{"id":358001,"date":"2022-03-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=358001"},"modified":"2022-03-01T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T05:00:00","slug":"sweden-does-want-to-do-something-about-the-climate-but-we-are-um-a-bit-slow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/sweden-does-want-to-do-something-about-the-climate-but-we-are-um-a-bit-slow\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden does want to do something about the climate, but: “We are, um, a bit slow”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Read more about all of the countries in this project<\/span><\/a><\/div>
Read more about Sweden<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

About Decarbonizing Europe<\/h2><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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What does the Recovery and Resilience Facility entail?<\/strong><\/h3><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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The European Commission has made available an amount of 723.8 billion euros
to combat the consequences of the corona crisis and make Europe greener, cleaner, and future-proof. All member states have the opportunity to submit plans for disbursement from this Recovery and Resilience Facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who is participating in the Recovery and Resilience Facility?<\/strong><\/h3><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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All the member states of the European Union. All member states? No, The Netherlands has not submitted plans as yet. Although, it became public knowledge at the end of January that hard work is going on behind the scenes in the Netherlands to secure some of those European billions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What do the member states have to spend the money on?<\/strong><\/h3><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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At least 37 percent of the funding should be used for making their countries more sustainable and 20 percent for digitalization. In addition, there are also other key points:
\u2013 Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
\u2013 Social and territorial cohesion
\u2013 Public health, economic, social, and institutional resilience
\u2013 Policy for future generations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What else is happening?<\/strong><\/h3><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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Apart from that, the EC has identified several so-called flagship areas<\/a>:
\u2013 Power up<\/em> 
\u2013<\/em> Renovate<\/em> 
\u2013<\/em> Recharge and Refuel<\/em> 
\u2013<\/em> Connect<\/em> 
\u2013<\/em> Modernise <\/em>
\u2013<\/em> Scale-up<\/em> 
\u2013<\/em> Reskill and upskill<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is Innovation Origins planning to do?<\/strong><\/h3><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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Over the next few months, we will be focusing on the implementation of these plans. We will be outlining what each country is doing to reduce CO\u2082 emissions, and we will be reporting on innovative projects. Infographics will allow you to compare the member states\u2019 efforts with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A crisis like the corona pandemic calls for decisive measures. The EU has freed up \u20ac723.8 billion <\/a>in an effort to use the Recovery and Resilience Facility<\/a> (RRF) to pull the European economy out of the recession caused by corona. In order to qualify for a share of this large bag of money, member states must submit a plan to the European Commission. In the series Decarbonizing Europe, we put those plans under a magnifying glass.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The application process in Sweden is not going as smoothly as hoped. The country had submitted a proposal amounting to 33.6 billion Swedish kronor<\/a> – roughly 3.2 billion euros – in May last year, about half of which was earmarked for climate change measures. The EU had given its preliminary approval to the recovery plan. Yet the Swedes are still in limbo. Will the money really ever materialize?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Sweden is, um, a bit slow,” concurs Jens Matthiesen, a Swedish EU representative. “It’s quite reassuring for us that the Netherlands is still lagging behind us.” The other queue of countries that have not yet seen their applications granted includes Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria – not a company that Sweden would readily want to be mentioned in the same breath with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n