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 The Swedish town of Uppsala has been named global climate city of the year by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which said that more cities should follow its example. https://www.thelocal.se/20180912/uppsala-named-global-climate-city-of-the-year Wed, 12 Sep 2018 12:08:32 +0200 uppsala-named-global-climate-city-of-the-year The number of Swedes still buying ivory abroad could amount to thousands, according to a new survey by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). https://www.thelocal.se/20170530/swedes-still-buying-ivory-while-abroad-wwf Tue, 30 May 2017 10:52:00 +0200 swedes-still-buying-ivory-while-abroad-wwf A record number of Swedish municipalities switched off their lights to raise awareness of climate change as part of the WWF's Earth Hour. https://www.thelocal.se/20170330/record-numbers-switch-off-to-mark-earth-hour-in-sweden Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:51:09 +0200 record-numbers-switch-off-to-mark-earth-hour-in-sweden Sweden has been criticized for its unsustainable consumption of the planet's resources in the latest edition of a major WWF study. https://www.thelocal.se/20161027/swedens-consumption-footprint-among-the-worst Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:51:56 +0200 swedens-consumption-footprint-among-the-worst An international jury from the World Wide Fund for Nature has awarded Gothenburg the title of Sweden's Earth Hour Capital. https://www.thelocal.se/20150317/gothenburg-awared-earth-hour-capital-of-sweden Tue, 17 Mar 2015 17:27:24 +0100 gothenburg-awared-earth-hour-capital-of-sweden Sweden is among the world's top ten polluters according to one of the largest scientific studies looking at the impact of humans on earth, produced by the WWF. https://www.thelocal.se/20140930/sweden-slammed-in-ecological-report Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:28:00 +0200 sweden-slammed-in-ecological-report Sweden is not meeting its targets for restoring the Baltic sea, and neither are any of the other eight countries bordering the sea, according to a report published on Monday by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). https://www.thelocal.se/20130701/48786 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:23:00 +0200 48786 Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf on Wednesday said he would not present the "Environmental Hero of the Year" (Årets miljöhjälte) award, given this year to a Swedish teen activist who took a leading role in protesting the construction of a controversial limestone mine on the Baltic island of Gotland. https://www.thelocal.se/20121018/43896 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:24:00 +0200 43896 Sweden must improve its preservation of biodiversity in the Baltic, and decrease use of hazardous fertilisers, according to a World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) report published Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110901/35888 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:57:00 +0200 35888 Sweden was one of a record 131 countries which turned off the lights for an hour on Saturday night to mark Earth Hour in a manifestation for the global environment. https://www.thelocal.se/20110327/32840 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:26:00 +0200 32840 Sweden's Volvo Group announced on Thursday that it will become the world's first vehicle manufacturer to join the World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Climate Savers Program. https://www.thelocal.se/20101104/30020 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:08:00 +0100 30020 The Baltic Sea faces the threat of uncontrolled growth of freight traffic and wind energy over the next 20 years, the World Wildlife Fund has warned in a new report, calling on governments to work together to avert a Baltic 'Wild West'. https://www.thelocal.se/20100826/28600 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:02:00 +0200 28600 King Carl Gustaf XVI has announced that the lights will be turned off for an hour at royal castles on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080329/10774 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:09:00 +0100 10774