Carbon emission metrics are based on the emissions that take place in the confines of a country’s boundary. Sweden has moved a step further; it will consider the emissions from imported goods.
The environmental committee agreed to include consumption-based emissions – pollution generated overseas to make products for import – in Sweden’s climate targets.
For a country making huge strides in clean energy at home, it is a notable chink in its climate armor.
“Sweden adopting this target would hopefully set a new standard on how to address consumption emissions and spur other European countries to follow suit,” climate scientist Zeke Hausfather told Climate Home News. That suggests that the Scandinavian country is well placed to at least trial the consumption target.
Sweden also supports the CABM or carbon border adjustment mechanism which will come into full force in the year 2026, it will involve limiting imports of high carbon emitting goods like cement and steel. Limiting emissions from imports is a good idea, but from developed countries like Sweden and most of the European Union, it will be expected that they help the poor emitters clean their environment, by helping them financially or technologically.
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