löner och kollektivavtal.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That creates thousands of jobs throughout the country here and now – jobs with Swedish wages and collective agreements.”
• sustainable resource extraction»naturtillgångar och ekosystem utnyttjas i dag över gränsen för det långsiktigt hållbara« (party programme ↗)“natural resources and ecosystems are exploited today beyond the limit of what is sustainable long-term”
• good working conditions globally»Goda arbetsvillkor, rättvisa löner och ansvar för det omkringliggande samhället är något« (party programme ↗)“Good working conditions, fair wages and responsibility for the surrounding society is something”
• the state drives the transformation»Politiken måste ta ett större ansvar. Det klimatpolitiska ramverket ska ligga fast. Genom statliga investeringar kan vi öka takten i industrins omställning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy must take greater responsibility. The climate policy framework shall stand firm. Through state investments we can increase the pace of the industry's transformation”

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 requires that more minerals and metals are extracted domestically. The plan's key commitment is that environmental consideration should outweigh short-term exploitation interests and that the use of finite resources should decrease through reuse and closed loops. A stated goal of increased extraction contradicts this, even though the plan's requirements for environmental and labour conditions of imported goods partly supports the counter-proposal's argument.

• environmental consideration before exploitationdecisive»Miljöhänsyn ska väga tyngre än kortsiktiga exploateringsintressen.« (party programme ↗)“Environmental consideration should outweigh short-term exploitation interests.”
• closed loops»minska användningen av ändliga resurser, sluta slösa med energi och material och i ökad utsträckning återanvända och återvinna. Målet är slutna kretslopp.« (party programme ↗)“reduce the use of finite resources, stop wasting energy and materials and increasingly reuse and recycle. The goal is closed loops.”
• apply the precautionary principle»För att skydda miljön ska försiktighetsprincipen tillämpas så långt det är möjligt.« (party programme ↗)“To protect the environment the precautionary principle should be applied as far as possible.”
• demands on imported goods»Sverige ska ställa krav på att importerade varor är tillverkade med hänsyn till miljö, mänskliga rättigheter och arbetsförhållanden för anställda i tillverkningsländerna.« (party programme ↗)“Sweden should demand that imported goods are manufactured with consideration to environment, human rights and working conditions for employees in manufacturing countries.”

The counter-proposal's demand almost word-for-word reproduces the election manifesto's commitment that Sweden should extract more minerals and metals domestically instead of importing from countries with larger climate footprint and worse working conditions. The plan furthermore directly connects extraction to the green transition and demands faster permit processes. A review of opportunities for sustainable extraction thus aligns with the plan.

• increased domestic mineral extractiondecisive»Det är bättre att Sverige tar ansvar och utvinner mer mineral och metaller istället för att fortsätta importera dem från länder med större klimatavtryck och sämre arbetsvillkor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is better that Sweden takes responsibility and extracts more minerals and metals instead of continuing to import them from countries with larger climate footprint and worse working conditions.”
• minerals for green transition»Med rätt reformer kommer nya jobb att skapas på landsbygden inom allt från produktion av biobränslen till utvinning av de mineral och metaller som krävs för den gröna omställningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“With the right reforms, new jobs will be created in rural areas in everything from biofuel production to extraction of the minerals and metals required for the green transition.”
• faster permit review»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 ↗)“It is time to halve the time it takes to get permits for green investments and reform the Environmental Code so that a project's climate benefit is given greater weight in environmental assessment.”
• recycling as complement»Sverige ska bli världens mest resurseffektiva land och ekonomin mer cirkulär.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden should become the world's most resource-efficient country and the economy more circular.”

The plan wants to benefit from trade but without naivety toward dependence on undemocratic powers, and it builds environmental policy on technological development that requires innovation-critical metals. A thorough examination of sustainable domestic extraction is therefore in line with the plan, particularly when the alternative is import from countries with worse conditions. The plan's free-trade-friendly stance qualifies but does not prevent domestic extraction from being enabled.

