A fictional flooding scenario in a Swedish town highlights climate change's severe health risks, while Sweden's declining global health aid adds complexity to national and international health challenges.
Storm Johannes caused extensive damage to Swedish forests, resulting in billions in economic losses and highlighting the increasing threat of climate change-induced extreme weather events.
2025 ranks as one of the warmest years in history, with northern Europe and Sweden experiencing record-breaking temperatures and a notably warm autumn.
Severe weather forecasts of rising temperatures and heavy rain threaten snow conditions and competition at the 2025 Tour de Ski, causing concern among Swedish athletes and organizers.
The 2025 WWA report links climate change to intensified extreme weather events globally and in Sweden, highlighting severe humanitarian impacts and the urgent need for fossil fuel reduction.
Västerås experiences a significant drop in snow days, impacting residents, businesses, and ski resorts amid climate change.
Swedish transport companies criticize inconsistent political support and subsidies, highlighting a gap between climate ambitions and sector needs for the green transition.
Nobel laureate Joel Mokyr emphasizes technology as key to solving climate and demographic crises, while high electricity prices in southern Sweden hinder investments in renewable energy projects, threatening climate goals.
SMHI data shows Swedish winters are now half as long with drastically reduced snow cover, especially in southern cities, confirming climate-driven milder winters.
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute reports that Sweden has not had a nationwide white Christmas in 15 years, with snow increasingly absent from southern regions, reflecting changing climate patterns.
Swedish political voices diverge on the EU Commission's new proposal to ease the ban on gasoline cars after 2035, balancing industry support with climate concerns.
The EU Commission's easing of the 2035 ban on gasoline and diesel cars prompts mixed reactions from Swedish politicians and industry leaders, highlighting tensions over green transition progress.
Sweden's greenhouse gas emissions have risen sharply, undermining its ability to meet crucial climate targets and prompting political concern and calls for stronger action.
PostNord has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 60,000 tons through renewable diesel and electric vehicles, targeting fossil-free operations by 2030.
PostNord Sverige cuts greenhouse gas emissions by 42% since 2020, advancing fossil-free logistics through electric vehicles and renewable HVO100 fuel.
PostNord cuts emissions by 42% employing HVO100 renewable diesel and calls for stronger state-industry cooperation to meet Sweden’s climate targets.
The COP30 climate agreement in Brazil received both cautious praise for increased adaptation funding and criticism for its failure to address fossil fuel phase-out, reflecting mixed global reactions.
The COP30 summit in Brazil ended with Swedish leaders criticizing the agreement's failure to phase out fossil fuels and its inadequate climate adaptation funding, despite a commitment to triple adaptation financing by 2035.
Sweden strongly criticizes the COP30 draft agreement for excluding fossil fuel phase-out commitments and highlights key unresolved negotiation issues at the climate summit in Brazil.
Sverigedemokraterna backs Kristdemokraterna's proposal to abolish Sweden's national climate goals, sparking debate within the coalition.
Sweden's Christian Democrats propose ending the country's ambitious national climate goals to align instead with EU-wide targets and adopt a global perspective on climate policy.
Sweden’s ranking in the 2026 Climate Change Performance Index drops to 13th, reflecting weakened climate policies despite low emissions and strong renewable energy use.
Research from the Mistra Carbon Exit program shows Sweden has the technology to significantly cut emissions but needs stronger policies and investments to achieve full net-zero goals.
COP30 discussions reveal the impracticality of relying on vast forest land for climate targets, urging more immediate and specific climate actions.
Strong public support emerges in Sweden for taxing the wealthiest to fund climate transition efforts, emphasizing inequality in emissions and wealth growth.
Sweden has declared the mountain owl nationally extinct, attributing the loss to climate-induced rodent declines, with over 200 species now nationally extinct.
An unusual late-year algal bloom in Mälaren is persisting due to rising water temperatures caused by climate change, threatening drinking water and ecosystems in Sweden.
Johan Eliasch criticizes political approaches to climate change, advocating for scientific solutions and doubting COP30 commitments.
At a climate summit in Brazil, King Carl XVI Gustaf called for global cooperation to meet the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C warming limit and build climate resilience.
Swedish truck makers call for easing EU emission goals as they face challenges in scaling electric truck sales and competition from China.
West Nile virus cases have been detected in Berlin amid rising outbreaks across 14 European countries, highlighting the northward spread driven by climate change.
Sweden faces criticism for lacking methods to monitor and evaluate its purchase of international emission credits aimed at achieving climate neutrality by 2045.
Europe is mobilizing massive public and private investments to close a $2 trillion infrastructure gap crucial for achieving the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality target.
A new study using drones found methane and nitrous oxide emissions from Swedish wastewater treatment plants are about 2.5 times higher than IPCC estimates, highlighting significant underestimations.
Sweden's national climate goals for 2030 will stay intact with adjustments aligning targets to EU standards, including maintaining a 70% transport emissions reduction target and allowing international offset measures.
Oxfam Sweden reports a 44% increase in emissions from the richest 0.1%, vastly outpacing other groups and risking Sweden's climate targets.
A study exposes how climate deniers in Sweden imitate scientific visuals and language to undermine climate activists and spread misinformation.
Riksrevisionen warns that unreliable data from Naturvårdsverket may lead the Swedish government to overestimate climate policy effects and underestimate emission reduction needs.
Climate change in Sweden is escalating health risks from extreme weather and infectious diseases, highlighting an urgent need for adaptive healthcare policies.
Rising heatwaves and environmental changes linked to climate change are escalating health risks and mortality rates in Sweden, particularly among vulnerable groups.