https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Sweden, France and the Czech Republic pledged on Tuesday to make real progress on combatting global warming during their successive EU presidencies and pave the way for a worldwide deal to fight climate change. https://www.thelocal.se/20080422/11274 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:59:00 +0200 11274 Japan and Sweden on Wednesday pledged to step up cooperation on tackling climate change during a visit by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. https://www.thelocal.se/20080416/11148 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:43:00 +0200 11148 Despite a common position by parties in the ruling Alliance government, the parliamentary commission on climate policy failed to find agreement on an emissions reduction goal. https://www.thelocal.se/20080218/10023 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:10:00 +0100 10023 Swedish ministers flying abroad will offset their carbon emissions from next year. https://www.thelocal.se/20071123/9185 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:09:00 +0100 9185 The government is calling for foods sold in Swedish stores to be marked with information detailing the effects of production on the global climate. https://www.thelocal.se/20071003/8676 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:48:00 +0200 8676 Delegates from 28 countries called Thursday for the creation of a "road map" at a climate summit in December to chart the future following the expiration of the 1997 Kyoto agreement. https://www.thelocal.se/20070614/7607 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:55:00 +0200 7607 Sweden has invited environment ministers from around the world to participate in a four-day meeting on climate change starting on Monday in Riksgränsen, northern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20070608/7547 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:52:00 +0200 7547 Sweden plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2020, bettering the EU's proposal to cut emissions by at least 20 percent, Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20070529/7440 Tue, 29 May 2007 13:03:00 +0200 7440 EU leaders were close on Thursday to agreeing to set binding targets for using renewable energy at an EU summit focused on climate change, the Swedish prime minister said. https://www.thelocal.se/20070309/6637 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:37:00 +0100 6637 Climate change over the past two decades has caused Sweden's tree line to move north at a faster rate than at any time in the past 7,000 years, Swedish researchers said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20070116/6113 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:08:00 +0100 6113 Sweden would be one of the winners from climate change, with bigger crop yields and fewer deaths from cold, according to a new report from the European Commission. https://www.thelocal.se/20070109/6042 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:27:00 +0100 6042 Many Swedes received emission credits as Christmas presents in 2006. https://www.thelocal.se/20070109/6036 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:22:00 +0100 6036 Climate change poses "serious and concrete" threats to Sweden, a government report presented on Wednesday shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20061101/5375 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:25:00 +0100 5375