Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim

The Ministry of the Environment has a particular responsibility for carrying out the environmental policies of the Government.

Minister of the Environment and International Development

Erik Solheim

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Carl Bildt and Siri Lill Mannes (Photo: Pierre De Brisis, MFA)

The Nordic countries take responsibility for the environment

Climate change and environmental issues were the main agenda items at an open meeting of Nordic ministers in Oslo on 31 October. The ministers discussed how the Nordic countries, both individually and together, can tackle the challenges and exploit the opportunities presented by a globalised world.

(01.11.2007)

Nobel Peace Prize a Timely Recognition of Climate Change as this Century's Key Challenge

– I wish to congratulate the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, and former US Vice President Al Gore with the Nobel Peace Prize. This is a recognition of global warming as today’s most significant threat to global as well as regional stability. Addressing the challenges of climate change is therefore vital to achieve global peace and stability, emphasises Minister for the Environment Helen Bjørnøy.

(12.10.2007)

Norway and Russia will cooperate to protect the fragile ecology in the Barents Sea, as here at Bear Island. Photo: Hallvard Strøm, Norsk Polarinstitutt.

Norwegian-Russian Cooperation on Environmental Control of Operations in the Barents Sea

Protection of the marine environment is the most prioritised field of co-operation under the Joint Norwegian-Russian Commission on Environmental Protection. The Barents Sea is a continuous ecosystem, and a close co-operation with Russia is decisive to protect the clean and rich environment.

(08.10.2007)

Minister of the Envronment Helen Bjørnøy in Vienna, 1. october 2007.

Environment ministers warn against nuclear power as a solution to the climate crisis

Minister of the Environment Helen Bjørnøy and Environment Ministers of Austria, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Latvia and Luxembourg met in Vienna today to warn against the promotion of nuclear power as a solution to the climate crisis.

(01.10.2007)

Climate change is a pressing global security issue

Climate change is a pressing global security issue, and should be handled as such, Norway’s minister for the Environment, Helen Bjørnøy, stated summing up the NY-Aalesund Symposium ”Climate change – A need for Action”.

(23.08.2007)

New measures to reach Norway’s ambitious climate targets

The Government’s new white paper on climate policy contains proposals for concrete new measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Government proposes substantial cuts in emissions both in Norway and abroad.

(22.06.2007)

Declines in snow and ice cover

Most of the global ice and snow cover is rapidly declining. This will have large global, regional and local consequences for human beings and nature. This is the main message of the UNEP report “Global Outlook for Ice and Snow” which was presented in Tromsø today.

(04.06.2007)

© Mark Shenley / Still Pictures

Declines in snow and ice cover

Most of the global ice and snow cover is rapidly declining. This will have large global, regional and local consequences for human beings and nature. This is the main message of the UNEP report “Global Outlook for Ice and Snow” which was presented in Tromsø today.

(04.06.2007)

Melting Ice—A Hot Topic? New UNEP Report Shows Just How Hot It’s Getting

Tromso/Nairobi, 4 June 2007 — The futures of hundreds of millions of people across the world will be affected by declines in snow cover, sea ice, glaciers, permafrost and lake ice a new and unique report launched to mark World Environment Day (WED) says.

(04.06.2007)

World Environment Day opened in Tromsø

Drawings made by children and a great show opened the World Environment Day in Tromsø Sunday.

(04.06.2007)

Svalbard represents natural and cultural values that Norway has a special responsibility for securing on a global basis. Photo: Geir Wing Gabrielsen, Norwegian Polar Institute.

Svalbard on Norway’s tentative list to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention

Svalbard represents natural and cultural values that Norway has a special responsibility for securing on a global basis, and UNESCO has signalled a specific interest in arctic nature. Minister of the Environment Helen Bjørnøy has therefore initiated the inscription of Svalbard on Norway’s revised Tentative List.

(03.06.2007)

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