How has climate change become one of the most important

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Lars-Henrik Paarup Michelsen, CEO

November 25th 2020

How has climate change become

one of the most important topics in

Norwegian politics?

Photo: Tim Lüddemann/Flickr

Photo: Framtiden.no

Photo: Statkraft

Source: Electricitymaop.org

Photo: Arne Reidar Mortensen

Photo: Arne Reidar Mortensen

Norway’s

two

faces

Facsimile: BBC News November 4th 2020

Facsimile: The Guardian April 19th 2020

How has Is climate change become

one of the most important topics in

Norwegian politics?

Norwegians perceive climate change as

the biggest challenge of our time

During the corona eruption,«Unemployment»

and «health» were at the top ahead of

«Climate change»

Source: KANTAR, 2020

Opposition leader: Jonas Gahr Støre, the Labour Party Prime minister: Erna Solberg, the Conservative Party

Photos: Arbeiderpartiet (Støre), Høyre (Solberg)

Opposition leader: Jonas Gahr Støre, the Labour Party Prime minister: Erna Solberg, the Conservative Party

Photos: Arbeiderpartiet (Støre), Høyre (Solberg)

Source: Taxfoundation.org

The parties in Government

have agreed to an annual

increase in the CO2 tax of

5 per cent until 2025.

Most parties in opposition

agree.

Cross-party agreement

from 2012.

Facsimile: IndependentJuly 2nd 2020

Cross-party

climate target:

100% electric

car sale by 2025.

Facsimile: InsideEVsNovember 4th 2020

So far in 2020: EVs account for more than halft of all new

passenger car registrations

Source: Energiogklima.no

Cross-party

climate target:

Zero emission

fjords by 2026.

Facsimile: ElectrekAprilMay 4th 2018

Photo: Sverre HjørnevikFlåm AS

Public procurements – our most effective

tool for developing a zero emission society?

MF Ampere,

the world’s first

electric car and

passenger ferry.

Photo: Olav A. Øvrebø

From one electric ferry in 2015...

...to more than 50 five years later.

Source: The Norwegian Climate Foundation

World’s first fully

electric high speed

passenger ferry?

illustration: Flying Foil

When climate action becomes business

Facsimile: Richmond NewsNovember 23rd 2018

Facsimile: ReutersNovember 18th 2020

Heidelberg cement

+

Felleskjøpet Agri

=

World’s first zero

emission cargo ship

Illustration: Vard

From fossil fuel-free

to emissions-free

construction site.

Photo: Nasta

Vestland county:

Only zero emission taxis

from April 1st 2024

Photo: Statkraft

Facsimile: Teknisk UkebladMarch 6th 2020

Norwegian GHG emissions, 1990-2019

Source: Statistics Norway

-2,3 %1990-2019

Cutting emissions by 50 percent by 2030 will be a challenge

Flagship projects

Scale up

Lars-Henrik Paarup Michelsen

CEO

E: lhpm@klimastiftelsen.no

M: +47 980 33 301

Thank you for you attention!

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