Emissions of greenhouse gases in Sweden was 52,7 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent last year, according to new statistics from the environmental protection agency.
This is equivalent to a decrease of 0.5% compared with 2016. Sweden has a goal that greenhouse gas emissions must reach net zero by the year 2045. To reach this goal, the rate of decline in average over the period to be between five and eight percent per year.
– Compared with our target, the reduction is not sufficient for the so-called ickehandlande sector, i.e. the emissions not covered by the EU ets, ” says Johannes Morfeldt.
different challenges, according to the environmental protection agency. The industry, for example, for a third of the emissions total. There is much of the climate work on finding the specific programming and testing for those who account for the large punktutsläppen.
But Johannes Morfeldt says that it is difficult to point to a specific challenge in order to achieve the climate objectives.
“I would say to you, not least in order to reach the temperaturmålet in the paris agreement, the need to act at all levels of society, both private individuals, business sector and the public sector,” he says.
they have developed recommendations and guidance on how you can do to reduce its own carbon footprint.
– It is among other things about how we transport ourselves, particularly by air, and what we eat, ” says Johannes Morfeldt.