Norwegian climate policy

The Norwegian Government today presents a new act on offshore renewable energy. The proposal also includes a national strategy on offshore renewable energy. Read more

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Al Gore, ministers from Europe, the Americas and Asia, and some of the world’s leading experts on snow and ice melting met in Tromsø, Norway, today. Mr Gore and Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who co-chaired the conference, decided to establish a task force which will report on these issues to the climate conference in Copenhagen in December 2009.  “Thi Read more

2009 may be termed the “year of the climate”. What is the Norwegian approach to climate change and to mitigating the effects of emissions? Read more

A climate first strategy Our first priority should be to establish a long term goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, based on scientific advice. It is Norway´s view that the increase in global mean temperature has to be limited to a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial level in order to achieve the ultimate objective of the UN Convention on Climate Change of preventing... Read more

Norwegian climate policy is based on the goal of limiting the average rise in global temperature to no more than 2°C above the pre-industrial level. Read more

It is Norway´s view that the increase in global mean temperature has to be limited to a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial level in order to achieve the ultimate objective of the UN Convention on Climate Change of preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.   This means that global greenhouse gas emissions will have to be reduced by 50-85 % by Read more

It is Norway´s view that the increase in global mean temperature has to be limited to a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial level in order to achieve the ultimate objective of the UN Convention on Climate Change of preventing dangerous climate change.   Today emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries amount to about 17 % of the global... Read more

Greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping and aviation are currently not regulated. Emissions from these sectors have reached a level of approximately 1,35 billion tonnes CO 2 , showing an increase of around 50% since 1997. Projections show continued high growth in these emissions if further measures are not introduced. In an effective global response to climate change, all sectors a... Read more

Both Antarctica and the Arctic have a decisive impact on the Earth's climate development. Because of their role in the global climate system, a close watch needs to be kept on the Polar Regions to be able to give an adequate response to the challenge of climate change at a global level.   For climate change, the Arctic can be seen as the “canary in the coalmine”. Over the past few decades the Read more

After two years of intensive data collection, Norwegian and international scientists are now turning from fieldwork in polar regions to meticulous analysis. The end result will be more, and better, answers to questions related to climate change. Read more

“Climate change and the economic downturn threaten to undermine what we have achieved in the fight against poverty. We must be more strategic in our development policy in order to achieve more,” said Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim. Read more