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I understand that 25% of the state’s energy is to come from renewable sources, such as wind and biomass, by 2025.
I understand that 25% of the state’s energy is to come from renewable sources, such as wind and biomass, by 2025.
And here too we can do a lot together, not least in this region.
And here too we can do a lot together, not least in this region.
I have read about the Norwegian wind energy company Havgul, which recently established a subsidiary, V & D Energy Inc., with offices at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
I have read about the Norwegian wind energy company Havgul, which recently established a subsidiary, V & D Energy Inc., with offices at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
They plan to build a windmill park in the area, and a number of American experts and partners are involved.
They plan to build a windmill park in the area, and a number of American experts and partners are involved.
And I have taken note of the extensive cooperation between the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and the University of Minnesota on renewable energy sources, particularly biomass.
And I have taken note of the extensive cooperation between the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and the University of Minnesota on renewable energy sources, particularly biomass.
A few days ago The Star Tribune ran an article entitled “Minnesota, Norway and a clean-energy future”.
A few days ago The Star Tribune ran an article entitled “Minnesota, Norway and a clean-energy future”.
Managing Director Lois Quam wrote about how our shared heritage brings together similar values and approaches.
Managing Director Lois Quam wrote about how our shared heritage brings together similar values and approaches.
Yet another illustration of our common opportunities.
Yet another illustration of our common opportunities.
Norway’s policy for reducing CO2 emissions is built on three pillars.
Norway’s policy for reducing CO2 emissions is built on three pillars.
Firstly, Norway aims for a 30% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020 as compared with our emissions in 1990.
Firstly, Norway aims for a 30% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020 as compared with our emissions in 1990.
Secondly, by 2012, the end date of the first Kyoto commitment period, we aim to reduce our emissions by an additional 10% on top of our initial Kyoto Protocol commitment.
Secondly, by 2012, the end date of the first Kyoto commitment period, we aim to reduce our emissions by an additional 10% on top of our initial Kyoto Protocol commitment.
And thirdly, looking further ahead, our overriding goal is to make Norway carbon-neutral by 2030.
And thirdly, looking further ahead, our overriding goal is to make Norway carbon-neutral by 2030.
That means a substantial effort to reduce our own emissions.
That means a substantial effort to reduce our own emissions.
And it means an obligation to offset what remains of emissions with measures taken both nationally and internationally.
And it means an obligation to offset what remains of emissions with measures taken both nationally and internationally.
However, Norway’s emissions of greenhouse gases account for only 0.2% of global emissions.
However, Norway’s emissions of greenhouse gases account for only 0.2% of global emissions.
In terms of figures alone, our emission cuts will not constitute the watershed that is needed.
In terms of figures alone, our emission cuts will not constitute the watershed that is needed.
So here lies Norway’s particular challenge and opportunity: to may make an impact far beyond reducing our own emissions.
So here lies Norway’s particular challenge and opportunity: to may make an impact far beyond reducing our own emissions.
Norway was the first country to introduce a CO2 tax on petroleum production in the early 1990s.
Norway was the first country to introduce a CO2 tax on petroleum production in the early 1990s.
What we have learned since then is that environmental regulations and taxation have spurred technological innovation and made our industry more, not less, competitive in world markets.
What we have learned since then is that environmental regulations and taxation have spurred technological innovation and made our industry more, not less, competitive in world markets.
As CO2 was priced, industry received an incentive to cut costs.
As CO2 was priced, industry received an incentive to cut costs.
The CO2 emissions there are less than a third of the global average per unit produced.
The CO2 emissions there are less than a third of the global average per unit produced.
But more should be done.
But more should be done.
The International Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC) has found that carbon emissions could be reduced by 20% by means of carbon capture and storage, i.e. by extracting the CO2 from the natural gas and re-injecting it into safe structures to prevent its release.
The International Panel on Climate Change (the IPCC) has found that carbon emissions could be reduced by 20% by means of carbon capture and storage, i.e. by extracting the CO2 from the natural gas and re-injecting it into safe structures to prevent its release.
Our experience is with gas; we have been testing it in the North Sea under the seabed in the Sleipner gas field for more than ten years.
Our experience is with gas; we have been testing it in the North Sea under the seabed in the Sleipner gas field for more than ten years.
But UNDP maintains that carbon capture and storage will also enable us to generate power from coal with near-zero emissions.
But UNDP maintains that carbon capture and storage will also enable us to generate power from coal with near-zero emissions.
It is thus considered a key breakthrough technology.
