The Circularity Gap Report Norway
<p>The Circularity Gap Report Norway is an in-depth analysis of how Norway consumes raw materials—metals, fossil fuels, biomass and minerals—to fuel its societal needs. Currently, 97.6% of
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Indigenous rights and private funding key to slowing deforestation, says Norway minister
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Efforts to save the world's forests hinge on securing private sector funds and ensuring indigenous communities in tropical forests are more involved in protecting
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Norway makes history as the first country to ban deforestation
In a historic move, Norway has pledged to eradicate deforestation and not use any products that may result in further destruction of forests. The Norwegian government has also vowed to find ways to source
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Norway brings forward carbon neutrality goal to 2030
Norway's parliament has agreed on a goal to cut the country's net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2030, moving the target forward by 20 years, an official at the national assembly said on Tuesday.
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Norway Set To ‘Completely Ban’ All Petrol Cars By 2025
Norway is set to ‘completely ban’ the sale of all petrol and diesel powered cars in the next 10 years. According to Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv, politicians from both sides of the political
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Norway becomes first country to commit to zero deforestation
Norway has become the first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation. The Norwegian parliament pledged the government’s public procurement policy will become deforestation-free after a committee
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Volkswagen to be sued by Norway fund over emissions scandal
Around 11 million vehicles globally have been fitted with the so called "defeat devices" Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, plans legal action against Volkswagen over the firm's emissions
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An assessment of GLOBOCAN methods for deriving national estimates of cancer incidence
<p>The objective of the study was to assess the validity of the GLOBOCAN methods for deriving national estimates of cancer incidence. The researchers obtained incidence and mortality data from Norway by
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Negligible impact of ingested microplastics on tissue concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in northern Fulmars off coastal Norway
<p>The northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) is defined as an indicator species of plastic pollution by the Oslo-Paris Convention for the North-East Atlantic, but few data exist for fulmars from Norway.
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Anxiety and depression symptoms among farmers: The HUNT Study, Norway
<p>Agriculture has undergone profound changes, and farmers face a wide variety of stressors. Our aim was to study the levels of anxiety and depression symptoms among Norwegian farmers compared with other
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Hope for the trees
Until the 1960s, forest-clearing accounted for most anthropogenic carbon emissions. Now it causes around 10%—a decline that led many at the UN climate summit in Paris to focus their efforts elsewhere.