The environment

Norway working to remove fossil fuel subsidies

[Press release, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 03.07.2014]

NEFCO to close first Call for Proposals for NorCaP

[Press release, Ministry of Climate and Environment, 30.06.2014]

Nordic Environment Finance Corporation has as the Facility Manager of the NEFCO Norwegian Carbon Procurement Facility (NorCaP) decided to close its procurement of CERs under the first Call for Proposals.

Resource mobilisation for the Green Climate Fund

Oslo, 30 June 2014

[Speech/article, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 30.06.2014]

'We have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the inevitable consequences of climate change. This is costly, and climate finance must be made available to developing countries so that they can address these needs', Foreign Minister Børge Brende said in his opening statement at the Green Climate Fund meeting in Oslo on 30 June 2014.

Remarks at the Our Ocean Conference

Washington DC, 16-17 June 2014

[Speech/article, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 17.06.2014]

'We depend on the ecosystems of the world for our survival. We need to ensure that the oceans of the world are managed responsibly. This conference is an important step in that direction,' Foreign Minister Børge Brende said in his remarks at the Our Ocean Conference in Washington DC on 17 June 2014.

A future-oriented Government Building Complex

[Press release, Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation, 25.05.2014]

“History will unite with the future. We will change, but also preserve. The new Government Building Complex will be modern, stimulate vibrant and safe urban spaces and create good jobs, while also preserving our history,” says Prime Minister Erna Solberg.

The team

[Article, Ministry of Climate and Environment, 02.05.2014]

New evaluation of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative

[News story, Ministry of Climate and Environment, 24.03.2014]

Norway has created the political space needed to improve forest governance. This is one of the conclusions in a new evaluation of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI).

Ethiopia

[Article, Ministry of Climate and Environment, 25.02.2014]

As the first large country in Africa, Ethiopia launched in 2011 an ambitious and green national development plan called the Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE). The country wishes to maintain its strong economic growth in the decades ahead and become a so-called middle-income country by 2030, but without increasing national greenhouse gas emissions.