It is thus considered a key breakthrough technology.
Prime Minister Stoltenberg has called this Norway’s version of a moon-landing project.
Prime Minister Stoltenberg has called this Norway’s version of a moon-landing project.
Our ambition is to establish a full-scale gas-fired power plant with complete capture and storage of CO2.
Our ambition is to establish a full-scale gas-fired power plant with complete capture and storage of CO2.
To put it short, this means that the plants will produce electricity from gas with no emissions of greenhouse gases.
To put it short, this means that the plants will produce electricity from gas with no emissions of greenhouse gases.
Later, we believe, if we succeed it should be possible to apply this technology to coal-fired plants.
Later, we believe, if we succeed it should be possible to apply this technology to coal-fired plants.
And then we can help make these technologies available to emerging economies.
And then we can help make these technologies available to emerging economies.
Think about it: China opens one coal-fired power plant almost on a weekly basis.
Think about it: China opens one coal-fired power plant almost on a weekly basis.
With no capture and storage of CO2.
With no capture and storage of CO2.
We truly need to move ahead.
We truly need to move ahead.
Let me go back to Will Steger on his dog sledge heading north in a few days’ time.
Let me go back to Will Steger on his dog sledge heading north in a few days’ time.
One of the starkest images of climate change is the melting ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic.
One of the starkest images of climate change is the melting ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic.
We have seen enormous sheets of ice breaking into pieces, and a single polar bear alone on a small piece of ice far out at sea.
We have seen enormous sheets of ice breaking into pieces, and a single polar bear alone on a small piece of ice far out at sea.
2008 is the International Polar Year, a huge international research effort that will give us vital new knowledge about climate change and its consequences.
2008 is the International Polar Year, a huge international research effort that will give us vital new knowledge about climate change and its consequences.
Again, we see the significance of international cooperation.
Again, we see the significance of international cooperation.
Research projects will be realised that could not have been undertaken by one or a few countries alone.
Research projects will be realised that could not have been undertaken by one or a few countries alone.
Vast amounts of data will be collected, which will serve as a basis for research for years to come.
Vast amounts of data will be collected, which will serve as a basis for research for years to come.
The Polar Year is also another arena for cooperation between Norway and North America.
The Polar Year is also another arena for cooperation between Norway and North America.
Norway is providing funding for Polar Year projects of more than 58 million US dollars over a period of four years.
Norway is providing funding for Polar Year projects of more than 58 million US dollars over a period of four years.
Among the 26 research projects financed through the Research Council of Norway, all but one have partners from the US and Canada.
Among the 26 research projects financed through the Research Council of Norway, all but one have partners from the US and Canada.
Let me sum up.
Let me sum up.
To address today’s pressing challenges, we need the contributions of more than one – we need the efforts of many.
To address today’s pressing challenges, we need the contributions of more than one – we need the efforts of many.
Addressing climate change is one striking example, but there are many more.
Addressing climate change is one striking example, but there are many more.
My ambition for Norway’s relations with the United States in the years to come is that we will seize these opportunities to make a difference together.
My ambition for Norway’s relations with the United States in the years to come is that we will seize these opportunities to make a difference together.
We are partners in security, in NATO, and right now we are working side by side to help Afghanistan onto its feet.
We are partners in security, in NATO, and right now we are working side by side to help Afghanistan onto its feet.
We have such an extraordinary common ground for meeting contemporary challenges: our history and heritage, our ties of friendship, our exchanges of students and experts, our willingness to cooperate and – not least – our determination to find solutions.
We have such an extraordinary common ground for meeting contemporary challenges: our history and heritage, our ties of friendship, our exchanges of students and experts, our willingness to cooperate and – not least – our determination to find solutions.
A good understanding.
A good understanding.
A common ground.
A common ground.
Our meeting of minds here Minnesota and in the broader Midwest encapsulates our opportunity.
Our meeting of minds here Minnesota and in the broader Midwest encapsulates our opportunity.
We will do everything we can to maintain the close relations we have today and to develop them further as we look ahead to the future.
We will do everything we can to maintain the close relations we have today and to develop them further as we look ahead to the future.
Nobel Laureate and former Vice President Al Gore said in his Nobel lecture on climate change in Oslo last December, “remember, political will is a renewable resource”.
Nobel Laureate and former Vice President Al Gore said in his Nobel lecture on climate change in Oslo last December, “remember, political will is a renewable resource”.
