Both Climate Leader and Oil Giant? A Norwegian Paradox
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Peter Erickson, a senior scientist with the Stockholm Environment Institute, a research organization, found
that emissions from Norway’s oil exports this year will be 10 times as much as Norway’s domestic carbon emissions.
By SOMINI SENGUPTAJUNE 17, 2017
OSLO — On an unseasonably warm day in May, Norway’s climate minister, Vidar Helgesen,
strolled through a vast parking lot for electric cars, counting Teslas.
Nearly all of the supply is destined for export — and to show up in the carbon emissions of countries that burn Norwegian oil and gas.
Adrian Down wrote that Norway has set out to be a global leader in climate action, yet continued expansion of oil
and gas production could eclipse the benefits of Norway’s domestic emission reduction efforts,
It’s one of the problems built into the Paris climate accord
that President Trump promises to leave, Mr. Erickson argued: Countries are measured by how much they reduce their own emissions, within their own borders, not by the impact they have on the planet as a whole.