Environment

On June 14th and 15th, 500 politicians, private sector companies, indigenous peoples representatives, researchers and civil society organizations from all over the world gather in Oslo to discuss how to …

Oil-rich Norway is taking a big step in saving tropical rainforests that are crucial to absorbing the world’s carbon emissions. The Scandinavian country has become the first in the world …

WindEurope says it welcomes an agreement signed by 10 EU countries to co-operate on offshore energy in northern Europe. On 6 June in Luxembourg, Energy Ministers from 10 EU member …

On June 14th and 15th, 500 politicians, private sector companies, indigenous peoples representatives, researchers and civil society organizations from all over the world gather in Oslo to discuss how to …

On Monday 6 June, 300 leaders from the UN, business industry, civil society and politics will meet at Hotel Bristol to discuss how Norway and Norwegian business can take an …

According to prominent Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (subscription required), the Scandinavian country agreed to enact a sales ban on gasoline-powered cars by the year 2025. Apparently, the four primary political …

The global use of electric vehicles is on the rise, though more can be gained by referencing European and Asian policies, an IEA report found. The International Energy Agency said …

“The role of the railways in the transport system is to be strengthened. An increase in grants and improvements in organisation will transform the railways into a key transport sector …

Norway has become the first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation. The Norwegian parliament’s Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment made the pledge in a recommendation …

The Norwegian Environment Agency has identified new chemicals of concern that it wants to see added to the country’s list of priority substances. In a letter to the Ministry of …

Recycling company GreenTech will carry out a EUR 2.3 million project to improve recyclable waste collecting in 23 cities in Romania. The Norwegian Government has co-financed the project with EUR …

Indonesia President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo met with Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende on Tuesday to discuss the strengthening of bilateral ties between the two countries, including by cooperating together in …

Ministry of Environment (MINAM) will sign an agreement today with the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) costing $6.1 million, this agreement …

The Norwegian parliament pledged that the government’s public procurement policy will go deforestation-free. Norway is a leader in funding forest conservation around the world (see here, here, and here, for …

Global brands, including McDonald’s, Tesco, Iglo, Young’s Seafood, Icelandic Seachill, alongside the Norwegian Fishing Vessel Owners Association, Fiskebåt, Russian fishing giant, Karat and Europe’s largest processor of frozen fish, Espersen, …

The hydrogen (H2) fuelling infrastructure continues to grow in Norway after Uno-X Hydrogen AS and a Norwegian affiliate of Praxair signed a strategic alliance to install a further 20 stations …

What actually is NOx, and is this gas a climate-change sinner? And where does ozone come into the picture? SINTEF- scientist Mario Ditaranto, an expert on combustion, provides all the …

Norway’s greenhouse gas emissions rose by 1.5 percent last year, lifted by the oil and gas sector and industry, making it harder for Oslo to keep promises of deep cuts …

Norway’s foremost institute for interdisciplinary climate research has launched a new initiative pairing scientists with leading investors to better explain climate risk. The Center for International Climate and Environmental Research …

In Brazil this week it was announced that the moratorium on soy will be extended. This is good news for the Brazilian rainforest, says Vidar Helgesen. During the last ten …

Buff beach boys and bathing beauties be gone! So say new municipal edicts in Norway’s third-largest city, which officially put the kibosh on images of scantily clad models with super …

The United Nations’ top climate change official, Christiana Figueres, welcomed the confirmation today of Norwegian Erik Solheim as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and applauded the …

Norway’s former minister for the environment and international development, Erik Solheim, was appointed on Tuesday to head the UN Environment Programme. Solheim, 61, worked at the Organization for Economic Cooperation …