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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.
Denmark will - again! - be a pioneer green country
Thomas Larsen
Dec 02, 2011
The new Danish government led by Social Democrat Helle Thorning-Schmidt may make history as a green government. A new energy plan contains sky-high ambitions. The business community is cautiously positive - but fears for its competitiveness.
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.
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.
Klimatdebatten frös inne i kylan
Eva Franchell
Feb 04, 2010
Den förväntade utvärderingen av klimatmötet kom av sig. COP15 slutade lagom till fjärde advent. Det svenska folket som varit så engagerade inför mötet fick nu annat att tänka på. Julen stod för dörren.
Klimaspørgsmål og mærkesager
Ragnhildur Sverrisdóttir
Feb 04, 2010
Resultatet af klimakonferencen i København fremkaldte skuffelse på Island ligesom andre steder.
Alle snakker om Kina
Aslak Bonde
Feb 04, 2010
København-møtet viste i hvert fall én ting: Norge kan ikke gjøre mye til eller fra for klimaet. EU er ikke så viktig det heller. Nå er det historiene om Kina, India, Brasil og Sør-Afrika som gjelder – i tillegg til at noen fortsatt tror på Obama.
Klimatfrågan fick ge vika för statsministerspelet
Markku Heikkilä
Feb 04, 2010
Före klimatmötet i Köpenhamn var klimatdiskussionen livligare än någonsin i Finland. Efter mötet känns det som om luften gått ur en ballong. Ingen har bemödat sig om att återkomma till frågan.
Fra København til Mexico
Thomas Larsen
Feb 04, 2010
Mexico skal stå i spidsen for COP16 og forsøge at lande den ambitiøse globale klimaaftale, som faldt på gulvet i København. De kaotiske forhandlinger gav det danske værtskab alvorlige skrammer. I dag er kritikken af aftalen dog mildnet en smule.
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.
The problems of the Nordic welfare government
Egill Helgason
Feb 23, 2012
It is actually fitting that the Nordic model should be the subject of this last issue of Analys Norden. There are a few things we Nordic citizens regularly get asked about our northern societies, which for many stand out as excellent role models in welfare, gender equality, freedom and human rights.
The Nordic Region, after all
Markku Heikkilä
Feb 16, 2012
The principles of law, the model of the welfare state, gender equality, small class differences - you can find the common and distinctive features of the Nordic countries in all that is important in Finland. Despite this, there is surprisingly little talk about 'Nordicness' and the Nordic model. As a tribute to this very last edition of Analys Norden, I head off in search of Finland as a Nordic country. The journey begins as far away from the capital cities as possible, as close to everyday life as possible.
Home to the Nordic Region
Thomas Larsen
Feb 23, 2012
There must be more, not less, Nordic co-operation, says the new Minister for Nordic Co-operation, Manu Sareen. He hopes that the Nordic Region will have greater impact in Europe.
A strong model
Aslak Bonde
Feb 23, 2012
Few things are less controversial in Norway than the Norwegian, or Nordic, co-operative model. All parties and organised interest groups are in principle in agreement that it is good for the country that we have a lot of trust, small differences, a great deal of co-operation and an extensive culture of compromise. Conflicts in the Norwegian society are to a large extent about how best to preserve the co-operative model and eyes are turned more towards the EU than towards the Nordic Region.
Arctic in need of first aid. Emissions of carbon and methane must be cut now
Debate article written jointly by the environment and climate ministers of Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Åland:
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.
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