Shipping's environmental and climate impact

The plan starts from a climate emergency and demands strengthened steering based on sharpened climate goals and a coordinated strategy for electrifying transport. It wants to steer heavy transport to sustainable maritime transport, which presupposes that shipping itself transforms. A national goal for fossil-free fuels with state investment support and systematic follow-up of maritime environmental impact follows from this.

• sharpened climate goals and steeringdecisive»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 steering based on new, sharpened climate goals are needed.”
• sustainable maritime transport»Tunga transporter behöver styras till järnväg och hållbar sjöfart.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Heavy transport needs to be steered to rail and sustainable maritime transport.”
• coordinated transport transition»en sammanhållen strategi för elektrifiering av transporterna, där stadsplanering, kollektivtrafik och elfordon alla har viktiga roller att spela.« (party programme ↗)“a coordinated strategy for electrifying transport, where urban planning, public transport, and electric vehicles all have important roles to play.”
• climate emergency»Vi befinner oss i ett klimatnödläge.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We are in a climate emergency.”

The plan's goal is that Sweden shall become the world's first fossil-free welfare state and that Sweden shall go ahead, which supports the counter-proposal's requirement for a national goal for fossil-free fuels in shipping instead of merely relying on international rules. The plan also wants to increase Swedish production of renewable fuels and break dependence on fossil fuels from other countries. State investment support is in line with the plan's green investment line.

• fossil-free welfare statedecisive»Sverige ska bli världens första fossilfria välfärdsnation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall become the world's first fossil-free welfare state.”
• Sweden goes ahead»Genom att gå före kan Sverige göra en insats både för klimatet och för tillväxten i vårt land.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“By going ahead, Sweden can make a contribution both to the climate and for growth in our country.”
• more renewable fuels»Vi vill öka den svenska produktionen av förnybara drivmedel, så att det blir lättare att tanka fossilfritt i Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to increase Swedish production of renewable fuels so that it becomes easier to fill up fossil-free in Sweden.”
• broken fossil dependence»Stopp för svenskt beroende av fossila bränslen från andra länder.« (party programme ↗)“Stop for Swedish dependence on fossil fuels from other countries.”

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 explicitly wants to get shipping emissions into the emissions trading system and shift freight traffic to fossil-free fuels, with legally binding climate goals as the foundation. A national target for fossil-free fuels and state investment support are direct means for this. The plan also establishes that the seas can only be saved if emissions from fossil fuels and environmental poisons are stopped, which supports the requirement for follow-up of sea environment impact.

• sjöfartens utsläpp prissättsdecisive»inkludera utsläpp från flyg och sjöfart i systemet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“include emissions from aviation and shipping in the system”
• fossilfria drivmedel i godstrafiken»fossilfrihet – genom effektivare logistik och fordon, fossilfria drivmedel samt en« (party programme ↗)“fossil freedom – through more efficient logistics and vehicles, fossil-free fuels and a”
• bindande klimatmål»juridiskt bindande klimatmål som ligger i linje med forskningen.« (party programme ↗)“legally binding climate goals that are in line with research.”
• skydda havsmiljön»haven ska kunna räddas måste utsläppen från fossila bränslen och miljögifter stoppas« (party programme ↗)“the seas can only be saved if emissions from fossil fuels and environmental poisons are stopped”

The plan says that more needs to be done for maritime shipping to switch to renewable fuels with strengthened competitiveness, that transport emissions should be removed and that production of biofuels should be manyfold increased. It additionally wants to save lakes, watercourses and seas. A national target for fossil-free fuels, investment support and follow-up of sea environmental impact answer these commitments.

• maritime shipping's transitiondecisive»Mer behöver göras för att flyget, sjöfarten och jordbruket ska kunna ställa om till förnybara drivmedel med stärkt konkurrenskraft.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More needs to be done for aviation, maritime shipping and agriculture to be able to switch to renewable fuels with strengthened competitiveness.”
• emission-free transport»Transporternas utsläpp ska bort och ny utsläppsfri infrastruktur ska komma på plats.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Transport emissions shall be removed and new emission-free infrastructure shall be put in place.”
• more renewable fuels»Sveriges energioberoende måste stärkas, bland annat genom att mångdubbla produktionen av biobränslen och biogas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden's energy independence must be strengthened, among other things through manyfold increased production of biofuels and biogas.”
• protect the sea environment»Rädda Sveriges sjöar, vattendrag och hav. Våra barn ska kunna bada utan att utsättas för gifter, nedskräpning eller algblomning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Save Sweden's lakes, watercourses and seas. Our children shall be able to swim without being exposed to poisons, litter or algal blooms.”

