Strengthened Nordic co-operation on climate and environment
Leveraging Nordic advantage through synergies and added value is a key phrase in relation to the Nordic countries’ co-operation on climate and environmental policy. The Nordic Region nurtures a good tradition of finding common solutions to common challenges, internationally within the EU and EEA, as well as globally in international efforts on conventions. Together, the Nordic countries have a stronger voice and can achieve greater impact in developing the solutions that are needed. Norway’s Minister for Nordic Co-operation Anne Beathe Tvinnereim believes that the Nordic Region possesses a method which can also lead the way in major international arenas.
“By sharing knowledge, we’re strengthening our ability to develop political solutions. Such a way of working fosters credibility and confidence in the Nordic contribution to complex international processes – and it yields results,” says Norway’s Minister for Nordic Co-operation Anne Beathe Tvinnereim.
Such a way of working fosters credibility and confidence in the Nordic contribution to complex international processes – and it yields results
Nordic co-operation on the environment and climate has been ongoing for a number of years. However, Vision 2030, which has the the aim of making the Nordic Region the most sustainable and integrated region in the world, as well as the associated budget restructuring in the Nordic Council of Ministers, have brought about major initiatives that deliver the green transition.
Within this co-operation on the environment and climate, a public-private partnership will be established for the selection and implementation of a handful of pilot projects for zero-emission shipping routes in the Nordic Region. This measure is a direct follow-up to the Clydebank Declaration adopted at COP26 in Glasgow on zero emissions from shipping.
It’s gratifying to see that the sector has so quickly established new projects and co-operation that will make important contributions in achieving the goals of making the Nordic Region the most sustainable and integrated region in the world.
Many initiatives within the green transition require the development of new, advanced and expensive technology, often through partnerships with the business community and research environments. Long-term thinking and budgetary predictability are crucial when entering into such partnerships. Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers Paula Lehtomäki is pleased that the environment and climate sector has acted so proactively.
“When we prepared Vision 2030, the goal was precisely to strengthen co-operation on the green transition. It’s gratifying to see that the sector has so quickly established new projects and co-operation that will make important contributions in achieving the goals of making the Nordic Region the most sustainable and integrated region in the world,” says Paula Lehtomäki.
The Nordic environmental financing institution NEFCO, The Nordic Swan ecolabel, and the Nordic Council Environmental Prize are also involved in the co-operation.
