Integrating climate goals in national transport planning

The purpose of this project has been to advance the knowledge of Swedish national transport planning, with a focus on the conditions to integrate climate mitigation goals into strategic transport planning. We have chosen to focus on national transport infrastructure planning (also called national planning), which is a planning process of importance for the development of the entire Swedish transport system; not the least when it comes to the stated ambition to reach a more ‘transport-efficient society’, which is one of three main focus-areas in the current government strategy for accomplishing a climate transformation of the Swedish transport sector. The study has been conducted with a focus on:

• Key actors and processes that shape the direction of long-term national planning.
• Ideas, perspectives and assumptions that condition how climate goals are integrated and given meaning in national planning.
• Tensions and conflicts linked to climate goals and climate transformation.