How Nordic nations are leading on climate action
How Nordic nations are leading on climate action
Justin Gerdes
06.07.2016
The world can learn a lot from Sweden, Norway and Denmark's ambitious targets on carbon, writes author Justin Gerdes
Middelgrunden offshore wind farm (Image by European Wind Energy Association)
Every country on Earth must choose clean energy and quit carbon if the world is to reach zero net carbon emissions by the end of this century, as outlined in the Paris Agreement.
Leading the pack in this monumentus transition are Nordic nations such as Norway, whose parliament this month voted to become carbon neutral by 2030.
“This is a direct response to the commitments Norway took on by ratifying the Paris Agreement and means that we will have to step up our climate action dramatically,” Rasmus Hansson, leader of the Norwegian Green party in Parliament, told the Guardian after the vote.
The Nordic countries were among the first nations to price carbon, with Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark all adopting carbon taxes in the early 1990s. By dint of geography and policy, these countries are clean energy front-runners. Hydropower supplies 95% of Norway’s electricity. Wind turbines supplied 42% of Denmark’s electricity in 2015.
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