Sweden will struggle to meet its 2030 emissions targets, a government agency warned on Monday after the country's minority coalition limited biofuels that must be added to diesel and petrol. The right-wing coalition government, backed by the Sweden Democrats, has already cut fuel taxes, increased tax credits for people who drive to work and ended subsidies for new electric vehicles. Blending biofuels from renewable sources is a way to reduce emissions from cars, but the government said at the weekend that it would reduce the required amount of biofuels to 6 % in 2024 and stay at that level until the end of 2026. Under current rules, diesel must contain 30.5 % biofuel and gasoline 7.8 %. The percentage was to increase every year. The decision was motivated by a cost-of-living crisis amid soaring inflation. Sweden has some of the highest diesel and petrol prices in the world, mainly due to high taxes. This move was criticized by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. "A year ago we were on track with a high probability of achieving all our targets by 2030, but with this decision the conditions have worsened significantly," Stefan Nystrom, director of the climate department, told Reuters. "The transport policy target of reducing emissions by 70 % by 2030 is more or less impossible to achieve," he said. The government says that people who live in the countryside are being punished by the regulations. "Biofuel blending rules were not an effective climate policy," the government and Sweden Democrats said in Dagens Nyheter newspaper on Sunday. (REUTERS)