Climate and Environment
Klimatmål, flygskam, källsortering — the Swedish environmental conversation.
Sweden's climate conversation, mapped: the science compounds (växthusgaser, klimatavtryck), the national targets (netto noll till 2045 — and the council that says it isn't enough), the energy mix from vattenkraft to laddstolpe, the famously Swedish coinages (flygskam, tågskryt, klimatångest), the sorting-and-panta everyday layer — ending where every Swedish dinner ends: en debatt utan enkelt svar, och alla har en åsikt.
- 1
klimatet
the climate
Tip: lit. the same.
- 2
klimatförändringar
climate change
Tip: lit. the same — usually plural.
- 3
global uppvärmning
global warming
Tip: lit. the same.
- 4
växthusgaser
greenhouse gases
Tip: lit. the same.
- 5
koldioxid
carbon dioxide
Tip: lit. the same.
- 6
utsläpp
emissions
Tip: lit. the same.
- 7
ett klimatavtryck
a carbon footprint
Tip: lit. the same.
- 8
ett klimatmål
a climate target
Tip: lit. the same.
- 9
netto noll till 2045
net zero by 2045
Tip: lit. the same — Sweden's legal target.
- 10
ett klimatpolitiskt ramverk
a climate policy framework
Tip: lit. the same.
- 11
Klimatpolitiska rådet
a climate policy council
Tip: lit. the same — which reports on progress.
- 12
och säger att det inte räcker
and says it isn't enough
Tip: lit. the same — most years.
- 13
förnybar energi
renewable energy
Tip: lit. the same.
- 14
vattenkraft
hydropower
Tip: lit. the same — nearly half of Swedish electricity.
- 15
kärnkraft
nuclear power
Tip: lit. the same — and the eternal argument.
- 16
vindkraft
wind power
Tip: lit. the same.
- 17
en vindkraftspark
a wind farm
Tip: lit. the same.
- 18
lokalt motstånd
local opposition
Tip: lit. the same — everywhere one is proposed.
- 19
en värmepump
a heat pump
Tip: lit. the same — in most Swedish houses.
- 20
fjärrvärme
district heating
Tip: lit. the same — a Swedish success story.
- 21
en elbil
an electric car
Tip: lit. the same.
- 22
en laddstolpe
a charging point
Tip: lit. the same.
- 23
räckviddsångest på vintern
range anxiety in winter
Tip: lit. the same — and it's justified.
- 24
flygskam
flight shame
Tip: lit. the same — a Swedish coinage that went global.
- 25
tågskryt
train bragging
Tip: lit. the same — the other side of it.
- 26
ett nattåg till Europa
a night train to Europe
Tip: lit. the same — and they came back.
- 27
flyga mindre
to fly less
Tip: lit. the same.
- 28
källsortering
waste sorting
Tip: lit. the same — and it is taken seriously.
- 29
en återvinningsstation
a recycling station
Tip: lit. the same.
- 30
glas, metall, papper, plast
glass, metal, paper, plastic
Tip: lit. the same.
- 31
matavfall i brun påse
food waste in a brown bag
Tip: lit. the same.
- 32
pant på burkar
a deposit on cans
Tip: lit. the same — and the return rate is enormous.
- 33
panta flaskorna
to return the bottles
Tip: lit. the same — it's a verb.
- 34
matsvinn
food waste
Tip: lit. the same.
- 35
ett bäst-före-datum
a best-before date
Tip: lit. the same.
- 36
ofta bra långt efteråt
often good long after
Tip: lit. the same.
- 37
en secondhandekonomi
a second-hand economy
Tip: lit. the same.
- 38
laga istället för att köpa nytt
to repair rather than replace
Tip: lit. the same.
- 39
sänkt moms på reparationer
a lower tax on repairs
Tip: lit. the same — a real policy here.
- 40
en delningsekonomi
a sharing economy
Tip: lit. the same.
- 41
ett verktygsbibliotek
a tool library
Tip: lit. the same.
- 42
klimatångest
climate anxiety
Tip: lit. the same.
- 43
särskilt bland unga
especially among the young
Tip: lit. the same.
- 44
en skolstrejk
a school strike
Tip: lit. the same — which started outside the parliament.
- 45
individuellt ansvar
individual action
Tip: lit. the same.
- 46
och systemförändring
and systemic change
Tip: lit. the same — the argument about which matters.
- 47
båda, förstås
both, obviously
Tip: lit. the same.
- 48
en skog som kolsänka
a forest as a carbon sink
Tip: lit. the same.
- 49
en debatt utan enkelt svar
a debate without an easy answer
Tip: lit. the same.
- 50
och alla har en åsikt
and everyone has an opinion
Tip: lit. the same.