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BAT Group (Best Available Technique) in the environment area
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The BAT Group is a sub-group of the Working Group for Sustainable Consumption and Production HKP.
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Climate and Air Quality Group (KoL)
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The Climate and Air Quality Group contributes to Nordic goals of limiting serious climate change and of preventing air pollution from damaging the environment or human health.
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Finnish Presidency 2011
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Finland holds the Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2011, the main theme of which will be addressing climate change on all levels. The objective is to make the Nordic countries’ role as a strong and united front on climate issues even more visible.
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Globalisation Co-operation
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The climate, environment and energy, research, education, training and innovation, cross-border freedom of movement and a higher profile for the Nordic countries are areas all the Nordic governments will prioritise in future in order to face up to the challenges posed by globalisation and thus create new opportunities for the Nordic region.
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Nordic Council of Ministers for the Environment (MR-M)
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The Nordic governments' environmental co-operation is run by MR-M. The environmental co-operation, amongst other things, aims to protect and improve the quality of the environment and quality of life in the Nordic countries, and influence regional and international co-operation.
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Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO)
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NEFCO is a joint Nordic financial institution whose primarily purpose is to generate positive environmental effects of interest to the Nordic region by funding projects in Central and Eastern Europe countries.
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Nordvind
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NordVind-projektet ser på vilkårene for vindkraft i Norden.
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Press release
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Huge advantages with joint Nordic climate strategy
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The Baltic Sea Region Testing Ground Facility (TGF)
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The Baltic Sea Region Testing Ground Facility is a regional carbon finance facility which purchases carbon credits under the Kyoto Protocol from energy-related and other projects on behalf of its investors.
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The Environment and Natural Resources Committee
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The Nordic Council Environment and Natural Resources Committee deals with issues concerning the preservation and development of the environment in the Nordic countries.
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The Nordic Development Fund (NDF)
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NDF is the joint development finance institution of the Nordic countries. For 20 years NDF has granted 'soft' concessional credit to developing countries. NDF provides grant financing for climate change investments to the poorest countries in the world.
