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February 14, 2012
Kyoto
The following articles have been tagged with "Kyoto":
Sweden welcomes climate 'compromise'
Politics: 11 Dec 11
Swedish minister for the environment, Lena Ek, welcomed the deal to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, reached on Sunday following intense negotiations during the UN Climate Change Conference in South Africa.
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Communities crucial for tsunami response
Science & Technology: 23 Aug 11
Experts who have studied the March 11th disaster in Japan told the World Water Week conference in Stockholm on Monday of the importance of local communities in responding to devastating tsunamis.
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Sweden tops EU development aid list
National: 10 Jun 10
Sweden spends more per capita on development aid than all other EU countries, according to a new report which has slammed the failure of some member states for not doing enough to live up to spending goals.
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Reinfeldt warns India of climate change dangers
Politics: 6 Nov 09
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Friday cautioned India about the impact of climate change if upcoming UN climate talks fail to produce a new agreement to reduce emissions.
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Reinfeldt criticizes US climate bill
Politics: 5 Nov 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Thursday criticized US efforts to adopt new climate change legislation, casting fresh doubt on whether the upcoming Copenhagen conference would result in a binding deal on carbon emission cuts.
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Reinfeldt targets US and China in climate message
Politics: 3 Nov 09
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Tuesday put pressure on both the United States and China to do more to fight climate change ahead of a UN-sponsored summit on the issue set to take place in Copenhagen in December.
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Obama welcomes Reinfeldt for White House visit
Politics: 3 Nov 09
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt met with Barack Obama on Monday to discuss how to reach what the US President called an "important deal" at the upcoming Copenhagen conference on climate change.
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'Copenhagen climate conference is not make or break': expert
National: 1 Nov 09
The Copenhagen climate conference has been billed as a 'now or never' chance to combat climate change; it should instead be seen as a starting point, argues a key advisor to Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
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Sweden concerned over climate talks
National: 25 Sep 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt expressed deep concern on Thursday over the progress of climate negotiations at the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh, with only weeks to go before the Copenhagen conference.
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Reinfeldt: pace of climate talks 'too slow'
Politics: 23 Sep 09
Speaking at a United Nations climate summit on Tuesday, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said negotiations on a new global warming deal were moving far too slowly.
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Reinfeldt to G20: 'Cap bank bonuses'
Politics: 18 Sep 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt succeeded on Thursday in convincing European leaders to agree to push for limits on bonuses for bankers at the upcoming G20 summit.
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EU to offer billions in climate aid to poor nations: Reinfeldt
Politics: 10 Sep 09
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Wednesday announced plans for the European Union to offer developing countries €15 billion ($22 billion) a year to help combat climate change.
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Developing world to wait for climate change cash
Politics: 26 Jul 09
Developing countries may have to wait until December UN climate talks before being told how much EU money will be available to help fight the effects of global warming, the Swedish EU presidency said on Saturday.
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Sweden calls for EU to act on climate change
Politics: 24 Jul 09
Swedish officials called for a tough stance on climate change at a meeting of European environment and energy ministers held in Åre in central Sweden on Friday.
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Sweden takes over EU presidency
Politics: 1 Jul 09
Sweden on Wednesday assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union, promising to combat climate change as well as the rising joblessness in the wake of the global economic crisis.
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Economic crisis and climate top Swedish EU priorities
Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jun 09
The global economic crisis, soaring unemployment in Europe and climate change top Sweden's agenda as it takes over the European Union six-month presidency in difficult conditions on Wednesday, writes AFP's Francois Campredon
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Mud, sun and Neil Young: The Local's festival survival tips
Lifestyle: 16 Jun 09
Stuart Roberts traipsed through the mud at Stockholm’s ‘Where the Action is’ to compile this season’s summer festival survival guide.
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Reinfeldt pushes for carbon tax in Europe
Politics: 10 Jun 09
Speaking in Brussels in Tuesday, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt urged other countries in Europe to implement a tax on carbon dioxide to help reduce greenhouse gases emissions.
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What does Sweden have against rational Nordic energy solutions?
