Global Briefing: Sweden to set world's first consumption-based climate goal

Cecilia Keating
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Stockholm, Sweden | Credit: iStock
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Stockholm, Sweden | Credit: iStock

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'Historical': Sweden to set target for consumption emissions Sweden is on track to become the first country to start counting consumption-based emissions in its climate targets, after its lawmakers...

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