Stenevi is particularly critical of the fact that the agreement does not specify any intermediate goals, and that the Swedish climate emissions will, on the contrary, increase with the government’s policy.
– These are fog curtains. Pointing to the year 2045 and then not caring if emissions decrease or not until then is a huge problem. It is the total amount of greenhouse gases that are released between now and 2045 that will have a bearing on how much warming increases and right now we are facing a missed 1.5 degree target.
Among other things, Stenevi has ordered statistics from the Riksdag’s investigation service which show that emissions from the transport sector will increase by 50 percent next year with the government’s policy – something she calls a “disaster”.
The Sweden Democrats’ climate policy spokesperson Martin Kinnunen admits that emissions will increase in the short term – but defends himself against the criticism.
No agreement on stage goals
– From a global perspective, it is not a reasonable policy to buy large quantities of biofuel of questionable climate benefit and mix it in the Swedish fuel tanks. It makes more sense to focus on electrification as the way forward.
Despite the agreement, there is uncertainty about the so-called stage targets, a kind of “control” of how big the emissions should be in 2030, for example.
SD wants to revise the previous goal that the transport sector’s emissions should have been reduced by 70 percent.
Märta Stenevi is critical:
– What Martin Kinnunen is saying is that SD has agreed to milestones – but that they should be weakened. We want to sharpen them.