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Declining greenhouse gas emissions
Climate change caused by the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is one of the foremost global environment problems today. Traditionally, there has been a strong link between economic growth and increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but Sweden has broken that link.
Since 1990, emissions have been declining in the Swedish housing and service sector as the result of a shift from oil for heating purposes to district heating, heat pumps and biofuels. Emissions from agriculture are also on the decline, due mainly to the presence of fewer farm animals.
Sweden’s GHG emissions are now among the lowest in the EU and OECD, whether calculated per capita or as a proportion of GDP.
In 2012, Swedish GHG emissions totalled 58.3 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, compared with 72.7 million tons in 1990 – a near 20 per cent reduction.
For 2020, Sweden aims to reduce GHG emissions by 40 per cent compared with 1990. A recent study by the Swedish National Institute of Economic Research found that Sweden has strong chances of reaching that goal, thanks both to developments in the economy and to political incentives such as a CO2 tax.
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