COP31
Science confirm that financial resources, technologies, business models, and innovations needed to mitigate the worst effects of climate change are already available and scalable across all sectors. Yet progress in matching clearly defined climate challenges with existing solutions, and in implementing NDCs, continues to lag. The main barriers are not scientific, technological, or financial; they are policy-related.
The defining climate question is no longer "What should we do?" but "How fast can we do it?“. While NDC 3.0 will shape the next decade of climate ambition, the COP31 Action Agenda focuses on what matters most: implementation. By accelerating electrification, strengthening resilience, scaling circular solutions, and turning climate commitments into investment-ready projects, it shifts the conversation from ambition to delivery and from targets to measurable results.
Alongside Sweden’s Official Negotiating Delegation to COP31, Business Sweden leads the country’s Official Non-Negotiating Delegation and hosts the Swedish Pavilion. This delegation unites some of Sweden’s leading companies, government agencies, and partners from academia and civil society.
Each year at COP, we deliver a consistent, evidence-based message: solutions exist. With the ambition of serving as Climate Matchmakers – connecting global climate challenges with proven solutions – the delegation presents available innovations and enabling conditions, sector by sector. The delegation is committed to supporting the implementation of NDCs and NAPs through global collaboration and ambitious policies that build robust pathways to future-proof communities and economies.
Sweden - The climate matchmaker
The science is clear: Solutions to mitigate the worst effects of climate change are already available and scalable across all sectors. Yet, implementation of the NDCs continues to lag.
Driven by urgency and opportunity for action, Sweden aims to act as a global climate matchmaker for resilient and prosperous societies by:
- Matching global climate challenges with proven Swedish solutions, accelerating progress toward the Paris Agreement
- Matching Sweden’s own transformation needs with international solutions, supporting the national path to net zero by 2045
By serving as a global climate matchmaker, Sweden seeks to increase its global contribution to the implementation of the Paris Agreement, reinforcing the nation’s commitment to advancing international climate action while strengthening Swedish competitiveness, expanding international trade, and contributing to the 2030 Agenda.
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The time for action is now
Global emissions must be halved by 2030. Sweden comes to COP31 with proven solutions and a call to action: connect, collaborate, and lead the change.
Sweden has long been at the forefront of global climate action, demonstrating how innovation and collaboration accelerate the path to net zero. At COP31, our focus is on closing the implementation gaps – turning commitments into action that creates jobs, prosperity, and climate impact worldwide.
The urgency is clear. The solutions are here.
The Time is now. The race is on.
Sweden is your partner in the green transition.
Driven by urgency and opportunity, we match global climate challenges with Swedish solutions
– and Sweden’s climate commitments with global solutions – to deliver on the Paris Agreement.
Together, let’s bridge the implementation gaps.
Sweden - the climate matchmaker™