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 real climate taxes instead of subsidies and symbolic measures, and wants economic policy instruments primarily coordinated at EU level and through international agreements for long-distance transport. A national investment support and a climate leap for shipping are precisely the subsidy policy the plan rejects, although the goal of fossil-free transport is shared.

• policy instruments before subsidiesdecisive»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 into a competition in the most subsidies and most symbolic taxes.”
• policy instruments coordinated in the EU»De ekonomiska styrmedlen bör i första hand samordnas på EU-nivå, till exempel« (party programme ↗)“Economic policy instruments should primarily be coordinated at EU level, for example”
• international agreements»Internationella överenskommelser behövs om skatt« (party programme ↗)“International agreements are needed about tax”
• all transport types bear their costs»Beroendet av fossila bränslen måste brytas och alla transportslag måste stå för sina« (party programme ↗)“Dependence on fossil fuels must be broken and all transport types must account for their”

The plan requires that fossil fuels be phased out from both the energy and transport sectors and that renewable fuels be favoured through taxation, which supports the counter-proposal's requirement for a national goal for fossil-free fuels in shipping. It also wants policy to support and accelerate development and use of energy-efficient vehicles and non-fossil fuels, which corresponds to the requirement for a climate step for shipping. The plan's rejection of direct business subsidies at the same time sets a limit on how investment support is designed.

• phase out fossil fuelsdecisive»Fossilbränslena måste fasas ut från såväl energi- som transportsektorn.« (party programme ↗)“Fossil fuels must be phased out from both the energy and transport sectors.”
• favour renewable fuels»Förnyelsebara bränslen måste skattemässigt gynnas.« (party programme ↗)“Renewable fuels must be favoured through taxation.”
• accelerate the transition»understödja och påskynda utveckling, produktion och användning av energieffektiva fordon« (party programme ↗)“support and accelerate development, production and use of energy-efficient vehicles”
• no direct business subsidies»Direkta företagssubventioner avvisas.« (party programme ↗)“Direct business subsidies are rejected.”

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 explicitly rejects expensive symbolism and narrow climate nationalism and points out that emissions reductions are often cheaper through international initiatives. A particular national goal and new government investment support for maritime transport are precisely the kind of national solution the plan does not commit to. The plan instead invests in biofuels and electrification broadly in the transport sector.

• no climate nationalismdecisive»Klimatpolitiken får aldrig reduceras till dyrbar symbolpolitik eller snäv klimatnationalism.« (party programme ↗)“Climate policy must never be reduced to expensive symbolism or narrow climate nationalism.”
• cost-effective climate benefit»Samtidigt är kostnaden för att minska utsläppen genom internationella klimatinsatser ofta mycket lägre än för att minska utsläppen i Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time, the cost of reducing emissions through international climate initiatives is often much lower than reducing emissions in Sweden”
• electrification of transport»Vår politik syftar därför till att ställa om transportsektorn genom elektrifiering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Our policy therefore aims to transform the transport sector through electrification.”
• biofuels without new special support»Satsa på tillverkning av biodrivmedel« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in biofuel production”

The counter-proposal wants to introduce a national target for fossil-free fuels in shipping as well as government investment support and a climate leap. The plan requires that Swedish climate targets be adapted to EU level instead of Sweden doing more than necessary at the expense of competitiveness, and that climate funds be invested where they reduce emissions most per crown. A national separate target with subsidies is therefore something the plan speaks against.

• klimatmål på EU-nivådecisive»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 targets 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 expense of our standard of living and competitiveness.”
• utsläppsminskning per krona»Satsa på åtgärder som minskar utsläppen mest per satsad krona som t ex internationella klimatinvesteringar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in measures that reduce emissions the most per invested crown such as international climate investments”
• globalt perspektiv»Bedriva en effektiv klimatpolitik med ett tydligt globalt perspektiv« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Conduct effective climate policy with a clear global perspective”
• stoppa symbolpolitik»Stoppa symbolpolitik som går ut över möjligheten att bedriva industri och näring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop symbolic politics that hinders the possibility of conducting industry and business”