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How Sweden shows decoupling GDP growth from CO2 emissions is possible

A view of the Feniglia beach in Porto Ercole, Sweden

In Sweden, pricing carbon through CO2 taxation has been the main policy instrument to drive fossil fuel consumption down. Image: REUTERS/Tony Gentile.

Isabella Lövin
Co-Chair, Friends of Ocean Action, Ministry of the Environment of Sweden
Magdalena Andersson
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