Areas of responsibility

  • Climate policy

    The climate problem and ongoing climate change.

  • Sustainable development

    Strategies for the sustainable development of society have become more important in Swedish policy in recent years.

  • Environmental quality objectives

    The Swedish Government has formulated 16 Environmental Quality Objectives.

  • Chemicals policy

    If chemicals are not handled safely, they risk damaging both human health and the environment.

  • Ecocycle policy

    Ecologically sound waste management is an important component.

  • Water and seas

    Many of Swedens coastal and sea areas are strongly affected by pollution, overfishing and physical exploitation. A new unified EU directive for water is intended make work to protect Europes water more effective.

  • Nature conservation and biological diversity

    In the past decade biodiversity conservation has been given a prominent place in nature conservation work. Nature conservation interacts with other policy areas in various ways.

  • Environmental legislation

    The fundamental rules of the Environmental Code apply, in principle, to all human activity that may harm the environment.

  • EU and International co-operation

    To protect and improve the environment and thereby peoples quality of life, the countries of the world are working together within the UN, the EU and many other organisations.