We are ready to mobilise this resource – in our bilateral relations with the United States and in our very special relationship with the Midwest.
We are ready to mobilise this resource – in our bilateral relations with the United States and in our very special relationship with the Midwest.
So let me end where I started, with my reflections on the life of Herbjørn Strøm.
So let me end where I started, with my reflections on the life of Herbjørn Strøm.
His journey to America in the second half of the 19th century took 30 days.
His journey to America in the second half of the 19th century took 30 days.
It took me eight hours to get here on a flight from Amsterdam.
It took me eight hours to get here on a flight from Amsterdam.
Herbjørn Strøm went back to Norway in 1907 to visit his native Tunhovd.
Herbjørn Strøm went back to Norway in 1907 to visit his native Tunhovd.
He wrote about it as a very moving reunion.
He wrote about it as a very moving reunion.
I was there in the mountains surrounding Tunhovd last weekend.
I was there in the mountains surrounding Tunhovd last weekend.
And I thought about what it would be like if the two of us – Herbjørn Strøm and I – were to meet on some mountain top in virtual time to share our perspectives.
And I thought about what it would be like if the two of us – Herbjørn Strøm and I – were to meet on some mountain top in virtual time to share our perspectives.
That too, I believe, would have been a moving reunion.
That too, I believe, would have been a moving reunion.
Because although his life experience differed so much from the life that I am living right now, I feel somehow that we would have experienced a meeting of minds.
Because although his life experience differed so much from the life that I am living right now, I feel somehow that we would have experienced a meeting of minds.
We would have sensed a bond between generations, a bond between continents and countries and a bond of shared values.
We would have sensed a bond between generations, a bond between continents and countries and a bond of shared values.
In short, the bonds that make the US-Norwegian relations so special.
In short, the bonds that make the US-Norwegian relations so special.
Norway and the United States in the 21st Century
Norway and the United States in the 21st Century
Minister Vidar Helgesen's introduction to the Norway-Asia Business Summit in India 17 April 2015.
Statsråd Vidar Helgesens innledning på det norsk-asiatiske næringslivsmøtet i India 17. april 2015.
Minister, Ambassadors, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen,
Minister, Ambassadors, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen,
I would like to begin by thanking the Norwegian Business Association in India for inviting me to be here today.
I would like to begin by thanking the Norwegian Business Association in India for inviting me to be here today.
What a pleasure it is to meet you all in Gurgaon – a hotspot for Indian business life.
What a pleasure it is to meet you all in Gurgaon – a hotspot for Indian business life.
I have been told that this was just a small town 25 years ago.
I have been told that this was just a small town 25 years ago.
Since then it has become a symbol of India's transformation – a roaring city of skyscrapers, and home to nearly half the Fortune 500 companies.
Since then it has become a symbol of India's transformation – a roaring city of skyscrapers, and home to nearly half the Fortune 500 companies.
There is also a strong presence of Norwegian companies, which reminds us of the close ties between Norway and India.
There is also a strong presence of Norwegian companies, which reminds us of the close ties between Norway and India.
Last year, I had the privilege of taking part in India's first state visit to Norway – the visit of President Pranab Mukherjee, together with a large business delegation.
Last year, I had the privilege of taking part in India's first state visit to Norway – the visit of President Pranab Mukherjee, together with a large business delegation.
This was the culmination of growing ties between our countries over a ten-year period, during which trade doubled and Norwegian investments in India increased eightfold.
This was the culmination of growing ties between our countries over a ten-year period, during which trade doubled and Norwegian investments in India increased eightfold.
With 1.2 billion people and the world's third-largest economy,[1] India's recent growth and development has been one of the most significant achievements of our times.
With 1.2 billion people and the world's third-largest economy,[1] India's recent growth and development has been one of the most significant achievements of our times.
At the global level, recovery is moderate and uneven.
At the global level, recovery is moderate and uneven.
And in many countries, growth is weak.
And in many countries, growth is weak.
Millions of people are affected.
Millions of people are affected.
India, however, is a bright spot in terms of growth.
India, however, is a bright spot in terms of growth.
Despite the size of the Indian economy, it is only Norway's eighth most important trading partner in Asia.
Despite the size of the Indian economy, it is only Norway's eighth most important trading partner in Asia.
The potential for growth in our bilateral relations is therefore vast.
The potential for growth in our bilateral relations is therefore vast.
Norway's expertise and innovative technology in sectors such as energy, maritime and ICT has much to offer countries like India.
Norway's expertise and innovative technology in sectors such as energy, maritime and ICT has much to offer countries like India.
