The Amazon Fund results-based payments and Yurok Tribe Project
Leaders from the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) announced the sponsors who will help ensure…
Category: Environment
Norway Military Forces Warn of Damage by War Drill
The Armed Forces of Norway warned today of collateral damage during the next military exercises…
Norway supports renewable energy research in Tonga
Norway is providing $US2 million towards renewable energy research in Tonga. Norway’s International Development Minister,…
Terra Seismic Can Save Millions Of Lives And Create A New, Safer Earth For Mankind
OSLO – 29 September 2018. Terra Seismic, earthquake forecasting Company, has been nominated for 2017…
Norway’s $1tn fund to beef up scrutiny on sustainability, ocean pollution
Norway’s $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund wants companies in which it invests to follow stricter…
Facts about Norwegian renewable energy
The Norwegian energy facts website EnergyfactsNorway.no is now available in English. The site contains facts…
Norway steps up the fight against illegal deforestation with a £12m fund
The cash pot, announced this week, will be spent on expanding an Interpol taskforce to…
International Young Eco-Hero Awards 2018 – Norwegian
Action For Nature is proud to announce our 2018 International Young Eco-Hero Awards, which recognize…
2018: Dry and hot July in Norway
– The combination of high temperature and lack of rainfall has been quite exceptional. Together with 2014,…
Portugal accused of being European gateway for illegal Congo timber
Details of a new investigation by Global Witness, has this week revealed systemic illegal logging…
Norwegian Transit Operator Unibuss AS Purchases 40 Fully Electric VDL Citea Buses
Norwegian transit operator Unibuss AS is taking steps towards its goals of cutting the carbon…
Maritime Cybersecurity: Securing Assets at Sea
The Nature of the Shipping Industry Presents Unique Challenges for Hardening Cybersecurity. By the end…
10 South Australian councils now oppose oil drilling in Great Australian Bight after Marion Council vote
Ten SA coastal councils oppose Bight oil exploration, representing nearly 500,000 people SA’s biggest local…
WestJet CEO: ‘This is not Norwegian’
It’s been common to lump WestJet in with the likes of Norwegian as a carrier…
Norwegian to divest itself of 140 aircraft
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) is in the process of divesting itself of up to…
Norway: $16.6m to combat illegal deforestation
Norway has pledged 145 million kroner ($16.6m) to an international partnership to combat illegal deforestation…
Norway steps up the fight against illegal deforestation with UN and INTERPOL
Organized criminals make 50-152 billion USD a year illegally cutting down invaluable tropical forests and…
UN official says violence, criminalization block Indigenous Peoples from scaling up proven role as forest guardians
New findings released today in Oslo suggest Indigenous Peoples and local communities dramatically outperform other…
From Crime to Carbon: High-Tech Forest-Monitoring Tools Revolutionizing What We Know About Tropical Forests
A “golden age” of technology–from satellites and remote sensing to cloud computing, drones and innovative…
By Disrupting Energy and Water Flows Among Earth, Atmosphere, and Space, Large-Scale Tropical Forest Destruction Wreaks Havoc on Climate Beyond Carbon
An emerging body of research on the non-carbon impacts of deforestation reveals that destroying tropical…
As Deforestation Rages On, Major Global Gathering in Oslo to Inject New Ideas Into Urgent Efforts to Save the World’s Forests—A Critical Climate Solution
Norway’s Minister of Environment, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and leading…
Oslo’s got a new urban experiment in the works: “Airport City”
Imagine an airport you never want to leave. Architects are at work at making the…
Norway’s energy minister to hold floating wind meeting – report
The energy minister of Norway will discuss the topic of floating offshore wind development off…
A new era of supersonic flight is almost here. But nobody can agree on the right speed
On January 15 a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flying from New York’s JFK airport to London…
Dutch ASML realizes new hydropower plant in Norway
11 June 2018 Oslo – Yet another European corporation, this time ASML – the Dutch…