Heat wave pushes environment up the political agenda in Sweden - poll


FILE PHOTO: A wildfire is seen in Enskogen outside Ljusdal, Sweden, 17 July, 2018. TT News Agency/Maja Suslin via REUTERS/File Photo

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - This summer's heatwave and wildfires across Sweden have raised the environment to the second most important issue for voters ahead of a general election in September, a poll by Demoskop showed on Thursday.

Temperatures in Sweden were between three and five degrees Celsius higher than normal in July and in most places the highest on record, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute said on its website.

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