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The Project

Challenge Europe was a three year project aiming to accelerate change to a low carbon future. It was active in these 18 countries
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
EstoniaEstonia		 France
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary		 LatviaLatvia
Lithuania
Nth. Ireland/Ireland
Norway		 Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden		 Turkey
UkraineUkraine

Climate Advocates

600 young people aged 18-35 worked on climate challenges and local projects to reduce carbon use.

Project highlights

Want to see some advocates' ideas to help fight climate change?

 

News Archive

Read through the archive of news about the project activities between 2008 and 2011

 

Project Partners

Several hundred international and national experts and partners helped the Advocates to develop their ideas. You can find the list of partner organisations below.

 


Swedish Climate Advocates launch campaign for a “Green New Deal” PDF Print E-mail

In March 2009 a group of Swedish Climate Advocates launched their campaign for a “Green New Deal” during a conference on the same topic hosted by the University of Stockholm. At this time their website and Facebook group simultaneously opened up to the public, their pursuit for supporters for the campaign began.

The issue has attracted significant media and public interest; on Newsmill, the biggest and most important debate site in Sweden, Advocates published a debate article signed by over 30 leading climate scientists calling for a Green New Deal and later on in the spring the signatures raised will be handed over to the government.

The origins of the Green New Deal began in auumn 2008 when the group of like-minded Climate Advocates decided what they wanted to do. Inspired by a similar initiative in the UK and drawing inspiration from the programme launched in the wake of the Great Crash in 1929, the Swedish Advocate team wrote a proposal for a Green New Deal which included a strong set of recommendations for the Swedish government on how to handle the both the climate and economical crisis. The report can be summarised in points: 

  • The development of a long-term climate plan and vision for a low-carbon energy system
  • The introduction of a Climate Department, Climate Minister and Climate Budget
  • The introduction of a new financial system for climate investments (taxes, fees, legislation, subsidies etc.)
  • The introduction of an annual Climate Impact Assessment of the state budget (leading to the eventual phasing out of investments that increase carbon emissions)  

The Swedish Climate Advocates are now looking to further influence Swedish policymakers and politicians who can support and contribute to the implementation of this programme; the overall aim being to generate greater and more transparent public debate on the climate policy both in Sweden, within Europe and further abroad. For more information on ways to support the campaign you can download their report (in English) and sign up to the initiative on the Green New Deal website: http://www.greennewdeal.se/
 
 
 
‘Don’t shop, swap!‘ was the idea behind the initiative which encouraged people to swap their goods rather than throw them away, re-use old products instead of buying new ones and by doing that help decrease CO2 emissions from the productionof new items.