Emissions in the transport sector will be reduced by 70 percent in ten years.
The Riksdag has decided that.
It is also the sector where things are slowest.
A fifth-grader can easily calculate how quickly emissions must now be reduced year by year for this to be possible.
The emission reduction for 2019 of 2.4 percent is not impressive.
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's climate manager points out in the press release that this is a poor result.
Agriculture is one of the industries in Sweden that is worst at climate work.
LRF refers to the fact that 2019 was a record year in terms of harvests, which explains why emissions from work machines increased that year.
Agricultural machinery emits more greenhouse gases than domestic aviation.
LRF also refers to the fact that agriculture binds carbon dioxide, but this is not a calculation method that the Riksdag approves.
Council: Review diesel support
Like all other industries, from industry to the construction industry, agriculture has a requirement to remain carbon neutral by 2045. This means that it must decouple the growth curve of its production from the growth curve of carbon dioxide emissions.
But agriculture has in reality received something of a free letter with reference, as the pandemic has raised the need to become more self-sufficient.
The government also subsidizes farmers with just over two kronor for every liter of diesel they refuel.
The farmer who has biofuels in the tank, on the other hand, does not receive a penny in support.
The diesel subsidy is one of several instruments that the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency advises the government to review, and there are several radical measures to take but which would risk leading to difficult political battles.
Contrary to EU rules
At the initiative of the Green Party, the government has appointed an inquiry to ban the petrol engine and set an end date for fossil fuels.
On February 1, investigator Sven Hunhammar will be ready.
According to SVT's experience, he will propose an end date for oil and coal by 2035 - but not an end date for the petrol engine.
It would be perceived as a technology ban and in breach of EU rules.
The United Kingdom, on the other hand, which is currently making its last days as an EU member, has decided to ban the petrol engine by 2030.
Volvo Cars' CEO also wants to see a ban
It is therefore a bit of an upside-down world when Volvo Cars' CEO Håkan Samuelsson at a press conference on December 2 said that from 2030 he wants to see a ban on diesel and petrol cars in Sweden.
He thinks that electrification of the car fleet is too slow.
The business community likes clear rules of the game and clear guidelines.
Samuelsson also has a vested interest in phasing out the petrol engine - Volvo is threatened with heavy fines because it does not meet the EU requirements for lower emission levels from its petrol cars.
Tougher instruments are required
If Sweden is to meet its emissions targets, a number of tougher instruments are needed.
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency presents a bouquet of measures that the government can choose from.
This includes a higher carbon tax - perhaps the most effective measure, but difficult from a political point of view because higher fuel costs hit the countryside hard.
This also includes faster electrification of the electricity grid with the expansion of electricity poles and the use of more biofuel.
The so-called reduction obligation will force the diesel and petrol companies to increase the mix of biofuels.
But the reduction obligation may contribute to a 14 percent reduction in emissions by 2030 - the figures vary.
So there is still a lot to do.