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Towards a green economy

In the fall of 2010 the Nordic prime ministers collectively called for a global shift towards green growth. The Nordic countries will strive to create the conditions for a better climate while also creating economic growth and new green jobs.

A common borderless electricity market, energy-efficient
innovative solutions in construction, and a continued focus on green R&D are priorities within the Nordic cooperation towards a green economy.

The Nordic countries also aim at using their environmental technologies to enhance competitiveness while reducing oil imports and CO2 emissions.

The current focus areas of the Nordic cooperation on sustainable consumption and production more specifically are cleaner technologies and innovations, green public procurement, environmental information and sustainable lifestyles. These are all highly important areas in the transition to greener markets.

The Nordic Environmental action plan 2009–2012

Priorities for resource efficiency and environmentally driven markets:

  • Development of policy instruments and creation of conditions for increased material and energy efficiency through, for instance, Nordic contributions to the implementation of the EU directive on eco-design and to the new waste framework directive.
  • Improvement in co-ordination and use of various environmental information instruments, for instance, between the Nordic Ecolabel (the Swan), the EU Ecolabel (the EU Flower), environmental and other labels.
  • Stimulus of continued development of technology purchases and public procurement contributing to increasing the share of ecoinnovative and cost-effective goods and services in the market.
  • Development of climate aspects within the framework of the Nordic Ecolabel.
  • Promotion of sustainable consumption and production through the creation of legal conditions and economic policy instruments.

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