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Minister of the Environment and International Development

Erik Solheim

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Mexico and Norway confirm mutual climate cooperation

[Ministry of the Environment, 27.05.2010]

Mexico´s Minister of the Environment, Mr. Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, and Norway’s Minister of the Environment and International Development, Mr. Erik Solheim, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the margins of the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference 2010. The two countries agreed to work together on climate, forests and environment.

Norwegian support to Climate Change Secretariat in DR Congo

[Ministry of the Environment, 27.05.2010]

Helen Clark, the Administrator of UN Development Program, Minister of Environment and Tourism Jose Endundu from the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Norwegian Minister of Environment and Development, Erik Solheim attended today a signing ceremony at the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference, when an agreement to support a climate change secretariat in DRC was signed. The objective of the support, which is USD 2,1 million, is to strengthen the African voice in the climate change negotiations.

Norway and Mexico signs Memorandum of Understanding on climate and forests

[Ministry of the Environment, 26.05.2010]

After the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference 2010, Norway and Mexico will sign a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on climate and forest issues.

The Oslo Climate and Forest Conference 2010

[Ministry of the Environment, 21.05.2010]

The Oslo Climate and Forest Conference 2010 will take place in Oslo, Norway on 27 May. Prime Minister Stoltenberg will host the event.

- No agreement with Indonesia

[Ministry of the Environment, 18.05.2010]

Monday 17th of May, Bloomberg news agency reported that Norway has entered into an agreement with Indonesia to reduce deforestation and forest degradation in the country. Minister of Development and Environment, Mr. Erik Solheim, has the following comment to the news report.

Congratulations to President Jagdeo of Guyana

[Ministry of the Environment, 23.04.2010]

Minister Erik Solheim congratulates President Jagdeo of Guyana as The 2010 Champion of the Earth. This is the United Nations’ highest awards for environmental leadership.

Jan Egeland. Photo: The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

Egeland to co-chair international taskforce

[Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 26.02.2010]

Jan Egeland was 26 February elected to co-chair the High-level Taskforce for the Global Framework for Climate Services, an international taskforce that is to compile and make available climate information.

David Miliband and Jonas Gahr Støre in Oslo June 2009. Photo: British Embassy, Oslo

UK and Norway Agree on Priorities for Diplomatic Cooperation to Fight Climate Change

[Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 25.02.2010]

The United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, David Miliband, and Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre, reached agreement today on a set of priorities for diplomatic cooperation to fight climate change.

Minister of Finance called for further development of economic instruments to protect nature

[Ministry of the Environment, 15.02.2010]

Sigbjørn Johnsen, Minister of Finance, held the closing address at the sixth Trondheim Conference on Biodiversity. He called for further development of economic instruments to protect nature and stated that the value of economic of biodiversity is often underestimated or ignored.

Norway’s emissions targets 30-40 per cent by 2020

[Ministry of the Environment, 29.01.2010]

Norway puts forward emissions targets of 30-40 per cent by 2020 based on 1990 levels to the Copenhagen Accord, but also signals that Norway will move to 40 per cent as part of a global and comprehensive agreement for the period beyond 2012.

Norway supports the Copenhagen Accord

[Ministry of the Environment, 25.01.2010]

Norway expressed 25. January 2010 its support for the Copenhagen Accord of 18. December 2009 in a letter to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

New EEA Financial Mechanism negotiated – Historic cooperation between Norway and the new EU member states

[Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 18.12.2009]

Today, the EEA/EFTA countries signed an agreement with the EU on new financial contributions. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre commented: “The new EEA Financial Mechanism gives Norway a historic opportunity to strengthen cooperation with the new EU member states.

Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim to head climate consultations in Copenhagen

[Ministry of the Environment, 14.12.2009]

Together with Singapore’s Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Yaacob Ibrahim, Norwegian Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim is to head consultations on trade, shipping and aviation during the climate negotiations in Copenhagen.

Foreign Minister Støre and former Vice President Al Gore present report on melting ice at climate summit

[Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 14.12.2009]

For the first time ever, leading international scientists have drawn up a report on the status of the parts of the world covered by snow and ice. The conclusion is that they are disappearing faster than anticipated. “This is disturbing news. The world’s leaders must reach an agreement that ensures dramatic cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases,” commented Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

Norway donor to new trust fund for carbon capture and storage

[Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 04.12.2009]

Norway will be the largest contributor to the World Bank’s new trust fund to help developing countries build up expertise on carbon capture and storage (CCS).

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