On Thursday, Statistics Norway presented figures for Norwegian greenhouse gas emissions last year. The report shows that greenhouse gas emissions fell by 0.5 per cent during the year. The year before, the cuts were slightly larger, – 0.7 per cent. Three years ago, the cuts were 3.4 per cent. The red line in this curve shows how drastically emissions must decrease for Norway to reach the targets set for 2030: – It appears that the increased prices for electricity, fuel and natural gas affected energy use and thus emissions in 2022, says senior adviser Trude Melby Bothner in the press release. “This is a fad” – This is not good enough. Emissions are barely decreasing, the EU and other comparable countries manage to cut significantly more, says Ola Elvestuen. He is a parliamentary representative for the Liberal Party and a member of the energy and environment committee. Elvestuen is very critical of what he believes to be the government’s lack of climate action. MDG’s party leader Arild Hermstad stands behind the criticism. – The biggest challenge of our time is to create a society that stays within nature’s tolerable limits. Then we cannot have a government that is unable to cut greenhouse gas emissions, says Hermstad. – It is entirely possible to cut emissions, as long as there is political will, he adds. Rødt’s Sofie Marhaug is also disappointed that the cuts did not turn out to be bigger. – This is a fad. We have not received any change of pace in climate policy, as we were promised, she says.
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