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Greta's Home Country Sweden Gets Cold Feet on Climate

Greta Thunberg and other demonstrators outside the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm in 2020.
Photographer: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images

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By Emily Forgash, Coco Liu, Charlie Duxbury, and Lars Paulsson

January 15, 2026 at 2:07 PM UTC

Activist Greta Thunberg’s home country Sweden was once a stalwart for green policies and the clean energy transition. Not anymore.

Today’s newsletter looks at why the green dream is on life support in Sweden as politicians have grown skeptical and investors become wary of giant projects.