00:00Around 10,000 people took to the streets of Stockholm, the Swedish capital, in protest against human-induced climate change,
00:08weeks ahead of a 13 September general election where the issue is top among Swedish voters' concerns.
00:15Sunday's protest came as experts have warned that the government's climate policy jeopardizes Sweden's emissions-cutting goals
00:22and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2045.
00:26There is absolutely no party in Sweden who are even proposing politics in line with anything close to what science
00:35would take for us to avoid a climate disaster.
00:39I do not have hope in our elected officials, no, but I have hope in people, yes.
00:44Since taking power in 2022, Prime Minister Ulf Kristensen's right-wing government has cut petrol taxes
00:52and reduced requirements for petrol suppliers to add low-carbon alternatives to their mix.
00:58Swedes will go to the polls to elect a new parliament with the ruling right-wing bloc,
01:03trailing in opinion polls and making a change of government likely.
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