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Published on October 9th, 2009 | by Zachary Shahan

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Norway 1st Rich Nation to Commit to 40% Reductions

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October 9th, 2009 by Zachary Shahan 

Norway committed to cut their greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2020 this week. This is the most ambitious goal of any rich nation to date.

Norway’s prime minister Jens Stoltenberg (just re-elected) is meeting the requests of many developing nations and environmental NGOs with this commitment.

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Improving Global Cooperation on Climate Change

Norway’s previous target was to reduce emissions 30% by 2020. It is increasing its goal in order to take the lead in promoting global cooperation around climate change.

Stoltenberg reportedly said that this pledge is especially meant to help reinvigorate the climate change talks before the climate conference in Copenhagen in December, since these talks have hit a sort of limbo or stalemate with rich nations not wanting to meet the demands of developing countries (to aim for more ambitious emissions cuts of at least 40% by 2020).

Total Cut in Emissions from Rich Countries

Industrialized countries, in total, are still far short of the 25-40% targets the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommends.

The total for industrialzed nations is now 13-21% by 2020, or 11-18% if the climate bill that is currently in Congress is passed.

Lighting the Way on Climate Change?

Norway’s new pledge gives a little positivity and light to the discourse, but major divides between the US and the rest of the world are currently putting us all in a very concerning spot. Will this new action by Norway help to pull us out of the climate trenches?

via BusinessGreen

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  • Terje

    Hi, I’m from Norway.

    Chris V: Yes we could. From what I see we have two options for stopping the oil drilling:

    1. Supposedly the CO2 needed to produce Norwegian oil is generally cleaner than what is made by the rest of the world. That is the argument the oil companies make.

    2. We could stop making oil. Some say this would lead to more pollution because someone more ‘dirty’ would take over. Others would say this creates a demand for oil that would help the development of alternative/renewable energy.

    3. We should make the production of oil electrified to make it more efficient given we would not export that energy to fossil-based countries. (Norway has 95% or more hydropower)

    I could whine a lot about how much mr. Jens Stoltenberg gives a lot of talk to the environment, but is still an oil president and did not put up at single wind mill in his last four years period.

  • Terje

    Hi, I’m from Norway.

    Chris V: Yes we could. From what I see we have two options for stopping the oil drilling:

    1. Supposedly the CO2 needed to produce Norwegian oil is generally cleaner than what is made by the rest of the world. That is the argument the oil companies make.

    2. We could stop making oil. Some say this would lead to more pollution because someone more ‘dirty’ would take over. Others would say this creates a demand for oil that would help the development of alternative/renewable energy.

    3. We should make the production of oil electrified to make it more efficient given we would not export that energy to fossil-based countries. (Norway has 95% or more hydropower)

    I could whine a lot about how much mr. Jens Stoltenberg gives a lot of talk to the environment, but is still an oil president and did not put up at single wind mill in his last four years period.

  • Chris V

    Norway could save even more CO2 by stopping oil drilling and sales.

  • Chris V

    Norway could save even more CO2 by stopping oil drilling and sales.

  • G. Gilbert Vaughan

    An admirable aspiration of Jens Stottenburg. I hope he realizes, however, that current “Windfarm technology” doesn’t actually re-freeze any ice, since – according to

    1) Data gathered at public meeting in Llandeilo, uk, July ’05 the things take hundreds – yes 100’s – of years to recoup the energy required to build them

    2) Results from a very sensible design of Turbine-Alternator Device – TAD ? – suggest that 5% of cost p.a. is readily available. The 20 years of solo effort that went into this, reveals Two simple reasons for the disparity in Sustainability figure.

    Sadly, Councils and Governments have – so far – had “ears of cloth” to the data available. They take about as much interest, as they might of yet another “perpetual motion” device – probably less !

  • G. Gilbert Vaughan

    An admirable aspiration of Jens Stottenburg. I hope he realizes, however, that current “Windfarm technology” doesn’t actually re-freeze any ice, since – according to

    1) Data gathered at public meeting in Llandeilo, uk, July ’05 the things take hundreds – yes 100’s – of years to recoup the energy required to build them

    2) Results from a very sensible design of Turbine-Alternator Device – TAD ? – suggest that 5% of cost p.a. is readily available. The 20 years of solo effort that went into this, reveals Two simple reasons for the disparity in Sustainability figure.

    Sadly, Councils and Governments have – so far – had “ears of cloth” to the data available. They take about as much interest, as they might of yet another “perpetual motion” device – probably less !

  • Gosiek

    Ambitious goal…I hope that they will achieve it…and other countries follow Norwegian example…

    P.S.;) Beautiful pictures…Norway is amazing.

  • Gosiek

    Ambitious goal…I hope that they will achieve it…and other countries follow Norwegian example…

    P.S.;) Beautiful pictures…Norway is amazing.

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