The Swedish political week in Almedalen*, Gotland, was cancelled this year but in Jönköping the online event Elmiadalen was arranged instead. Read more about the event at the Elmiadalen official website.

On June 29, for the second year in a row, Henrik Ny from the SustainTrans team was a referee in the event ‘Klimatmatchen‘ arranged by the Jönköping county administration ‘Klimatrådet’. The winner this year was Jönköping Municipality. The other contestants were the Green Party, the Center Party, the Moderaterna Party, the Christian Democrats Party, the forestry company Södra, The insurance company Folksam, the grocery store chain Coop, the fast food chain Max Burgers, the tech consultants SWECO and Cybercom, the circular economy company Godsinlösen, the welfare investment company for Swedish municipalities Kommuninvest, the housing company HSB, the organization for smart consumption Medveten konsumtion and the Swedish wood building council Träbyggnadskansliet.

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*For  51 years  the political week in Almedalen and has evolved from a purely political focus where leaders from parties in the Swedish government has held their annual summer speech to involve seminars, workshops, and speeches that all have political influence. About 45000 people where involved in the arrangement last year, and there were a lot of seminars about sustainable transport solutions as that has become a ‘hot topic’ within politics. Read more about the event at Almedalen official website.