| Title | English Ever Closer Union? Norway's Climate Collaboration with the EU |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 64525 |
| Authors | Gulbrandsen, LH; Hermansen, EAT |
| Title | English Ever Closer Union? Norway's Climate Collaboration with the EU |
| Year | 2022 |
| Published | Internasjonal Politikk, 80, 1 |
| Abstract | Norwegian climate policy has increasingly become closely linked to EU climate regulations. This article analyzes how and why Norway has linked its climate policy to the EU???s and what room for maneuvering the cooperation with the EU gives Norwegian authorities. Through the EEA agreement, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) has covered about half of Norway???s emissions, mainly from industry and the petroleum sector, since 2008. Since 2021, non-ETS emissions from transport, agriculture, construction and waste have also been covered by a separate time-limited agreement with the EU, as a supplement to the EEA agreement. This cooperation obliges Norway to cut emissions every year until 2030. The agreement also binds Norway to comply with EU regulations for the emissions and uptake of greenhouse gases related to forests and other land use. In practice, Norway is fully obliged to comply with the EU???s climate policy regulations until 2030. The analysis shows that this close connection has increased the political pressure to cut greenhouse gas emissions domestically. At the same time, Norway has chosen to keep all flexibility options open to implement the cuts in the EU instead. Whether these opportunities will be used is largely a political question that probably will shape the climate debate until 2030. The final design and structure of the EU???s Green Deal and Norway???s connection to it will also affect the maneuvering room for climate cuts at home versus abroad. |
| https://tidsskriftet-ip.no/index.php/intpol/article/download/3674/6538 |
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