From Vision to Action

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From Vision to Action

• ----The Crucial Step to Environmental Success in
  Sweden

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Contents

• Sweden in Brief
• The Swede's environmental
• awareness development in global
• context and its responses
• From strategy to approaches
• Factors needed to realize the transition from
  vision to action
• Hints for us

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Sweden in Brief

• Sweden the fifth largest country in Europe
• 1/6 land is north of the Arctic circle
• Forests 70
• Mountains 17
• Lakes and rivers 9
• Farmland 6
• Urban areas no more than 1

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The Swede's environmental awareness development
in global context and its responses

• The UN Conference on the Human Environment in
  1972
• UN Conference on Environment and Development (The
  Earth Summit) in 1992
• Sustainable development and Agenda 21
• The World Summit on Sustainable Development
  (WSSD) in 2002

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From Strategy to Approaches

• Strategy
• Sustainable development is the overall
  objective of Swedish government policy. The
  national strategy is a synthesis of the
  objectives, measures includes all dimensions of
  sustainable development - ecological, social,
  cultural, and economic.
• Approaches
• Visions and objectives
• Core areas
• Consultations and dialogue
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Indicators - an aid to monitoring

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Factors needed to realize the transition from
vision to action

• The Swede's love of nature
• Good communication and cooperation
• Awareness promotion
• Economic incentives
• Impact assessments
• Various monitoring and evaluation tools
• Constant research

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The Swede's love of nature

• It seems as if the temperament of the entire
  Swedish national soul is determined by the
  dramatic changes of the season.

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Nature Shapes the Swedes National Holidays

• Their national holidays and festivals all have
  strong elements and invocations of the nature,
  and of the changing seasons
• Walpurgis Night in Spring
• Midsummer Eve in Summer
• The Crayfish Party in Autumn
• Lucia and Christmas in Winter

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The Midsummer Eve
Easter
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Hints for us

• Lessons learnt from the activities in Sweden
• Vision of the development
• Cooperation between various stakeholders
• Formulation of well-defined and action-oriented
  objectives
• Effective system of monitoring and evaluation
• Concrete measures in minor areas
• National awareness promotion esp. among the youth
  
• Relevant law is needed
• Regulation on small fields e.g. detailed waste
  separation list
• Economic incentives
• Environmental education ( No beneficial
  organizations and NGOs)

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Conclusion

• It is said that to everything, there is a
  season. The world today needs to usher in a
  season of transformation as a season of
  stewardship.
• Let it be a season for us to make Chinese
  civilization ever lasting!

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Useful links

• http//www.alebo.se/min
• http//www.sweden.gov.se
• http//www.internat.naturvardsverket.se/
• http//www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/2066

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The EndThank you!