The climate is a matter of destiny and research shows that the next few years are crucial if we are to have a chance of escaping catastrophic climate change. The Left Party and the Green Party are the best at environmentally friendly policies according to the Nature Conservation Association's survey, and the Social Democrats are the best among the largest parties.
"The Green Party and the Left Party rank highest in the survey, as they support all of the Nature Conservation Association's 18 proposals. The Liberals come close behind and are the bourgeois party that in the survey shows the highest environmental political ambitions. The Social Democrats places itself highest of the big ones the parties. It is followed by the Christian Democrats, who, together with the Social Democrats, have overtaken the Center Party, compared to the results of the Nature Conservation Association's survey in 2014. The Moderates come last of the bourgeois parties. Sverigedemo Craterna comes with a substantial margin last in the ranking, when they only poses behind two out of 18 proposals.” ( https://www.naturskyddsforeningen.se/nyheter/ny-valgranskning-detta-vill-partierna-gora-miljon-under-nasta-mandatperiod )
The flight does not pay its environmental costs, it is exempt from both carbon dioxide and energy tax. International flights also avoid paying VAT. If aviation is to be able to cover a greater part of its environmental costs, politics must stop subsidizing aviation. Several bourgeois parties i.a. The moderates are critical even of the small flight tax we introduced. ( https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/flygskatt-splittrar-partierna )
Every year at least 30 billion goes to subsidizing fossil fuels in Sweden, primarily through tax exemptions. Sweden has promised to phase out all climate-damaging subsidies by 2020 - that is, during the coming mandate period.
"A large part of human emissions of carbon dioxide comes from the burning of fossil fuels. The most dangerous for the climate is lignite*. But ordinary oil and fossil gas also contribute greatly to climate change. Therefore, it is urgent to break the world economy's dependence on oil, coal and gas.” ( http://www.greenpeace.org/sweden/se/klimat/Orsaker/Fossila-branslen/ ) High taxes on fossil fuels that we have in Sweden, if they were implemented globally, would be a very good way to speed up the world's crime with fossil addiction. ( https://economics.handels.gu.se/aktuellt/nyheter/n//-mindre-tillvaxt-ar-bra-for-valfard–klimat-och-valmaende-.cid1212744 )
Welfare as reduced working hours and more redistribution and not unregulated, economic growth is best for the environment. ( https://economics.handels.gu.se/aktuellt/nyheter/n//-mindre-tillvaxt-ar-bra-for-valfard–klimat-och-valmaende-.cid1212744 )The red-greens are traditionally defenders of welfare and redistribution, while the right and the browns want to cut back on it.
This summer, the Riksdag decided that each new government must present a climate plan for the term of office. What does your favorite party's climate plan look like? Does it live up to the Paris Agreement.
It is possible to reduce emissions - but it requires political decisions. If we are to succeed in limiting warming, politics cannot continue to support climate-damaging activities through subsidies.
Sweden does not control the entire world's climate policy, but it means a lot if we set a good example so that others can follow.