Analysis & Opinion: 10 Mar 09
Sweden’s continued opposition to a natural gas pipeline running along the floor of the Baltic Sea is more political than it is environmental, but that doesn’t make it any more rational, argues researcher Timo Kivimäki.
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Reinfeldt pessimistic about 2009 climate treaty progress
Science & Technology: 28 Dec 08
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt voiced his concern that the global financial crisis has diminished the prospect of a robust climate change treaty during 2009.
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Nobel physics award split three ways
Science & Technology: 7 Oct 08
Two researchers from Japan and an American colleague have been awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physics.
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Sweden plans for green spending spree
Business & Money: 9 Sep 08
The government’s upcoming budget proposes spending 3 billion kronor ($443 million) on environment and energy measures.
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EU's upcoming troika make climate change pledge
Politics: 22 Apr 08
Sweden, France and the Czech Republic pledged on Tuesday to make real progress on combatting global warming during their successive EU presidencies.
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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.
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Reinfeldt to meet China's president
Politics: 12 Apr 08
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will meet China's president Hu Jintao on Saturday in connection with a conference on the Chinese island of Hainan.
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Bildt presents foreign policy in Riksdag
Politics: 13 Feb 08
The Foreign Minister emphasized the importance of the EU and the UN in Swedish foreign policy.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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Sweden 'does most to protect climate'
Science & Technology: 7 Dec 07
Sweden does more than any other country to prevent climate change, while the US and Saudi Arabia are the biggest culprits, a new report says.
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Reinfeldt calls for big countries to act on climate
Science & Technology: 13 Aug 07
Sweden wants the US, China and India to commit to tackling global warming, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said on Monday as World Water Week got underway in Stockholm.
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Consumerism may cause African famines, experts warn
Science & Technology: 1 Jul 07
Food production in developing countries will halve in the next 20 years unless wealthy nations lower their rate of consumption, the Stockholm Environment Institute warned at a weekend conference
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Climate change tops agenda at global forest meet
Science & Technology: 1 Jul 07
Heads of state, politicians, scientists, business leaders and aid workers have all been congregating in a Swedish forest to discuss ways of tackling climate change.
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'Midnight sun' summit calls for post-Kyoto road map
Politics: 14 Jun 07
An informal climate change conference at Riksgränsen in northern Sweden came to a close on Thursday with delegates calling for the creation of a 'road map' for future development next time the ministers meet.
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'Midnight Sun' climate summit opens in Sweden
Politics: 11 Jun 07
Environment representatives from 30 countries have gathered above the Arctic Circle for the start of an informal summit on climate change.
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Sweden to host climate change summit
Politics: 8 Jun 07
Environment ministers from around the world are set to converge for a four-day meeting in Riksgränsen in the Arctic Circle next week following an invitation from the Swedish government.
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Europe needs to clean up its act
Analysis & Opinion: 21 May 07
Working internationally to combat climate change is all very well, but Brussels should sort out its existing environmental schemes before embarking on ambitious new EU projects, argues Mats Persson of the Open Europe think tank.
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Fredrik and Arnold talk green
Politics: 17 May 07
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger have been talking about what Sweden and California can do together to tackle climate change.
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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.
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Reinfeldt challenges others to tackle climate change
Science & Technology: 3 Feb 07
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has called on Brazil, the US and African countries to do more to tackle climate change. Sweden already spends more on the problem than others, he said.
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American envoy plants green shoots
Analysis & Opinion: 26 Oct 06
US Ambassador Michael M Wood tells James Savage about his friend George Bush and how he plans to use his experience as a businessman to get Sweden and America too cooperate on alternative fuels.
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Sweden on target for Kyoto commitment
National: 27 Dec 05
Sweden is one of only two countries in Europe likely to meet their commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, a study predicted on Tuesday.
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Swedish royals dodge Kyoto in visit down under
National: 7 Nov 05
King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia are flying the flag in Australia. And despite saying that he might raise controversial environmental issues, the Swedish king has so far held himself to diplomatic niceties.
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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 »
"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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Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.
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