Environmental Advisory Council (MVB)
Miljövårdsberedningen
Current and Future Activities
Establishment and
Mission
Council Members and
Staff Members
Working Style
List of Selected Publications
Current and Future Activities
Present and Future Priority Fields
The Environmental Advisory Council today consists of the Delegation of
Sustainable Cities - a national arena for sustainable urban development. The
Delegation of Sustainable Cities was launched by the Swedish government in
September 2008 and will work for a couple of years.
The Delegation of Sustainable Cities works for a sustainable development of
cities, population centers and housing areas. It stimulates the work for
long-term well functioning and attractive city environments where high quality
of life goes hand in hand with a better environment, economic growth, social
cohesion and a reduced climate impact.
The Delegation of Sustainable Cities will:
- manage the grant for the development of sustainable cities announced in
the 2008 Budget Bill (about 30 million euro during a 2 year period);
- promote integrated cross-sectoral planning;
- promote cooperation in urban development projects between business,
municipalities and other actors as well as public participation;
- assist the export of environmental technology and promote international
cooperation on the development on sustainable cities;
- contribute to the development and dissemination of knowledge; and
- gather and spread information about interesting Swedish and
international examples.
For further information see the Delegation's webpage: http://www.hallbarastader.gov.se
Past Priority Fields
Climate Committee
The Climate Committee has concluded its assignment. The main task of the
all-party Climate Committee was to give input to the government bill on
climate policy that was presented in 2008. The terms of reference and Chair of
the Climate Committee were presented in the spring of 2007. The Climate
Committee had access at an early stage of its work to the most recent
evaluation report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
and other international material for the assessment of Swedish action. The
recommendations of the Scientific Council, which were presented to the Climate
Committee, was another important source of supporting information.
The work of the Climate Committee has been compiled in a report that was
presented on 4 March 2008. The report formed a basis for the climate policy
bill in 2008. (see list of publications)
The Scientific Council on Climate Issues has concluded its
assignment
The role of the Scientific Council was to provide scientific assessments in
support of the work of the Climate Committee. One important task was to
provide supporting knowledge and recommendations for targets of Swedish
climate policy at national, EU and international level. The Chair of the
Scientific Council on Climate Issues was Professor Lisa Sennerby Forsse,
Rector of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The members had
specific expertise in climate issues.
The Scientific Council on Climate Issues presented its report
"Scientific Basis for Climate Policy: Report of the Scientific Council on
Climate Issues" to the minister of Environment Andreas Carlgren and to
the Climate Committee on 3 September 2007. (see list of publications).
The Environmental Advisory Council's Working Group on Growth and
Environment in a Global Perspective
The work of the former Environmental Advisory Council was completed 13 April
2007. The reports can be found under the heading reports. This work focused on
questions concerning global economic growth and its importance for the state
of the world environment. A special working group was formed containing
members of the Environmental Advisory Council and representatives of various
ministries. Its work was intended to identify critical environmental
challenges in a long-term global perspective and to provide ideas for Swedish
initiatives that can lead to improvements in the state of the environment in a
context of economic growth.
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Background and Mission
Establishment
The Environmental Advisory Council was established in 1968 by a decision
of the King, and has over the years played an important role as a forum for
discussion and debate on strategic environmental issues. The Advisory Council
on the one hand carries out direct governmental assignments and on the other
hand initiates tasks on important issues and tests new working methods when
working with environmental questions.
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Mission
The Swedish Environmental Advisory Council advises the Government on
strategic issues for environmental policy and sustainable development. The
composition and tasks of the Council have varied over time. One important task
has been to give the Government advice on topical questions or future issues
related to the environment.
The Government has remodeled the Environmental Advisory Council so that it
includes, as of 2008, the Delegation of Sustainable Cities - a national arena
for sustainable urban development. The delegation works for a sustainable
development of cities, population centers and housing areas. It stimulates the
work for long-term well functioning and attractive city environments where
high quality of life goes hand in hand with a better environment, economic
growth, social cohesion and a reduced climate impact.
In 2007 the Government the Environmental Advisory Council consisted of a
Scientific Council on Climate Issues and a Climate Committee.
For former activities, please see detailed information on the web page, http://www.sou.gov.se/mvb/english/index.htm
under "Former activities" or this link More information on past
activities
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Delegation Members
The delegation is appointed by the Government from 2008 to 2011 and has 16
members.
Chair
Peter Örn
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Members
Acko Ankarberg |
Municipal commissioner, Jönköping Municipality
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Kerstin Blix
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Consultant
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| Eivor
Bucht
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Professor
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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| Kurt
Eliasson |
Director
Swedish Association of Municipal
Housing Companies
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| Anders
Hallersjö
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Director,
Swedish Trade Council
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| Anders
Larsson
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Consultant,
Thetis AB
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| Stellan
Lundberg
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Head
of unit, ÅF Infraplan
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| Katarina
Pelin
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Director,
Malmö City
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| Ulf
Ranhagen
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Professor,
Royal Institute of Technology
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| Lars
Reuterswärd
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Head
of Division, UN-HABITAT
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| Jan-Eric
Sundgren
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Director,
AB Volvo
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| Erland
Ullstad |
Architect,
Växjö Municipality
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| Janna
Valik |
Director-General,
The National Board of Housing, Building and Planning
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| Bengt
Wånggren
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Head
of development, The Swedish Property Federation
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Staff Members
The MVB has an own secretariat which is located in the Ministry of
Environment. The secretariat currently has six staff members. Christina
Leideman is the Administrative Director.
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Work Style
Tasks of the Council
Please see the introduction above.
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Substructure and Working Groups
At present there are no
substructures.
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Council Meetings
The delegation will meet about 8-10 times a year.
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Type of Advice
The
MVB has given strategic advice so as to fulfill the environmental quality
objectives and international commitments and it has also assumed the role of a
think tank for the government.
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Activities in the EEAC Network
After being involved in the early years of the network, the MVB joined EEAC
in 2001.
The EEAC is an observer to Working groups Energy and Sustainable
development.
The Council
hosted the 4th EEAC Annual Conference 1996 on Sustainable Use
and Management of Europe’s Freshwater Resources.
In 2001, the MVB organized an international
conference on strategies for sustainable development in
2001 in Stockholm. The EEAC Statement Greening Sustainable Development Strategies was
presented at the conference.
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List of Selected Publications
- Summary and main conclusions from the workshop “International
cooperation- pitfalls and success factors” on the high-level conference “European Cites and the Global Climate Challenge"
(pdf. September 2009).
- The Swedish Climate
Policy, The report from the Climate Committee (March 2008)
- A
Scientific Basis for Climate Policy, Report of the Scientific Council
on Climate Issues (September 2007)
- A
Scientific Basis for Climate Policy, Executive Summary
(September 2007)
- Scenarios on economic growth and resources demand - background report to the Swedish Environmental Advisory Council Memorandum,
(April 2007);
- Growth
and environment in a global perspective, (April 2006);
- Strategy
for decreased transport dependency, (April 2006);
- Memoradum
in sustainable fisheries strategies, (February 2006);
- A
Strategy for Ending Eutrophication of Seas and Coasts, (February 2005);
- A
Strategy for Energy-Efficient Buildings, (December 2004);
- Decoupling
- past trends and prospects for the future, (May 2002);
- Resilience
and sustainable development: Building adaptive capacity in a world of
transformation, (April 2002);
- Sustainable
industries, (March 2001);
- Swedish
Archipielago, (June 2000);
- Green
Indicators: Monitoring progress towards Ecological Sustainability,
(January 2000).
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