EU demands action plan from Sweden as 2030 emissions target falls out of reach

Sweden is to halve its emissions outside the EU’s emissions trading system by 2030, compared with 2005 levels.

In terms of total emissions, Sweden’s reduction was the second largest in the EU by 2025.

But in transport, agriculture and heating (EH), Sweden went from exceeding the EU’s annual emissions cap in 2023 to falling below it thereafter. By 2030, the reduction is expected to be only 45 percent, according to the EU Commission’s annual report.

The EU Commission concludes that Sweden, together with Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Lithuania and Malta, must therefore submit a plan for how the goals will be achieved.