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"The outcry triggered by the Supreme Land and Environmental Court's rejection of Cementa's application for a mining permit at Slite seems somewhat exaggerated. A production halt entails certain socio-economic costs but mainly of a temporary nature, write economics professors Per-Olov Johansson and Bengt Kriström." 


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During the first three phases of the EU emissions trading system, Swedish manufacturing companies have decreased emissions. Companies part of this system have however not decreased their emissions more than companies not part of the system but eligible for carbon tax. This from a new thesis by Sandra Schusser, SLU. She also shows that population behaviour has changed in favour of greener choices, however, only in some areas.

In her PhD work at SLU, Sandra analysed Swedish industry emissions during the three first phases of the EU emissions trading system (EU-ETS) 2005-2016 and found that emissions decrease however in a slow fashion despite green technology investments.

The reason for this could be that company investments have yet to result in useable technique but also that companies await more stringent governmental policy, says Sandra Schusser.

Read the thesis “Moving towards a more sustainable world - Four essays on renewable energy, emissions trading and environmental behaviour”
Pressrelease from SLU.se (only in Swedish) “Trots investeringar och ändrade konsumtionsmönster minskar utsläppen långsamt”.

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CERE's Bengt Kriström and Per-Olov Johansson question what they sence has become a routine, leaving out cost-benefit analysis in environmental and resource policy decisions in a debate article in Östersundsposten, published June 1st, 2021. The article revolves around the suggestion to preserve mountainous forest. 

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However, if companies could niche themselves with timber from continuous cover forestry and charge extra, then there a chance says Tommy Lundgren in ATL June 1st, 2021.

“In addition to an intensive forestry debate, the last year included an increase in home makeovers due to corona. Construction timber is a sector nearly completely dominated by Swedish raw material. If a company could focus on a niche and thereby make a name for themselves in the private market and the construction industry as well as charging for timber from continuous cover forestry, then more companies would follow says Tommy Lundgren, new Professor at the Department of Forest Economics at SLU in Umeå.
– It is the same principal as eco products. It is very intriguing that there are companies trying to accomplish this now, says Tommy Lundgren.” (my translation) (Schönning 2021)

Schönning, Oskar (2021). Svårt att få betalt för hyggesfritt skogsbruk. ATL lantbrukets affärstidning 41, June 1, p. 4. (only in Swedish)

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