DEBATE: "Government climate policy requires tech industry solutions"

It is high time for the government to show political leadership and make a clear link to digitalization to achieve the overall goals of reducing emissions, write 15 representatives of the tech industry in an opinion piece ahead of the government's climate summit.

On June 16, the National Climate Summit will be held, as part of the government's work to develop an action plan to achieve the global climate goals. The tech industry is a key player whose solutions play a crucial role in succeeding in the climate transition while strengthening Sweden's competitiveness. It is high time that the government shows political leadership and makes a clear link to digitalization to achieve the overall goals of reduced emissions.

All the alarmist reports point to the same thing: we need to act now if we are to have any chance of meeting the Paris Agreement targets. The pace of emission reductions needs to increase. There are great advantages in combining the climate challenge and digitalization when radical and rapid reductions of greenhouse gases are needed.

Bjarte Bugge CEO, Usify
Charlotte Eriksson CEO, Softronic
Tomas Frimmel CEO, Microsoft Sweden
Sofia Gerstenfeld Managing director, Visma Enterprise
Carl-Johan Hamilton Founder and Vice President, Ants AB
Lars Kry CEO, Nexer Group
Linus Wallin CEO, Atea Sweden
Jenny Lindqvist Senior Vice President and Head of Market Area Europe and Latin America, Ericsson
Bjørn Ivar Moen CEO, Telenor Sweden
YasharMoradbakhti CEO, Lingio
Sara Murby First Vice President, Orange Business Service
Anders Olsson CEO, Telia Sweden
Per Wallentin President and CEO, Knowit, Chairman of the Board, TechSverige
Åsa Zetterberg Federal Director, TechSverige
VahidZohali CEO, IBM Sweden