Naturvårdsverket revised its forest-growth statistics and increased Sweden’s emissions budget by about 28 million tonnes, easing immediate pressure on the government after earlier agency data showed territorial fossil emissions rose sharply.The change stems from updated methods and reporting for the 2021–23 period and near-record uptake last year, and it reduces the need for very steep fuel-price rises or extreme cuts to logging even though transport emissions remain the country’s largest source.Analysts warned that methodological revisions are uncertain, that forests cannot be a reliable offset for fossil emissions, and that Sweden still must cut transport emissions and consider targeted support and policy reversals to meet EU obligations.