The future of Climate Change

Last updated: 03/09/2009 //

India and future efforts to fight climate change was on the agenda as stakeholders met at TERI - The Energy Research Institute last week. As Indian and Norwegian researchers listened, Chargé d’Affaires Lasse Bjørn Johannessen used the opportunity to highlight future challenges.

Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change

Indigenous peoples and people living in close contact with nature depend on natural resources. These people often inhabit marginal areas in diverse, but fragile ecosystems and are directly affected by climate change.

FICCI-CDM Information Centre

Realizing the great importance of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) for the Indian industry, FICCI, with assistance from Norwegian Embassy, New Delhi is providing the necessary technical consultancy through trained professionals for preparing industries to identify potential CDM projects and facilitating them in developing the project as well as helping them in getting approval from Indian...

Norway goes carbon neutral online

Norway is committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2050. The new website carbonneutralnorway.no is established as part of the strategy in reaching the ambitious goal.

Climate change on the agenda for northern neighbours

Climate change and environmental issues were the main agenda items when Nordic ministers met in Oslo to discuss how the Nordic countries can work together and learn from each other to ensure an effective response to climate-related challenges.

Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage in Norway

Being an energy rich nation with a strong focus on challenges of climate change, Norway aims to make carbon capture and storage (CCS) a reality. Norway has four carbon capture and storage projects; Sleipner, Snøhvit, Mongstad and Kårstø.

The Norwegian Embassy supports the DSDS Summit for the fourth consecutive year. This reflects the Norwegian Government’s commitment to promoting the environmental agenda in general, and the climate change in special. This year the Embassy and TERI will arrange a special event during the DSDS. The theme for the seminar will be “Renewable energy and CDM in India: Opportunities offered by Norway”....

Norway’s plan for CDM purchases

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, presented Norway’s plan for CDM purchases at the ‘India Carbon Market Conclave 2007’ at New Delhi from November 1 to 2, 2007.

Active environmental policy promotes peace

Global climate change not only threatens the environment, but also poses a danger to international peace. Norway links climate change to development.