http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/752/ en_GB_uk Sweden http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81524 Sweden tops a new Humanitarian Response Index, followed by Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and the European Commission. From: Dara International http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81465 The Security Council should target people and organisations that help violate UN arms embargoes and strengthen action against arms brokers, according to the first analysis of the world body's 27 embargoes since 1990. From: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/152468/1/ Despite countless global impediments to women's political participation and representation, activists are working tirelessly to secure unbiased opportunities for election and equal rates of political representation for women and men alike. http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/152277/1/ STOCKHOLM, Aug 14 (IPS) - The world is on the verge of "a new and more serious era of water scarcity" than ever before, is the ominous warning coming out of an international water conference here. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/152096/1/ COPENHAGEN, Aug 8 (OneWorld) - Throughout the past century, Scandinavian countries have been internationally respected for keeping their doors open to those fleeing wars and bloody conflicts at home. But recent policy decisions on immigration and asylum indicate that change may be in the offing. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77432 After a long campaign by environmentalists, Swedish supermarkets are now free from frozen Baltic cod, Greenpeace said yesterday. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/76636 from TerraDaily: "We can say that 75 percent of the change is due to the emergence of greenhouse gases," claims ecology and environmental science professor. Image: Treeline in the Swedish countryside http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/138316/1/ Professor Asit K. Biswas, a tireless water proponent who constantly challenges the "status quo", received the 2006 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate from Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. Professor Biswas is an Indian-born Canadian citizen and president of the Mexico City-based Third World Centre for Water Management. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/73868 from TerraBlog: First London and now Stockholm. 'Perhaps the most appealing aspect of these schemes is that they appear to work.' http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/71906 Twenty years after Sweden alerted the world to the meltdown at Chernobyl, it aims to phase out nuclear power and end dependency on fossil fuels, putting the country in the vanguard of green energy policy. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/130310/1/ The Swedish Parliament administration has changed its decision to no longer allow the presentation of the Right Livelihood Award (the "Alternative Nobel Prize") in parliament. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/127724/1/ WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 16 (OneWorld) - Global warming watch out: Ice hockey fans are out to get you. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70349 Sweden is to take the biggest energy step of any advanced Western economy by trying to wean itself off oil completely within 15 years - without building a new generation of nuclear power stations. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70100 After an exposure on Swedish TV, Scandinavian frozen food giant Findus has agreed to stop selling illegally caught fish. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70076 Britain is ranked fifth best in the world at tackling domestic and global environmental problems - behind New Zealand, Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic - in performance league tables to be launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week.