Sweden and Finland appeal to the European Union over meeting CO2 quotas as their wood industry copes with increasing demand, and lowering production could impact their economies. Keeping forests intact and increasing tree cover are considered major ways to mitigate climate change and reduce CO2 emissions. Both Nordic countries told the European Commission that the targets are unrealistic. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson took to X to publish a public letter of complaint towards European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The sector employs more than 200,000 people in the two countries, and according to Kristersson, unless there is some revision, the reduced logging quotas will “entail dire consequences for our economies as well as labour markets.”