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The Center Party wants Sweden to adopt an annual national emissions budget. The reduction obligation is important and electricity production must increase as quickly as possible, even in existing nuclear power plants.
– We must increase the pace of emission reductions, says C leader Annie Lööf at a press conference in Gothenburg.
The Center Party presents a report on 200 reforms in the climate area. The proposals cover several areas and constitute the party’s climate action plan for the coming term.
– We want to be clear and open that these proposals are our proposals for the next term, says Lööf.
National emissions budget
Among other things, the Center Party wants Sweden to adopt a national emissions budget until 2040, which specifies a percentage reduction in emissions each year.
– It should show the way to net zero emissions, says Rickard Nordin (C), climate and energy policy spokesperson.
According to the party, Swedish energy production is to be doubled by 2030, with increased production of all types of energy as quickly as possible. The effect must also be turned up on existing nuclear power.
– After all, there are two terawatt hours left to produce if you use the full effect of existing reactors, says Lööf.
“The Fossil Right”
The center party sees the so-called reduction obligation, the mixing of biofuels in petrol and diesel, as an important part of reducing the transport sector’s emissions. To keep fuel costs down, C wants to increase the production of biofuel. The tax must also be abolished for the biofuels that are mixed in according to the reduction obligation.
Several parties propose instead that the reduction obligation be lowered. Lööf calls them the “fossil right”.
– They are the conservative right-wing parties that are now working together with the Left Party to stop or halve the reduction obligation. This is serious, says Lööf and continues:
– This means removing the most important tool for reaching our emissions targets in the transport sector.