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when i say speed, you most probably think of ikea about ends think you can fish of the country actually pulls off another remarkable seat that deserves more attention to the best performer in europe when it comes to we do you think we got sufficient speed and already emitted 5 times less to your to per capita than the european average back in 1990. since then, speeding us produce its net greenhouse gas emissions by another 80 percent. while the average reduction in to you has only been 30 percent at the same time speed, this economy has grown to fault. you don't need to reduce welfare, to reduce your transfer them to that as a message to the wall. that's so important. and that's what all they set themselves, the world's toughest climate target, and on track to meet it. so what us to be them doing better than others? let's take a look at how it became a role model on climate and what other countries come to and from the success story

we even have some natural advantages. i mean, just look at all of that last green, forest, 70 percent of sweetness, forest, land, and forest. a very useful when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions because dave and move you to from the atmosphere. the country is also blessed with a lot of wind. just look at the long coastline and then the all these big lakes, perfect for hydro power. but it wasn't just shooting the natural resources jack part that got the country to where it is now. it's been realized, it's natural, potentially early on, instead of investing in the new the energy sources much earlier than many other countries. we didn't have had hydro power for more than a century. that's materials. goldman found off the swedish 20, so the secretary of which ensures that the transport sector reaches its climate targets by 2030 and other sources of clean energy. and you get more speed heavy burns, any fossil fuels for electricity anymore. so we just started very early to cut out fossil fuels from our energy mix. that's our side person who advises the swedish

government on climate policy and rates of performance. they started already in the seventy's when suite of build out new, clear coordinates, back then the global oil crisis said in countries we're looking for other sources of energy. those up to a speedo to cut out for you from our energy mix. today almost 70 percent of students. electricity comes from renewables, especially hydropower and wind. the rest of the electricity demand is met by nuclear power. the greenhouse gas emissions on the electricity production are homeless, 0 right now, so they are almost not using any fossil fuels for, for using electricity. that's just gonna have an energy exploit from the european environment agencies in other countries. that's a whole other world. what's most stunning though is that speed in managed to clean up its act was also growing its economy. so that's what we called the company. and

all of this and the heavily industrialized country which makes steel cement and cars. so we need to be very interesting. and by having it on our own, not importing fossil fuels, doing it on our own doing and we've sources that are there, and actually we keep prizes down and we keep supply. so it's this combination of innovative climate and industrial policy that's, that's been a part of more on that later a speed and doesn't just get rid of fossil fuels and it's electricity production. but also when it comes to providing heat for buildings and industrial processes. and that's quite special for a whole country. even then we see that the dimensions that are emitted for the production in the hosting site is very name. it is, oh, branch of other countries. so what was the trick there? the 1st step was that's being invested in district heating systems early on, which is more efficient. this means that instead of having a heated, has shown you build big central, i have heaters that are connected to lots of houses and industrial areas through insulated pipes. and i'm a current infrastructure, and this is quite

a big undertaking, your needs, the government and the private sector to work together to provide this infrastructure. it's also quite expensive, just think of all the piping you need to lay across and try unable. that's not the less the government decided to go for this approach early on and stuck with a candidate for the benefits of having these bigger system solutions we done as a cold country. how they're really incentive to have a, some energy efficiency sort of rush to know she think system in place just their inhabitants speed and also type and that's building standards in the seventy's to improve installation and keep the heat inside windows in houses where exchange for 3 pins, windows, and walls and roofs were made thicker. in the 1990s, the country that invested in keen energy sources, again, the good thing about district heating is that you can switch out the fuels that are being used in the past. they rely on fossil fuels like oil and cold, but now 97 percent of the heating and speeding comes from biofuels and burning waste. and in the past 20 years,

heat pumps have also become very popular in speed. happy anywhere else in europe, they use as much per capita as speed. when more than half of all residential houses have installed them, these kind of work like a reversed ac and they run the electricity. and then using that to find the miles and there's no down rates because it doesn't really step since the last 30 years of the emissions from electricity and cheating, which is often a difficult sector for many countries. sweden managed to reduce emissions by 70 percent in 30 years time. so that also shows the big, big, bold changes are possible. and these big bull changes didn't come out of an air speed and as implemented kind of policy since the 1990, such as introducing one of the world's 1st. and by now, one of google's highest carbon texas, charging industries and individuals for the carbon dioxide damage. we realized that