• reduced naivety about dependenciesdecisive»dra nytta av frihandelns fördelar utan den naivitet som alltför länge uppvisats för kinesisk och rysk maktpolitik« (2022 manifesto ↗)“benefit from the advantages of free trade without the naivety that has been shown too long toward Chinese and Russian power politics”
• technology solves environmental problems»Teknisk utveckling är en central del av lösningen på dagens miljöproblem.« (party programme ↗)“Technical development is a central part of the solution to today's environmental problems.”
• free trade over protectionism»Nationalism, protektionism och stängda gränser ska höra till historien.« (party programme ↗)“Nationalism, protectionism, and closed borders shall belong to history.”

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.

Stewardship is according to the plan no passive preservation but responsible use and development of resources, and the plan wants to see increased domestic processing of raw materials. It also notes that low-income countries often lack necessary environmental regulation and modern environmental technology, which is exactly the reason the counter-proposal provides for extracting more at home. A thorough review of sustainable domestic extraction follows thus from the plan.

• active stewardshipdecisive»Förvaltarskapsprincipen innebär inget passivt bevarande, utan ett ansvarsfullt brukande och förädlande av tillgångarna.« (party programme ↗)“The stewardship principle means no passive preservation, but responsible use and development of resources.”
• weaker environmental rules in import countries»I låginkomstländer saknas ofta« (party programme ↗)“In low-income countries often lack”
• domestic processing»ökad inhemsk förädling av råvaror« (party programme ↗)“increased domestic processing of raw materials”
• precaution with nature interventions»Utifrån förvaltarskapsprincipen måste försiktighetsprincipen vara« (party programme ↗)“Based on the stewardship principle the precautionary principle must be”

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 states that Sweden's rich mineral resources shall be extracted responsibly and sustainably in the long term, and that vulnerability shall be reduced by increased self-sufficiency in the new security climate. To assess the possibilities for sustainable extraction and extract more innovation-critical metals domestically instead of importing them is precisely that direction. The plan furthermore wants to simplify permitting processes for the transition industry.

• responsible mineral extractiondecisive»Våra rika mineraltillgångar ska kunna utvinnas ansvarsfullt och långsiktigt hållbart.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our rich mineral resources shall be extracted responsibly and sustainably in the long term.”
• reduced vulnerability, increased self-sufficiency»Det nya säkerhetsläget i Europa gör att vi som land måste minska vår sårbarhet och öka vår självförsörjningsgrad.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The new security climate in Europe means that we as a country must reduce our vulnerability and increase our self-sufficiency.”
• continued extraction of minerals»Våra rika mineraltillgångar ska även fortsättningsvis kunna utvinnas på ett« (party programme ↗)“Our rich mineral resources shall continue to be extracted in”
• simplified permitting processes»vi förkorta och förenkla tillståndsprocesser för industrier som satsar på omställning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“we shorten and simplify permitting processes for industries investing in transition”

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 increase the self-sufficiency rate for critical goods, make use of rural mineral values and make it easier to open mines. The counter-proposal's demand for a review of sustainable extraction and more domestic extraction instead of import from countries with worse conditions therefore lies in the plan's direction. The plan also sees Swedish production as more environmentally efficient than imported, which strengthens the conclusion.

• öppna fler gruvordecisive»Det behöver också bli enklare och gå snabbare att öppna gruvor för de mineraler som behövs för exempelvis tillverkning av batterier.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It also needs to become easier and faster to open mines for the minerals needed for, for example, battery manufacturing.”
• ökad självförsörjning»Öka den svenska självförsörjningsgraden av kritiska produkter och varor« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase Sweden's self-sufficiency rate for critical products and goods”
• bruka landsbygdens resurser»Sverige behöver en politik som tar till vara värdet ute i landsbygden och som gör det enklare att i kombination med en väl avvägd miljöhänsyn att skapa fler verksamheter, jobb och ökad tillväxt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden needs a policy that makes use of the value in the countryside and makes it easier to combine with well-balanced environmental considerations to create more activities, jobs and increased growth.”
• industrin först»Prioritera svensk industri och konkurrenskraft« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prioritize Swedish industry and competitiveness”

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.