Historical archive
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The Nobel Prize awarded jointly to the IPCC and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. is a testimony to the global priority placed on tackling climate change, and the highest level of endorsement for the unparalleled work of the IPCC.
By Former Minister of the Environment and International Development
"The response from Bali must be: We have the will; we have the means; and we have the determination to act", Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said in his speech to the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali today.
Speech by Minister of Finance Kristin Halvorsen at a OECD Side Event during the Bali climate conference.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rajendra K. Pachauri will join Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on a visit to the Norwegian Antarctic research station Troll, in mid January 2008.
Translated from the Norwegian The award of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is recognition of an inconvenient truth: climate change is causing more, and increasingly more serious, natural
By Former Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim , Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre
Nobel Laureate Dr. Pachauri, ladies and gentlemen, school children. I am delighted to be here today to open this spectacular exhibition about climate change.
Attending the High Level Event on Clima Change for finance ministes on Bali, the Norwegian finance minister, Kristin Halvorsen, stressed the need for a global contract.
The Ministers of Finance High Level Event on Climate Change, December 11, 2007.
-Norway is prepared to increase its support for efforts to prevent deforestation in developing countries to about three billion kroner a year. This is a way of achieving large cuts in greenhouse gas emissions quickly and at low cost, said Prime
Whenever a new peace initiative is launched in the Middle East, the pessimists usually turn out to be right. Will history repeat itself following the Annapolis Conference? Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre asks.
The differences between China and Norway are obvious. Norway is a small country with a rather homogeneous population. China is big, with a variety of cultures. Therefore, some parts of our experience may not be relevant for China. Other parts,
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre and Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim are to meet Al Gore and Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, on Sunday 9 December.
The fight against climate change is a top priority in the white paper on Norway’s policy for preventing humanitarian crises that was presented today.
The Norwegian funds are to support the ongoing efforts to stabilise the central African country following many years of civil war.
"The Norwegian Christmas tree at Trafalgar Square is a token of everlasting gratitude", Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said in London today.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is implementing a number of measures to strengthen the administration of Norwegian development funds, including better systems for dealing with suspected misuse of funds.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Støre met Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Elmar Mammadyarov, in Oslo on 4 December. During the meeting, the ministers signed a joint declaration on continued cooperation between their two countries.
Mr. Torbjørn Urfjell has as of 1 December resigned from the post as political advisor to Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim. He has held the post since 20 October 2005.
Former US Vice President Walter F. Mondale has, at the request of Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, agreed to be Norway’s Honorary Consul General in Minneapolis.
Norway and the EU have concluded a bilateral fisheries agreement for 2008. The parties have also come to an agreement on fishing in the Skagerrak for next year.