Speeches on climate and forest

Key note speech by Minister of the Environment, Mr Bård Vegar Solhjell, at the 8th Forest Roundtable in Rio, June 2012. The Roundtable is arranged by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

Minister of the Environment, Mr Bård Vegar Solhjell, is interviewed by professor Arild Angelsen, about Norway's international engagement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation(REDD+).

Forest Day keynote debate: REDD+ and Rio +20

Remarks by Director General Hans Brattskar on Forest Day in Durban December 4th.    

Biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation in Southeast Asia

speech delivered by Director General Hans Brattskar at the conference Forests, Biodiversity and Climate Change in Southeast Asia, 17.October in Singapore

Norway's International Climate and Forest Inititative - some observations

speech delivered by ambassador Hans Brattskar to the EU Parliament, 7th Sept 2011

Climate, Forest and Development

speech delivered by ambassador Hans Brattskar at Oxford University, World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment 2011, 28th of June 2011

 

Hans Brattskar is Director General for International Climate Policy in the Department of Climate Change and Pollution in the Ministry of Environment