Historical archive
Published under: Stoltenberg's 2nd Government
In the Historical archive you will find information from previous governments such as press releases, news and speeches from previous government periods. You will also find outdated current affairs from the sitting government. In addition the archive contains documents where the content is no longer valid, such as expired circulars.
Content that has been moved to the archive will not be updated and the information is therefore exclusively of an historical nature.
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Ethiopia today unveiled ambitious plans to develop a green economy and protect citizens from the impact of future climate change.
- Efforts to conserve seven migratory species, from the Giant Manta Ray to the Saker Falcon, have been strengthened following a major United Nations conference on conservation.
Although Norway has considerable adaptive capacity, climate change will have high costs, both human and material, if climate change considerations are not taken in planning and decision making.
Read the State Secretary Heidi Sørensen's speech. (pdf)
Read State Secretary Heidi Sørenesen's speech. (pdf)
- Nature should never be merely prized for its economic value — we all know it is worth far more than that. But in a world of competing demands and limited resources, it can play its part in tipping decisions in favour of conservation rather than
The Norwegian Minister of the Environment and International Development will be hosting the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Bonn Convention in Bergen from 20 - 25 November this year. With nearly 400 delegates from 100 nations, this will be one
This week, director of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative, Ambassador Hans Brattskar, held a speech at Oxford University. The speech was part of the World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment 2011. To read Ambassador Brattskar's
June 21st Norway and EFTA signed a free trade agreement with Hong Kong. For the first time, EFTA negotiated a free trade agreement with a separate chapter on trade and environment.
Today, Norwegian Minister of the Environment and Development Cooperation, Mr. Erik Solheim and the World Bank’s Special Envoy for Climate Change Mr. Andrew Steer signed an agreement worth USD 50 million with the newly launched Carbon Fund of the
Norway congratulates Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on signing the two-year suspension for issuance of new licenses for use of primary forest and peat land.
An independent review shows that the Letter of Intent between Indonesia and Norway on climate and forest issues has had a very beneficial impact on REDD+ developments in Indonesia. Three of Indonesia’s six agreed deliverables under the forest
Statssekretær Heidi Sørensen holdt foredraget ”Climate change adaptation globally and in Norway” på en internasjonal konferanse om klimatilpasning (BaltCICA) i Bergen 11. mai. 2nd International BaltCICA Conference – in cooperation with MARE Coping
Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim is to visit the Sellafield complex in England on Thursday 7 April.