A revised strategy for climate adaptation

The plan requires strategies based on research and goals followed up with strong legislation and practical work, thus concrete proposals rather than descriptions. It establishes that the transition needs to happen immediately and explicitly criticizes politicians who disavow the ability to change despite science showing that measures are urgent. The requirement for a strategy in bill form with concrete proposals that respond to the expert council's recommendations is therefore supported by the plan.

• strong legislation requireddecisive»miljömål som följs upp med skarp lagstiftning och praktiskt arbete.« (party programme ↗)“environmental goals followed up with strong legislation and practical work.”
• research-based strategies»Det behövs strategier som utgår från forskning,« (party programme ↗)“There is a need for strategies based on research,”
• politics must act»Medvetet avsäger sig politiker förmågan att förändra, trots att all vetenskap pekar på att förändring är nödvändig och akut.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Politicians consciously disavow the ability to change, despite all science pointing to change being necessary and urgent.”
• immediate action»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 account of the acute crisis we are in.”

The plan does not take a stance on whether a climate adaptation strategy shall be laid out as a motion or government bill. It demands instead that the climate framework stands firm, that preparedness for extreme weather is strengthened with major investments and that the party acts swiftly and is a leader in climate policy. Derived from this, the plan supports the demand for a strategy with concrete proposals that respond to the expert council's recommendations.

• concrete adaptation measuresdecisive»Vi vill fortsätta de stora investeringarna så att kommunerna kan klimatanpassa lokalt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to continue the major investments so that municipalities can adapt locally to climate change.”
• swift action, no delay»Vi socialdemokrater ser det som vår uppgift att ta initiativet och agera skyndsamt« (party programme ↗)“We social democrats see it as our task to take the initiative and act swiftly”
• leader in climate policy»vara en föregångare i den egna, nationella klimatpolitiken.« (party programme ↗)“be a leader in our own, national climate policy.”
• firm climate policy framework»Det klimatpolitiska ramverket ska ligga fast.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The climate policy framework shall stand firm.”

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 work is coordinated and that resources are invested to seriously begin, and that politics shall be one step ahead of the threats rather than come after. The programme also states that research findings should be used to develop solutions to climate challenges, which speaks for expert council recommendations to be translated into concrete proposals. The counter-proposal's requirement for a strategy with concrete proposals that respond to the recommendations is therefore supported by the plan.

• concrete climate adaptation measuresdecisive»Vi behöver samordna arbetet med klimatanpassningen och satsa resurser för att på allvar sätta igång med arbetet.« (party programme ↗)“We need to coordinate the work on climate adaptation and invest resources to seriously begin the work.”
• research shall be translated into solutions»Politikens koppling till forskning är viktig och forskningens resultat bör tas tillvara för att utveckla lösningar på samhälls- och klimatutmaningar.« (party programme ↗)“The connection of politics to research is important and research findings should be used to develop solutions to social and climate challenges.”
• invest 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.”
• politics one step ahead»Politiken ska ligga steget före och förhindra att katastrofer inträffar.« (party programme ↗)“Politics shall be one step ahead and prevent catastrophes from occurring.”

The plan's commitment is an effective climate leadership that makes a real difference and that prioritizes effective measures over symbolism or passivity. A delayed written submission without concrete proposals to take a stand on is the opposite of that, while the counter-proposal's demand for a government bill with concrete proposals that respond to the expert council's recommendations follows the plan's line. The party programme moreover binds climate policy to what science shows is necessary.

• effective climate leadershipdecisive»Sverige behöver ett handlingskraftigt klimatledarskap som gör skillnad på riktigt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden needs an effective climate leadership that makes a real difference.”
• action before symbolism»Ett ledarskap som prioriterar effektiva åtgärder framför symbolpolitik eller passivitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“A leadership that prioritizes effective measures over symbolism or passivity.”
• delays are costly»Varje dag utan handling är en förlorad dag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“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 prevent dangerous changes.”

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 says nothing about the form in which a climate adaptation strategy should be presented to the Riksdag. The nearest principle is the party programme's requirement for knowledge-based environmental policy that distances itself from symbol politics, which speaks for concrete proposals to take a stance on rather than a document without proposals. The conclusion therefore rests entirely on a derivation and is uncertain.

• concrete action rather than symbol politicsdecisive»Liberal miljöpolitik tar avstånd från symbolpolitik och« (party programme ↗)“Liberal environmental policy distances itself from symbol politics and”
• planning for climate consequences»Det behövs samhällsplanering för att klara klimatförändringarnas« (party programme ↗)“Society planning is needed to manage the”
• climate as our defining question»Vi vet att klimatet är vår tids ödesfråga och måste mötas därefter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We know that climate is our generation's defining question and must be met accordingly.”

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 according to the plan is developing and refining, not passive, and all political decisions should be made so that their consequences are assessed in a future perspective. The precautionary principle shall apply in the face of threat of irreversible environmental damage and environmental considerations shall permeate all policy areas. Requiring a strategy in the form of a bill with concrete proposals to decide on is therefore in line with the plan.

• decisions in a future perspectivedecisive»den kommunala organisationen. Alla politiska beslut bör fattas i enlighet med förvaltarskapsprincipen, vilket innebär att konsekvenserna av besluten« (party programme ↗)“the municipal organisation. All political decisions should be made in accordance with the stewardship principle, which means that the consequences of the decisions”
• the precautionary principle»också att agerandet grundas på försiktighetsprincipen.« (party programme ↗)“also that action is based on the precautionary principle.”
• environmental consideration in all policy»hållbar livsstil. Miljöhänsyn behöver genomsyra alla« (party programme ↗)“sustainable lifestyle. Environmental considerations need to permeate all”
• responsibility to future generations»långsiktig helhetssyn med respekt för vår samtida omgivning och kommande generationer.« (party programme ↗)“long-term holistic perspective with respect for our contemporary environment and future generations.”

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 a strategy in the form of a government bill with action on a broad front and a transformative perspective. The plan's climate line is the opposite in ambition form: policy should be effective and science-based and never reduced to expensive symbolic politics, and political work is explicitly described as anti-radical and reformist. The plan also prioritizes hard between commitments. Therefore, the demand is rejected, but on derived grounds as the process form is not addressed.

• no symbolic politicsdecisive»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.”
• prioritization over new commitments»Vi vet vad som måste göras – och vad som får vänta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We know what must be done – and what can wait.”
• science guides policyweak support»Vetenskap och fakta ska vara ledande i klimat- och miljöpolitiken.« (party programme ↗)“Science and facts shall lead in climate and environmental policy.”

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The counter-proposal wants the strategy to be presented as a government bill with concrete proposals that respond to the expert council's requirement for a transformative perspective and action on a broad front. The plan's decisive commitment is that evidence, results and Swedish competitiveness should guide climate work to a greater extent than politicians' desire to go first and furthest, and it rejects costly poster politics with oversized regulations. The plan therefore speaks against such an increase in ambition.

• evidence before increasing ambitiondecisive»Evidens, resultat och svensk konkurrenskraft ska styra genomförandet av klimatmål i högre utsträckning än politikers vilja att gå först och längst.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Evidence, results and Swedish competitiveness should guide the implementation of climate targets to a greater extent than politicians' desire to go first and furthest.”
• against costly poster politics»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 become costly poster politics where it is more important to spend large amounts of taxpayers' 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”
• fact-based environmental policy»Miljöpolitiken måste alltid stämmas av mot nya rön i forskningen och baseras på fakta framför känslor.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Environmental policy must always be attuned to new research findings and be based on facts before emotions.”