Borås joins the many municipalities in Sweden that have produced a carbon dioxide budget. In the budget, the municipality has broken down what it means for Borås to comply with the Paris agreement. It is about how much emissions must be reduced if Borås and Boråsarna are to do their part to keep global warming between 1.5 and 2 degrees. And the goal is tough. For 20 years, carbon dioxide emissions in Borås must decrease by 16 percent each year.
"Now comes the tough part when we are going to do the measures," says Tom Andersson (MP).
How are you going to achieve this in Borås?
- We will use this evidence to develop measures. And we will make a climate and energy strategy based on these figures.
Is it realistic that you will succeed in this?
- We assume that we will succeed. But I think it's going to be tough, especially in the beginning.
How are you going to get ordinary borers to act after this?
- There we have the hard part. What Boras City itself can do is the easy part to influence. But when it comes to consumption emissions of private individuals, it is not so easy for the municipality to influence. It is a question that society in general has to change, says Tom Andersson (MP).
"Must work actively"The municipality has many plans and policies. How should you work so that the carbon dioxide budget is not just lying in the drawer?
- We will have a political steering group and also a service person group that will work with the climate issue. And also want a forum where business, academia, the city and various organizations can work on these issues. There is no shelf heater. The idea is that we should work actively with this.
The Borås Municipal Council has adopted the carbon dioxide budget. At the end of November, the matter will be raised in the city council.
In the clip above you can hear what some borrower think about the carbon budget.