The Climate Alliance ( sv, Klimatalliansen) is a Swedish political party with a focus on climate issues
that describes itself as a non-ideological, party- and bloc-crossing influence organization, neither of the right nor left.
The party's electoral platform has been described by
classical liberal
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business
think tank
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Timbro
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and newspaper ''
Norran
''Norran'' (previously named ''Norra Västerbotten'') is a Swedish language social democratic newspaper published in Skellefteå, Sweden.
History and profile
''Norran'' was founded by a group of liberal newspaper enthusiasts led by Anton Wikstr� ...
'' editorial board as
left-wing
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.
The Climate Alliance was started in autumn 2021 by people who have long been active in the social debate within various parties or outside party politics, such as
Gudrun Schyman,
Anders Wijkman,
Kristina Persson and
K. G. Hammar
Karl Gustav Hilding Hammar, commonly referred to as K. G. Hammar, (born 18 February 1943) is a Swedish clergyman. He was Archbishop of Uppsala, primate of the Church of Sweden, from 1997 to 2006. During his tenure as archbishop he was a highly divi ...
.
The party decided in February 2022 to stand in the
parliamentary election,
further, on 17 March 2022, the Climate Alliance registered as a party with the electoral authority. The party's parliamentary list is topped by Gudrun Schyman and K. G. Hammar.
In connection with the party announcing that they are standing in the parliamentary elections, Wijkman announced that he will not participate in party work.
The party received 0.03% of the vote in the
2022 parliamentary elections.
In June 2022, the party announced that they would also stand in the municipal elections in 2022, including in the city of
Stockholm.
The list was topped there by former
Green Party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundati ...
regional politician Petra Schagerholm.
Party leader Gudrun Schyman was elected as a member of the municipal council of
Simrishamn
Simrishamn (old da, Simmershavn) is a locality and the seat of Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 6,527 inhabitants in 2010. Despite its small population, Simrishamn is, for historical reasons, usually still referred to as a ''c ...
in the 2022 elections, though this was on the list of the formally separate Climate Initiative () Simrishamn.
See also
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Climate movement
The climate movement is a global social movement focused on pressuring governments and industry to take action (also called "climate action") addressing the causes and Effects of climate change, impacts of climate change. environmental movement, ...
References
External links
Official website
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