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  • 9 - Conclusion

  • Sverker Sörlin, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Eric Paglia, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  • Book:
    Stockholm and the Rise of Global Environmental Governance
    Published online:
    12 December 2024
    Print publication:
    19 December 2024, pp 292-326
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    Previous research has established Sweden as a case of environmental exceptionalism: a pioneering country with the Stockholm Conference in 1972, a long tradition of nature interest and out of door practices, and early reforms such as a ban on CFCs (1989), a carbon tax (1991), and early and strong advocacy for cap and trade solutions on the European level, to mention a few. However, many indicators demonstrate that Sweden’s vanguard position is no longer obvious, a change perceptibly manifested in the timid performance of Sweden in hosting the Stockholm+50 two-day commemoration conference in 2022. The chapter offers an analysis of why small-state progressivism and attention to Global South interests was a rational choice for the nonaligned nation-state of Sweden in the Cold War. The chapter argues further that as this position is now eroding, it should be seen as a consequence of a wider shift in the political landscape with conservative populist nationalism undermining the electoral base for exceptionalism, policies that after the change to a conservative government in 2022 have accelerated.