Norway says aims to go carbon neutral by 2030 [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Norway says aims to go carbon neutral by 2030
Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:43am EST

OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian government has reached an agreement with three opposition parties to bring forward a goal for Norway to go "carbon neutral" to 2030 from an earlier target of 2050, officials said on Thursday.

The Labour-led government said last year that Norway would aim to cut net emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) to nil by 2050 by reducing emissions at home and investing abroad in environmental projects that will give Norway CO2 credits.

The parties agreed to set the more ambitious target partly because reductions of CO2 attributable to forest growth in Norway will also be taken into account, the government said.

"The parties now think it is realistic to assume Norwegian climate gas emissions of 15-17 million metric tons of CO2 equivalents by 2020 when forests are included," the government said in a statement.

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