Over ten per cent budget increase for the Ministry of the Environment

The draft national budget for 2013 proposes an 11.4 per cent increase in the Ministry of the Environment's budget. The top priorities in the Government's environmental strategy are the protection of natural diversity, conservation of cultural heritage and cultural environments, climate change mitigation, maps and geodata, and improved urban planning.

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National Budget 2013

Bård Vegar
Solhjell

Minister of the Environment

The Ministry of the Environment has a particular responsibility for carrying out the environmental policies of the Government.

Telephone number

Switchboard: +47 22 24 90 90

Press telephone: +47 947 82 505

Visiting and mailing address

Myntgata 2 (map)

P.O. Box 8013 Dep, 0030 Oslo

News

Signing of Energy+ Cooperation between Bhutan, Norway and the Asian Development Bank (04.02.2013)

Norway announces new contribution to Guyana for its continued low deforestation (21.12.2012)

Norway rewards Brazil’s reduced deforestation with new payment (06.12.2012)

Norway enters into climate and forest collaboration with Vietnam (05.12.2012)

U.S. Climate Policy - The Next Four Years (09.11.2012)

Planning

Under the Planning and Building Act, planning is based on a popularly elected administration and participation by residents in the local authorities and counties. The Government and the Parliament set national targets around which the local and regional authorities base their planning decisions.

Planning

Shortcuts

environment.no

Norwegian Climate Change Adaptation Programme

Environmental statistics

Relevant documents

Report No. 21 (2011-2012)

Summary of Report No. 21 (2011–2012) to the Storting (white paper).

Living with World Heritage (Conference Report)

Norway's Environmental Targets - Priority areas and tools for achieving our goals

Svalbard Environmental Protection Act

Over ten per cent budget increase for the Ministry of the Environment

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