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 Some of Sweden's most famous glaciers are melting – quickly – according to experts. https://www.thelocal.se/20170223/new-images-show-how-fast-swedens-glaciers-are-melting Thu, 23 Feb 2017 13:54:40 +0100 new-images-show-how-fast-swedens-glaciers-are-melting IN MY VOICE: Ongoing calls for disinvestment and global campaigns against traditional industrial expansion represent a great degree of departure from the previous norm. Adventino Banjwa discusses this development and its causes. https://www.thelocal.se/20141112/from-precursor-to-roadblock-economic-growth-and-climate-change Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:46:00 +0100 from-precursor-to-roadblock-economic-growth-and-climate-change Sweden and the US have joined another four countries in a bid to reduce emissions of soot, ozone and methane gas in the environment to slow down global warming. https://www.thelocal.se/20120217/39162 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:34:00 +0100 39162 The developing world may have to wait until the December UN climate talks in Copenhagen before being told how much EU money will be available to help fight the effects of global warming, the Swedish EU presidency said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20090726/20916 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:54:00 +0200 20916 Sweden does more than any other country to tackle global warming, according to a new index published on Wednesday at the ongoing UN climate talks in Poland. https://www.thelocal.se/20081210/16250 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:12:00 +0100 16250 Swedish researchers working on an international mission have confirmed that methane, a potent greenhouse gas, has started to leak from the permafrost under the Siberian seabed, Dagens Nyheter reported on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080830/14032 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:55:00 +0200 14032