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Swedish dispute on green growth
Eva Franchell
Apr 07, 2011
The new leader of the Social Democratic Party, Håkan Juholt, gave a popular policy speech at the party congress a couple of weeks ago. He is amusing, has a moustache and on the podium he offered an almost chortling optimism for the future.
Climate clash on hold
Aslak Bonde
Dec 02, 2011
In the winter, or the spring, the Norwegian parliament (Storting) will make the unpopular decisions which will result in tremendous cuts in Norwegian climate gas emissions by 2020. Or perhaps there will be yet another delay? 14 years' experience of follow-up to the Kyoto Agreement indicates that the politicians will once again put the difficult decisions off. It is much easier to save the rain forests in Brazil and Indonesia than to force Norwegians to drive their cars less.
The climate debate is no longer in vogue
Markku Heikkilä
Nov 24, 2011
Finland's climate policy has to a large extent involved an adjustment to the European Union's general climate line. The same applies to the Durban summit. Finland's support for the EU's target of a 30 per cent reduction in emissions is conditional, whereas all the major industrialised countries have sincerely promised to reduce their emissions. There is emphasis on the role of clean technology. Despite this, the main change that has occurred in the climate debate is that the whole subject has been side-tracked, left in the background of politics but out of sight.
Resignation and some good suggestions
Eva Franchell
Dec 02, 2011
In the weeks leading up to the climate summit in Durban there is intense debate in Sweden – on care for the elderly. The private equity firm Carema has neglected old and senile people. The company has earned big money from Swedish taxpayers while Carema's own profits have been transferred to the tax haven of Jersey. A series of reports on television, radio and in all the Swedish newspapers have has dominated the debate and shaken the government. It is perhaps typical of our times.
Large-scale industry, consumerism and motoring in a country with an abundance of clean energy
Egill Helgason
Dec 02, 2011
The Icelandic government approved an action plan for climate change last year. The course they have projected will reduce net emissions of greenhouse gases by up to 30 per cent by 2020 compared to 2005 levels. The target in 2007 was to reduce emissions by 50-70 per cent before 2050. This is in line with EU policy.
På vej mod en grøn fremtid
Thomas Larsen
Feb 11, 2011
På tværs af partiskel er danske politikere enige om, at der skal satses massivt for at frigøre landet fra forurenende kul, gas og olie. Men transformationen til en grøn energiforsyning bliver en gigantisk udfordring.
Nordic countries are greening their economy more than ever
Helena Spongenberg
Apr 15, 2011
While ‘green economy’ is quickly becoming the catchphrase of governments across the world, the Nordic countries are taking their green economy further than ever.
Nordpolen, Island og EU
Egill Helgason
Jun 09, 2011
Debatten om nordområdene går livlig på Island. Den handler om mulighetene som kan oppstå, farer man står overfor og Islands plass i verden, men nordområdene blir også brukt i dagens politiske konflikter, ofte på en noe forvirrende måte.
Trængsel i ishavet
Thomas Larsen
Jun 09, 2011
Med deltagelse af blandt andre USA’s udenrigsminister Hillary Clinton blev maj måneds topmøde i Arktisk Råd en manifestation af, at spillet om Arktis er blevet international storpolitik. Danmark er med – via Rigsfællesskabet med Grønland – og ruster sig til kampen om forekomsterne af olie og gas højt mod nord.
Grønland er en nøgleaktør i Arktis
Steen Ulrik Johannessen
Jun 09, 2011
Den globale opvarmning har gjort Arktis til et økonomisk og politisk særdeles hedt område, hvor den smeltende is gør ressourcerne mere tilgængelige. Grønland har allerede taget hul på mulighederne og er begyndt at udnytte dem, men det sker ikke uden massiv kritik fra miljøorganisationer.
