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The following articles have been tagged with "Co2_emissions":

Nobel winners urge UN action to save the planet

Science & Technology: 19 May 11
Around 20 Nobel laureates on Wednesday urged world leaders to promote global sustainability in the "Stockholm Memorandum" which was then passed to a special UN committee. READ »

Volvo helps pioneer 'hands-free' driving

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Apr 11
Swedish carmaker Volvo wants to let drivers kick back, take their hands off the wheel, and catch up on a little TV while barreling down the motorway, all in the name of improving road safety, The Local's Geoff Mortimore explains. READ »

Sweden's Volvo Cars increases sales in 2010

Business & Money: 7 Jan 11
After two straight years of slumping sales, Sweden's Volvo Cars bounced back in 2010 despite continued weakness in the US. READ »

Volvo partners with WWF to reduce CO2 emissions

Science & Technology: 4 Nov 10
Sweden's Volvo Group announced on Thursday that it will become the world's first vehicle manufacturer to join the World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Climate Savers Program, aiming to work towards becoming CO2-neutral. READ »

Vattenfall plant tests CO2-scrubbing algae

Science & Technology: 22 Jul 10
Swedish energy group Vattenfall announced on Thursday that has launched a major pilot project using algae to absorb greenhouse gas emissions from a coal-fired power plant in eastern Germany. READ »

Stockholm's Green City award: it's what you can't see that counts

Analysis & Opinion: 4 Apr 10
A fisherman braces to reel in a large, wriggling salmon, its scales glistening in the sun as he lays his catch down, not on a sandy river bank but on the bustling cobblestone walkway outside parliament, at the very heart of the Swedish capital. READ »

Ministers meet in Sweden to spar over EU energy targets

Analysis & Opinion: 24 Jul 09
The energy and environment ministers of the European Union are meeting this week in the Swedish resort town of Åre to debate how to reduce the EU's energy consumption, report the AFP’s Catherine Marciano and James Franey. READ »

World's first ecolabelled fuel soon a reality

Science & Technology: 4 Jul 08
New initiatives for the labelling and certification of biofuels have been presented in Sweden. READ »

Sweden and Japan agree on climate cooperation

National: 16 Apr 08
Japan and Sweden on Wednesday pledged to step up cooperation on tackling climate change during a visit by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. READ »

Swedish town prides itself as environmental role model

Lifestyle: 31 Mar 08
The Swedish town of Växjö will be "green" or will not be at all, writes AFP's Sophie Mongalvy. READ »

Swedish cities set their own climate targets

National: 18 Mar 08
Municipalities in Sweden aren’t waiting for the government to set up the country’s climate goals. READ »

Committee sets climate sights high

Science & Technology: 4 Mar 08
A parliamentary committee has presented a series of measures aimed at reducing Sweden's greenhouse gas emissions. READ »

Mixed reactions to EU emission targets

Science & Technology: 23 Jan 08
Sweden's government has welcomed a major EU initiative to fight climate change. But industry representatives were less pleased. READ »

Sweden protests over EU emission targets

Science & Technology: 20 Jan 08
Sweden is protesting at EU plans to ask it to cut CO2 emissions to 50 percent of 1990 levels. Years of efforts to cut emission are not being taken into account, it says. READ »

Sweden 'is beating Kyoto emissions targets'

Science & Technology: 18 Dec 07
Sweden's CO2 emissions have fallen 12.7 percent since 1990 - more than the amount required in the Kyoto Protocol- READ »

The green Swedes who vow slash the world's emissions

Business & Money: 12 Dec 07
Business Profile: Jonathan Ward profiles Swedish company Climate Well, which saw its CEO nominated as European of the Year for technology that could drastically reduce CO2 emissions worldwide. READ »

Scania wins Clinton plaudit

Business & Money: 2 Nov 07
Swedish truck and bus maker Scania has been named a 'preferred supplier' by former US President Bill Clinton's environmental movement. READ »

Budget focuses on jobs and the environment

Politics: 20 Sep 07
Benefit cuts, more money to bring down Sweden's CO2 emissions, and tax cuts aimed at the low paid. These were the highlights of Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg's second budget, which he presented on Thursday. READ »

Carbon taxes raised to tackle climate change

Politics: 17 Sep 07
Sweden's government will increase taxes on CO2 emissions as part of its budget, in what it says is a bid to help tackle climate change. Petrol prices will go up 17 öre per litre, energy minister Maud Olofsson announced on Monday. READ »

Sweden can learn from the US on climate

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Mar 07
With Al Gore in Stockholm to debate climate change with Margot Wallström, it is often assumed that the Americans come here to learn from Sweden's success. But Sweden also has a lot to learn from the US, argues Waldemar Ingdahl of think tank Eudoxa. READ »

Swedes hold European record for gas-guzzlers

Science & Technology: 15 Mar 07
Swedes are more likely to drive gas guzzlers than any other nationality in western Europe. Even cars that run on alternative fuels like ethanol need to become more efficient, say experts. READ »

Persson beats Gore to top green prize

Science & Technology: 15 Feb 07
Former Swedish prime minister Göran Persson has been chosen over several international figures, including Al Gore and Ken Livingstone, to win a top environment prize. READ »


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20 things to know before moving to Sweden

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »


Blog Update: Julie's Nordic Island

12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »

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The Local's Oliver Gee finds out why the star of Sweden's version of 'The Office' thinks Sweden is the most PC country in the world
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'Drunkorexia' on the rise in Sweden: report
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Seven Swedish designs that will blow your mind
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Star Wars in Swedish causes fan outrage
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The Swedish language needs a new pronoun free of preconceived notions about gender, a Swedish linguist and representatives from a publishing house argue
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Madonna set for July 4th concert in Sweden
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An inside look at 'The Office' in Swedish
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Swedish mother gave 3-year-old cigs and beer
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A duvet cover designed to look like cardboard boxes, on sale at a luxury department store in Stockholm, has some arguing that the city's homeless are being exploited for profit.
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Five Swedish songs that never made Eurovision
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Swenglish comedy star Ben Kersley explains how ‘three bespectacled English guys’ plan to make Swedes laugh
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Move over Bugs – a Swedish bunny is rapidly becoming the most popular rabbit in the world!
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How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst
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Braving the cold: Ten reasons to spend winter in Sweden
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adjective

Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.


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