Keep updated with, and share the latest news from, about and of interest to community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Sweden.
World's tallest wooden wind turbine starts turning, BBC News (Dec 28, 2023) - Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025, theguardian.com (Oct 11, 2023)
- The Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance now has 10 core members (Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Greenland, Ireland, Portugal, Quebec, Sweden, Wales, and Washington State), two associate members (California and New Zealand), and five "friends of BOGA" (Chile, Fiji, Finland, Italy, and Luxembourg)., beyondoilandgasalliance.org (Nov 16, 2022) — BOGA is an international alliance of governments and stakeholders working together to facilitate the managed phase-out of oil and gas production, led by the governments of Denmark and Costa Rica
- Stockholm Thinks It Can Have an Electric Bikeshare Program So Cheap It’s Practically Free, vice.com (Oct 24, 2022)
- David Bowie and the birth of environmentalism: 50 years on, how Ziggy Stardust and the first UN climate summit changed our vision of the future, The Conversation (May 23, 2022)
2017-2021[edit | edit source]
- Sweden to host World Environment Day 2022, UNEP (Nov 18, 2021) — World Environment Day 2022 theme, 'Only One Earth', focuses on living sustainably in harmony with nature
- We must take a holistic approach to climate and biodiversity, KRAV, Oct 12, 2021...[1]
- Europe's first Climate City Contract signed in Sweden today, Dec 11, 2020...[2]
- Sweden Opens World's First Mall for Repaired and Recycled Goods, Apr 4, 2017...[3]
- European Commission honours Malmö and Brussels as leaders in sustainable mobility, Mar, 2017...[4]
- Sweden announces new law binding future governments to a goal of carbon neutrality by 2045, Feb 3, 2017...[5]
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2016[edit | edit source]
- Sweden introduces energy storage subsidy for households, Nov 24[1]
- Waste not want not: Sweden to give tax breaks for repairs, Sep 19[2]
- These Swedish "bike apartments" are designed for life without cars, by Adele Peters, Aug 29[3]
- Sweden introduces Six Hour Working Day, May[4]
- Sweden phases out fossil fuels in attempt to run completely off renewable energy, May 24[5]
- Sweden launches collection of clothing that you can borrow for free, Jan 20[6]
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2014-2015[edit | edit source]
- What can the world learn from Växjö, Europe's self-styled greenest city? November 25, 2015...[1]
- They really mean it! Sweden's Green transition gathers pace, September 24, 2015...[2]
- Sweden one of three European Union member countries that have already met their renewable energy goals for 2020, with 51 percent of its energy coming from renewables, March 12, 2014...[3]
- Umeå launch green parking scheme, February 6, 2014...[4]
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