Climate

China is a key player in global climate change and development. Norway and China are now initiating comprehensive research cooperation. Read more

Prime Ministers Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia and Jens Stoltenberg of Norway pointed out that mobilising USD 100 billion annually by 2020 is challenging, but feasible. “If we are to reach this goal, we will need a mix of new public sources, a scaling-up of existing public sources and increased private flows. A carbon price in the range of USD 20-25 by 2020 will be important to meet the goal.” Read more

At 8:30 pm 27 March 2010 Norway will plunge into darkness, joining in the world’s largest visual climate change campaign. Read more

The figure of our planet – a shining blue-and-white orb silhouetted against the stars, the swirl of clouds with the blinding white of polar icecaps set against ocean blue – is an image almost every human carries inside as the symbol of our common home. Read more

The Copenhagen conference will be a milestone in setting the world on the right track to a low emission future. Global warming must be limited to no more than two degrees to avoid devastating consequences. One of the main challenges is to transform our country and others to low-emission economies. Read more

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the polar ice UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled to Svalbard in Norway’s Arctic region to view firsthand the impacts of climate change. Some hectic weeks are in store before the climate summit convenes in Copenhagen. 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. Read more

December 7th will hopefully become a mile stone for the environment as Norway together with 191 other countries take part in the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. 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 on April 28th. 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 Read more

The Ministry of Finance Carbon Scheme Read more

Vice Minister Zhang Lijun from the State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) opened the  two day NIP Launching Conference in the great Hall of the People 3rd of  July. The Norwegian embassy's Charge d'affair, Mr Erik Svedahl together with representatives from UNIDO, UNDP, UNITAR, the World Bank Group and GEF attended the opening ceremony. Read more