Selvsikker som banken
Aslak Bonde
Apr 14, 2010
Etter noen ukers nær-døden opplevelse høsten 2008, har norske banker hatt det forbausende bra. Tapene på utlån er bare litt over normalen, overskuddene er store, og myndighetenes forsøk på å regulere bonuser og markedsføring er ikke særlig plagsomme. Men inntektsmulighetene i årene fremover er muligens mindre enn før – næringslivet vegrer seg mot å låne penger, og på boligmarkedet er det stor tvil om veien videre.
Letterna fick betala den svenska krisen
Eva Franchell
Apr 14, 2010
Den svenska bankkrisen fick sitt epicentrum i - Lettland. Ingen annanstans har den svenska krisen fått sådana följder som den fick i grannlandet i öster. Därför går det egentligen inte att skriva om ”den svenska bankkrisen”. I stället kommer den här texten att handla om två grannländer, det ena klarade krisen hyfsat medan det andra fortfarande balanserar på ruinens brant.
En region under isen
Eva Franchell
Jun 09, 2011
I Sverige finns ett begrepp som innebär att man inte mår riktigt bra: Man är ”under isen”. Begreppet beskriver väl situationen i Arktis våren 2011. Som nytt ordförandeland i Arktiska rådet får Sverige ägna sig åt ren krishantering.
Socially responsible banking – utopia or reality?
Two years after the collapse of the financial markets, three banks have been awarded the Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize. Norwegian Cultura Bank, Swedish Ekobanken and Danish Merkur Andelskasse win the environment prize for sustainable banking. The prize will be presented on 3 November, almost symbolically in Iceland, the country more than any other which has paid the price for the banking community's lack of sustainability. The prize winners argue here that it is time for banks to revert to their primary purpose: to create value for society, not only for a minority of shareholders - and thereby to minimize the risk of another crisis.
Til verden – via arktis
Aslak Bonde
Jun 09, 2011
Er det én ting norske utenrikspolitikere er opptatt av, så er det å få tilgang til de store aktørene i verdenspolitikken. Tidligere ble fredsmegling brukt som et redskap for å gjøre seg interessant blant annet i USA og EU – nå blir jobbingen med Arktis mer og mer verdifull. Svalbard er blitt Norges mest internasjonaliserte lokalsamfunn, og når Arktisk Råd får sekretariat i Tromsø flytter storpolitikken enda litt nærmere.
Grön tillväxt - vägen ut ur krisen
Paavo Arhinmäki, Karin Åström, Helgi Hjörvar, Henrik Dam Kristensen, Dagfinn Høybråten
Imorgon, under Nordiska rådets session i Reykjavik, talar de nordiska statsministrarna över temat ”Grön tillväxt - vägen ut ur krisen?”. Temat berör oss alla, eftersom grön tillväxt ger oss möjligheten att bli fria från fossila bränslen och skapa nya jobb inom den gröna ekonomin. De nordiska länderna är i dagsläget väl positionerade inom förnybar energi och miljöteknik och ses som föregångare inom området. Hur ser vi till att det ser ut så imorgon också?
Clean technology and new knowledge about natural resources
Markku Heikkilä
Apr 07, 2011
Finland, sobering up after the Nokia frenzy, is looking with a new perspective at the resources that no wave of globalisation can take away from the country. Finland will continue to safeguard its welfare by means of clean technology – bio-energy from the forests, water and minerals know-how. It is looking for a combination of these in order to realise a sustainable economy and green growth.
Sustainable step in the right direction on the Faroe Islands
Ingolf S. Olsen
Apr 07, 2011
It is absolutely imperative that the Faroese fishing fleets are reduced if there is a desire for the fisheries industry of the future to be biologically, economically and socially sustainable. So far, passivity in the industry itself and the politicians' reluctance to get involved has prevented such a reduction.
The Nordic building sector has great potential to become more energy-efficient
The Nordic countries have great opportunities to develop and commercialise sustainable energy solutions such as biomass-, water-, wind-, and geotechnology, and not the least techniques for energy efficiency. Here the Nordic countries have to expand their co-operation, create better condi¬tions for entrepreneurs and become better at spreading their knowledge around the world.
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