Sweden: Reinfeldt pessimistic about 2009 climate treaty progress - The Local

Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt voiced his concern that the global financial crisis has diminished the prospect of a robust climate change treaty during 2009.

“A great deal of the political energy which existed a few years ago has disappeared,” Reinfeldt in an interview with the Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) newspaper.

“Now moving the process forward rests on fewer shoulders. There are many now who are instead using calculations which hint that each country will do less.”