1. Sweden’s environmental challeges  Increased precipitation & draught  Rise in sea level and coastal erosion  Higher temperatures  Change in aquatic environment (Baltic Sea)  Positive effect on Sweden’s energy balance  Increased tourism?

2. The natural environment  Loss of biodiversity may increase  Species living in alpine regions especially at risk (permafrost in the North is disappearing)  Introduction of non-native species  Increased runoff adds to the problems of: o eutrophication o algal blooms o oxygen depletion  Reduced water quality  Reduced salinity in the Baltic sea  Slowdown of the Thermohaline Circulation - weakening of the North Atlantic drift and possible changed direction of the Gulf Stream

3. The Human Dimension  Improved agricultural possibilities, increased forest growth rate (long term problems!)  Affect on industries, infrastructure and insurance sector  Infrastructure  Sweden’s indigenous people affected (the Sami)  Heat increase – risk of spreading of infectious diseases

4. What is being done?  EU  HELCOM  National Action Plan  Environmental statutes (law)