OECD Environment Director Jo Tyndall and Swedish Minister for Climate and the Environment Romina Pourmokhtari will launch the fourth Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Sweden on Wednesday 12 March in Stockholm.
The Review examines the country’s environmental performance in the last decade with an emphasis on climate change mitigation and the promotion of negative emissions policies. It is supported by a broad range of economic and environmental data and provides targeted recommendations to help Sweden improve its environmental policies and progress towards its climate neutrality, biodiversity and environmental quality objectives.
Date: Wednesday 12 March
Time: 09:30–11:00
Place: Conference Room Lunden, Conference Center Lejonet, Drottninggatan 4
09:30 Presentation of the EPR – OECD Environment Director Jo Tyndall
09:45 Comments on the EPR – Minister for Climate and the Environment Romina Pourmokhtari
10:00 Panel discussion – Sweden’s Environmental Performance
10:35 Panel discussion – Climate change mitigation and negative emissions
10:50 Questions
11:00 End of seminar
11:00-11:30 Media interviews with OECD Environment Director and Swedish Minister for Climate and the Environment.
Journalists wishing to participate on-site are invited to register by email to this address no later than 10 March. Please note that all participants must be pre-registered and be able to show valid identification. The presentation will be conducted in English.
The Review will be published at 09:00 CET (08:00 GMT) on Wednesday 12 March at the following link, which can be included in news articles: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-environmental-performance-reviews-sweden-2025_91dcc109-en.html.
Journalists can request a copy of the Review under embargo, thereby undertaking to respect the OECD’s embargo procedures, by emailing embargo@oecd.org. Embargoed copies will be sent 24 hours before the launch.
For any other information or to request an interview, journalists are invited to contact Johanna Gleeson at the OECD Media Office (+33 1 45 24 81 18). To get advance notification of other OECD reports and events, journalists can complete this short form.
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