{"id":263,"date":"2022-09-06T11:46:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T11:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/?page_id=263"},"modified":"2022-11-07T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T09:00:15","slug":"4-3-the-truth-about-government-climate-targets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/endnotes\/what-weve-done-about-it\/4-3-the-truth-about-government-climate-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"4.3 The Truth about Government Climate Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Alexandra Urisman Otto<\/a><\/p>\n

All online sources accessed on

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    \nthat\u2019s the number always referred to in policy debates and official statistics<\/q> https:\/\/www.naturvardsverket.se\/om-oss\/aktuellt\/nyheter-och-pressmeddelanden\/sveriges-klimatutslapp-okade-med-fyra-procent-under-2021\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nwhen you add in emissions from consumption<\/q>
    \n    https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210416194222\/<\/a>, https:\/\/naturvardsverket.se\/Sa-mar-miljon\/Statistik-A-O\/Vaxthusgaser-konsumtionsbaserade-utslapp-Sverige-och-andra-lander\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nand the burning of biomass<\/q>
    \n    https:\/\/www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se\/pxweb\/sv\/ssd\/START__MI__MI0107\/TotaltUtslappN\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nSweden would need double-digit percentage emissions cuts each year to be even close to doing its fair share of the transition<\/q>
    \n    https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/14693062.2020.1728209<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \nThe Swedish Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s evaluation<\/q> Naturv\u00e5rdsverket, \u2018Underlag till regeringens klimatpolitiska handlingsplan\u2019<\/cite>, https:\/\/www.naturvardsverket.se\/om-oss\/publikationer\/6800\/underlag-till-regeringens-klimatpolitiska-handlingsplan\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \nthe article\u2019s publication in the summer<\/q>
    \n    https:\/\/www.dn.se\/sverige\/sverige-ska-ga-fore-anda-ar-klimatmalen-langt-ifran-tillrackliga\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n\u2018If we are wrongly calculating the emissions today\u2019<\/q> Mooney, C., et al., \u2018Countries\u2019 climate pledges built on flawed data, Post investigation finds\u2019<\/cite>, Washington Post<\/span>, 7 November 2021, https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/interactive\/2021\/greenhouse-gas-emissions-pledges-data\/<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Alexandra Urisman Otto All online sources accessed on 13 March 2022 that\u2019s the number always referred to in policy debates and official statistics https:\/\/www.naturvardsverket.se\/om-oss\/aktuellt\/nyheter-och-pressmeddelanden\/sveriges-klimatutslapp-okade-med-fyra-procent-under-2021\/. when you add in emissions from consumption https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210416194222\/, https:\/\/naturvardsverket.se\/Sa-mar-miljon\/Statistik-A-O\/Vaxthusgaser-konsumtionsbaserade-utslapp-Sverige-och-andra-lander\/. and the burning of biomass https:\/\/www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se\/pxweb\/sv\/ssd\/START__MI__MI0107\/TotaltUtslappN\/. Sweden would need double-digit percentage emissions cuts each year to be even close to doing its…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":148,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-essay.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-263","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}