Policy area: Climate policy
Europaforum Northern Sweden (EFNS) takes a stand on the European Commission's proposal for a revised regulation on land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) in a new position paper. EFNS highlights that incorrect conclusions about deforestation that the European Commission is leaning on must not shape the EU's climate and energy policy!
A position have been adopted within the framework of Europaforum Northern Sweden (EFNS). The position concerns the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) with a focus on hydrogen, which could implicate complications for northern Sweden's green industrial investments.
The political network Europaforum Northern Sweden has adopted a position paper on the EU’s new Arctic policy launched on October the 13th 2021. Europaforum Northern Sweden welcomes the policy but underlines that the Arctic needs to be embraced by the EU in a greater holistic manner than the new policy manages to deliver.
On October 21, the network Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA) organized a digital steering group meeting. On the agenda were updates on the EU’s new Arctic Policy, the NSPA’s arctic investment platform (AIP), the importance of the forest to the European Green Deal, and the NSPA’s work forward.
As part of European Week of Regions and Cities (EWRC) in October, North Sweden, together with the Brussels offices of the Northern Sparsely Populated Areas (NSPA) network and Scotland Highlands and Islands organized a workshop about EU's twin (green and digital) transition. The key speaker from the European Commission who participated said that the NSPA are leading regions and should take a more prominent role on EU level.
15 Oct 2021 EU's new Arctic policy has been presented!
17 Mar 2021 EU Industry Week 2021: Northern Sweden's minerals and batteries crucial to the EU's green deal
11 Mar 2021 The Nordic countries - a model in the transition to climate neutrality, says the European Commission
03 Mar 2021 The extension of the European core network corridors from a Nordic perspective
16 Dec 2020 Arctic Futures Symposium 2020
21 Oct 2020 The European Artic in EU post 2020 policies
21 Oct 2020 EWRC webinar Circular economy in the Arctic industries
17 Sep 2020 State of the union – Northern Sweden a guiding example
15 Sep 2020 Northern Sweden puts forward the importance of a regional dimension on EU's forest strategy
30 Jun 2020 NSPA:s views on EU Cohesion Policy
11 Mar 2020 The European Commission proposes 61 million euros to Upper Norrland for the restructuring of the steel industry
15 Jan 2020 Northern Sweden’s minerals important for EU’s climate adaptation
18 Dec 2019 North Sweden gathered in force with big regional stakeholder meeting in Brussels
27 Nov 2019 Swedish forestry in focus during two seminars on November 22
18 Jun 2019 European premier of the OECD’s international meeting on mining in Skellefteå
07 Mar 2016 Position on Cascading
02 Dec 2015 Boliden - one of the world's largest mining and smelting companies
26 Nov 2015 North Sweden premiere a series of articles on Raw Materials in Northern Sweden
23 Mar 2015 NSPA has formally initiated the work with the OECD study
23 Oct 2014 Sustainable mining in Northern Sweden
06 Jul 2014 The Impact of Culture - Creative businesses for sustainable cities