commenting, trying to change and not be a huge cost for the government. then we will fight on strong between should we focus on scoring health care and so far it shouldn't change. so wendy collins, extra stress discussed in many areas became a through y in agreement that this is the wasteful and s as, as we're not. there's not a single party and speech part. it takes you in question to conduct a 2019 imperial case that he found at the speed of carbon tax had a significant impact on c o. 2 emissions. it was responsible for 6 percent decline of emissions sometimes, but in an average year. and that's, but the change, as we talked about earlier, like in the energy and heating sector by giving people and businesses the incentive to invest in the new, the energy instead of fossil fuel. there's a to a message for us either we do something that's bad for the environment and we have debated facts. what do we do? something that's better and we're not taxed. and the carbon tax spock innovation that put speeds, industry a had almost 10 percent of sweetens. clement impact comes from these steel industry

because they use this false are fuels, but sweet in the aims to become the world's 1st in producing large quantities of full sized free steel using green hydrogen instead of fossil fuels. and vicious. and my reason for this he has been a increasing speed of competitiveness. they defy stuff's, freedom has a, a strong environment. the legacy means that there is a large community of business and research innovators, thoughts that are keen on developing nuclear technology products. also, business models to make it work. this also translates to the way speeding is investing in the future. and that's quite large. focus in the schools in the educational system on engineering, and on scientific technologies. and we see for example, it squeezes is pest. why the low best with the wind cost is on specific um, specific arms over the new plan becomes almost idle. the new for the energy. and

well in many countries the public would revolt against any new tax, acceptance and speeding has been high. and this is true across the political spectrum. 7 out of 8 parties agreed on the world's most stringent climate target in 2017, already to be net 0 by 2045. and that is a very tough darn, it is a well leading target state game business and citizens a strong belief and that this is actually gonna continue happening. and then i can invest in knowing that even with the change to a government, it will still set. and that is solely about because many citizens around the world, one wonder ok what happens after the next election. but when you have a wind political buy and you also get the buy in from the citizens and a business or so it really seems like speed on concept of what's wrong when it comes to kind of policy. or can they? well, yes, i culture, it's one sector. what has been little to no progress when it comes to reducing emissions. but the country's biggest problem, child is the transport sector. that's what most of speed emissions currently come

from. and as an important sector, after all, speed may not have many people, but it's a country of long distance us at the spies and bushes targets progress. so we are expecting to see increased emissions again from the transport sector. for years sweden had been introducing incentives to reduce transport emissions without the state having to pay for the a friend stands as we know, over the years, if you bought an electrical biomass car, you wouldn't be given a bonus by the government. but if you chose to still have or to buy a new gas guzzling as a re, you what is the pay an extra the ex. and so the money given to the best cars was paid for by the money coming from the west cars. but lately, sweden seems to be, i'm doing some of the successes specifically in the transport sector. we are increasing emissions by roughly $5000000.00 tons of carbon dioxide per year. in fact, this is the biggest increase in emissions in the history of sweden. sweets no conservative

government, which came into po on september 2022 has wrote back some important policies in light of reason. crises is lowered patch one diesel tax us by a quarter, which means we now have the modem, lowest prices on diesel and gasoline in europe. it also introduced other measures that make it less expensive to drive the car while abolishing the incentives that were previously offered to buy electric vehicles and 2022. we had a perfect strong suite and we had a very expansive fossil fuels, partially thanks to the war and the ukraine. we had high electricity prices and we had an economy that were strong. so with all those factors in mind, the politicians thought it would be helpful for them to be elected with the promise of cheaper fossil fuels on the right side. the government also promised that these new measures will only be short term and will be lifted again as soon as speeds economy kicks back up to already discussing other solutions for supporting struggling hospitals and businesses. and if they keep the promised speed,

and we'll hopefully be on track to me, that's the targets for the transport sector. again, a reduction of 70 percent of emissions between 20102030. so yeah, speeding as an almost perfect draw model in terms of kind of policy. i think the industries that yes, it's indeed possible to produce electricity went out. i think we have got some interest at all. and this may be an example for other countries into but however clickable speed, this approach. after all, every country's face has its own unique challenges and might not have the same resources. but they're very likely have other things find where your main treatment impact is and where you can make the biggest difference wind. what is your so do you need some point as a country? where is your entry point and the speed is experience can also show that it pays off in the long run when the state introduces tough time and policies that will give you the green businesses degree and jobs, the bailey, n. c, and export income. and you can use for other things that you out very well for a bit of schooling. and so,

and this can only work if all of society is on board. the biggest list is thought unique, those corporation between government, private sector and the local government as well to really develop these the system solutions to gather, take risk, to make these big, long term investments. that has been a success factor behind sweden's d carbonite station. so do you think this approach could work in your country? let us know and or comments and subscribe resource videos like this every friday. the super noses, safe line versus

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