How will Sweden’s ambitious climate targets change how we eat and get around?

Gong, Jindan; Maltais, Aaron

doi:10.51414/sei2022.025

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“…Recent analysis on the national policies for sustainable food consumption in Sweden (Gong and Maltais, 2022) also agree that the Swedish national visions for a fossil-fuel-free food sector lack suitable…”

Section: National Food Policy Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recommendations for future policy include a stronger and broader national-level sustainable food consumption vision (Gong and Maltais, 2022), which could then steer local level actions and, with high-level political buy-in, that could garner greater political support at the local level. Individual measures such as organic food procurement targets must be combined with other elements to take a more system-wide view.…”

Section: Limitations Policy Recommendations and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The main goals of such activities should be a switch from an animal to a plant-based diet; lessening food waste; and purchasing more seasonal, local, and eco-labeled products (Gorgitano and Sodano, 2014). At the broadest level, the EAT-Lancet Report sets out what an average healthy diet from a sustainable food system would look like: "an appropriate caloric intake and consist of a diversity of plant-based foods, low amounts of animal source foods, unsaturated rather than saturated fats, and small amounts of refined grains, highly processed foods, and added sugars (Willett et al, 2019, p. 448). "…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Policy for sustainable consumption – an assessment of Swedish municipalities

Dawkins,

André,

Leander

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain.

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IntroductionMunicipalities have a key role to play in developing and implementing policy for sustainable consumption, yet the evidence on the extent of municipalities’ work in this area and the constraining and enabling factors they face in this endeavor is sparse. This study examines municipal policies for sustainable consumption and their implementation, using food consumption in Sweden as an example.MethodIt combines data from a nationwide survey, policy document analysis, and a two-year in-depth investigation into two municipalities that serve as case studies.ResultsFindings show that Swedish municipalities have several policies in place related to sustainable food consumption. They use multiple policy instruments to target specific areas of food consumption, and are positive about their current and potential impact in specific areas such as sustainable school meals and tackling food waste. However, municipalities face multiple challenges in delivering sustainable food consumption, including lack of resources and knowledge in some areas. If there is a lack of political support, it can also be a major inhibiting factor. The municipalities welcome national-level strategy, rules and regulations that are supportive of their goals. They rely on good data collection and strong networks and stakeholder relationships to enable their work.DiscussionMany of the latest recommendations for a comprehensive policy approach to sustainable food consumption are yet to be applied at the municipal level in Sweden. There was little evidence of the use of systems thinking and practices-based approaches for policy design for example. Likewise, strong visions and strategic approaches to food were also lacking. The least coercive, informative policy instruments remain most popular. However, this study did reveal several existing areas where there are strong policy foundations from which these approaches might be developed, such as innovative ways to engage different target groups and a suitable policy mix to deliver specific objectives. Tackling the identified constraints and expanding the enabling factors could further the work on sustainable food consumption at the municipal level in Sweden and provide insights for other countries and studies at the local level.

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Section: National Food Policy Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Limitations Policy Recommendations and Future Researchmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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