Sweden
Climate change impacts
It takes only 118 days for the average Canadian to produce as much greenhouse gases as the average Swede will produce over the course of the entire year. Therefore, April 28th (118 days into the year) is "Climate Change Impacts in Sweden Day."
Sweden faces many climate change impacts, including the disappearance and destruction of wetlands, increased vulnerability of arctic ecosystems, insect species evolution and migration, and increased elevations of treelines in northern hemisphere mountain systems.
For more details, read WWF's report 'Climate change impacts in Sweden'.
Story
“We have lived in Jämtland county, Northern Sweden for the last 5 years. Originally, we lived near Frankfurt am Main, Germany but we moved to Northern Sweden to live a more self-planned life, with as little pressure from external employers as possible, less nagging neighbours, and most importantly, close with nature.
Since we have become more self-sufficient by growing our own vegetables, we are able to better recognise the changes in nature which are inflicted by global warming. Here, the snow is melting earlier from year to year, giving us the possibility to plant earlier and with less risk of frosty temperatures destroying our vegetables. Each summer, we have to water the plants more than the previous year, due to lack of rain and increasing temperature. Over the last 5 years living in Sweden, the growing season has become approximately 2 to 3 weeks longer.
We are very concerned about the ongoing changes in climate, and all the consequences this will undoubtedly inflict to the industrial world. Impacts on third world countries will be even worse, as people in these countries do not have the means to move to places that are less affected by climate change."
Read the rest of Christopher and Nicole’s story on WWF’s Climate Witness page.
Photo credit: Nicole and Christoph Müller
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