Environment

Norway and Indonesia agreed today to enter into a partnership to support Indonesia’s efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests and peat lands. Indonesia will take immediate and decisive action to reduce its forest and peat related greenhouse gas emissions. Norway will support those efforts with one billion USD over the next few years. Read more

Norway’s Ambassador to Kenya and Permanent Representative to UNEP and UN-Habitat, H. E. Elisabeth Jacobsen, and the Executive Director for UNEP, Mr. Achim Steiner, signed the Programme Co-operation Agreement between UNEP and Norway on May 5, 2010. The Agreement, worth 200 million NOK over two years, is a proof of Norway’s continued commitment to the UNs contribution towards a more sustainable f... Read more

The world’s largest wind turbine is to be built in Norway. Innovative technology will make the production of renewable energy far more efficient. 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

Norges ambassadør til Kenya, Elisabeth Jacobsen holdt 16. november 2009 åpningsinnlegg på vegne av det norske Klima og Skoginitiativet under en afrikansk workshop om Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) i Nairobi. Den Norad-sponsede workshopen samlet rundt 60 klimaforhandlere og eksperter fra 13 afrikanske land. Read more

The world’s first full-scale floating wind turbine – known as Hywind – was officially opened on 8 September off the southwest coast of Norway. “This is an important step towards creating a new Norwegian energy industry at sea,” declared Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen. 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

Press release: In the years before 2015, Norway will contribute up to 1 billion US dollar to reduce deforestation in the Amazon. The size of Norway’s contribution will depend on how successful Brazil will be in reducing deforestation. This makes Norway the first contributor to the Amazon Fund. The agreement will be signed during Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg’s talks with Brazilian Presid... Read more

On 3rd April 2008 the Norwegian Ambassador to Kenya, Ms Elisabeth Jacobsen signed on behalf of the Norwegian Government, a new Programme agreement  with the Executive Director of UN-HABITAT, Ms Anna Tibaijuka at UN/Gigiri in Nairobi. Read more

The Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity was the fifth conference of its kind held in Trondheim, Norway. The conference was hosted by the Norwegian Government in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme. The title of this fifth conference was “Ecosystems and people- biodiversity for development- the road to 2010 and beyond”. Read more

Norway takes a leading role in addressing environmental issues in development cooperation. Poverty and the environment is closely related, and the Norwegian government recently launched an action plan aimed at preparing developing nations for environmental dangers facing the world. Read more

The Norwegian government will build a global vault for seeds on Svalbard. Seeds from the entire world will be put into frozen storage in the vault so that crop diversity can be conserved for the future, and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg marked the start of the building process on 19 June. Read more