Case studies

The climate affects the prices in world markets for grains. A facility in Säffle shows that the vulnerability which price variations entails for producers can be turned around to profitability. The solution involves an increased capacity for drying and the storage of grain.

In the future, heat waves may become more frequent and more intense. In Skåne, procedures for the primary healthcare services have now been developed that will apply in anticipation of and during a heat wave.

Extremely high temperatures will become more and more common in Sweden in the future, and the south will experience the hottest of it. Therefore, Kristianstad Municipality has now made an inventory of premises within healthcare and social care, and developed an action plan for food management in …

More surfaces with vegetation can reduce vulnerability for flooding and additionally can lower the temperatures in the city, such as during a heat wave. The Green Area Factor (GAF) has been used to establish that the district attains a certain level of greenery.

A reinforced dam along with a forecasting and monitoring system for flows became useful tools in order to reduce the risk of flooding in Sundsvall. The risks are expected to increase in the future, with heavier rainfall and higher sea levels.

Stockholm has been working with a system for tree planting for many years. The city has developed a fundamental plan that forms the basis of how trees are planted on streets. In this, every tree is given a new growing bed in order to obtain the optimal growing conditions in an urban environment.

An open surface runoff system was introduced in Augustenborg at the end of the 1990s in order to deal with regular flooding of cellars. There have been no floods since then, despite heavy rain. The measures were part of an extensive project to renovate the neighbourhood and make it environmentally …

In Karlskrona, access to drinking water is being ensured thanks to pre-treated water from the waterworks being pumped to a gravel esker, where it is purified further and stored naturally. When the water has filtered through the esker, it is pumped back and consumers gain secure access to drinking …

Climate change will affect Swedish agriculture in many ways. It is expected that dry periods will become longer, but also that the number of more intensive episodes of precipitation will increase. Many crops are sensitive to flooding, but Åkra Farm in Södermanland is protecting its production by …

Sweden’s drinking water supply is increasingly being put to the test. An altered climate is expected to change the conditions in terms of the quality of the raw water in large parts of Sweden. Östersund Municipality is actively working on the issue of drinking water quality and is planning to …