We believe our technological base could provide a 'lubricant' for India's continued economic growth, and the Norwegian Government wishes to do its part to facilitate closer cooperation.
We believe our technological base could provide a 'lubricant' for India's continued economic growth, and the Norwegian Government wishes to do its part to facilitate closer cooperation.
A key factor for realising our bilateral potential is the free trade agreement between Efta and India.
A key factor for realising our bilateral potential is the free trade agreement between Efta and India.
Negotiations have been on hold since before India's parliamentary elections last spring.
Negotiations have been on hold since before India's parliamentary elections last spring.
One of my main messages during this visit is that Norway wish to conclude the negotiations, and sign the agreement as soon as possible.
One of my main messages during this visit is that Norway wish to conclude the negotiations, and sign the agreement as soon as possible.
I am confident that this will be of benefit for both the Efta states and India.
I am confident that this will be of benefit for both the Efta states and India.
Norwegian companies in the Asian market
Norwegian companies in the Asian market
Today more than 500 Norwegian-controlled companies are present in the Asian region.
Today more than 500 Norwegian-controlled companies are present in the Asian region.
The main sectors are fisheries, hydropower, maritime and oil.
The main sectors are fisheries, hydropower, maritime and oil.
These sectors have also been the backbone of Norway's wealth creation for decades, and even centuries.
These sectors have also been the backbone of Norway's wealth creation for decades, and even centuries.
More recent, but no less important, is the presence of Norwegian ICT and telecom companies in Asia.
More recent, but no less important, is the presence of Norwegian ICT and telecom companies in Asia.
This is an area with enormous potential for growth – not least in India.
This is an area with enormous potential for growth – not least in India.
We also hope to increase our investments in infrastructure in Asia.
We also hope to increase our investments in infrastructure in Asia.
The need for such investments in Asia is estimated to be more than USD 8 trillion.
The need for such investments in Asia is estimated to be more than USD 8 trillion.
Norway has contributed to infrastructure development for many years through the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.
Norway has contributed to infrastructure development for many years through the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.
In addition Norway, along with India and more than 55 other countries, has recently sent a letter of intent with a view to becoming one of the founding members of the new Chinese Infrastructure Bank, the AIIB.
In addition Norway, along with India and more than 55 other countries, has recently sent a letter of intent with a view to becoming one of the founding members of the new Chinese Infrastructure Bank, the AIIB.
We are glad to share our expertise with Asian countries.
We are glad to share our expertise with Asian countries.
Knowledge sharing can be beneficial both for Asia's development and growth, and for the Norwegian companies concerned, especially as we are now living in what is termed the 'Asian century'.
Knowledge sharing can be beneficial both for Asia's development and growth, and for the Norwegian companies concerned, especially as we are now living in what is termed the 'Asian century'.
This summit is a good opportunity to build on the experiences of Norwegian businesses in the Asian markets and examine the challenges and opportunities.
This summit is a good opportunity to build on the experiences of Norwegian businesses in the Asian markets and examine the challenges and opportunities.
Steps to strengthen the relations
Steps to strengthen the relations
Growth in Asia has without a doubt affected Norwegian exports.
Growth in Asia has without a doubt affected Norwegian exports.
Trade, investments and the number of Norwegian companies in Asia have increased rapidly over the last ten years.
Trade, investments and the number of Norwegian companies in Asia have increased rapidly over the last ten years.
But we must remember that this growth had a modest starting point.
But we must remember that this growth had a modest starting point.
I believe there is considerable potential not only for our trade with India, but also for our trade with Asia as a whole.
I believe there is considerable potential not only for our trade with India, but also for our trade with Asia as a whole.
The Norwegian Government is therefore taking steps to strengthen Asian–Norwegian relations and further increase trade and investments.
The Norwegian Government is therefore taking steps to strengthen Asian–Norwegian relations and further increase trade and investments.
This very week, the Norwegian Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, is meeting representatives of several Norwegian companies in Indonesia and Vietnam to discuss opportunities for increased business cooperation.
This very week, the Norwegian Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, is meeting representatives of several Norwegian companies in Indonesia and Vietnam to discuss opportunities for increased business cooperation.
The purpose of our trade policy is – obviously – to increase the access of Norwegian companies to foreign markets.
The purpose of our trade policy is – obviously – to increase the access of Norwegian companies to foreign markets.
And we also aim to attract more foreign business and investment to Norway.
And we also aim to attract more foreign business and investment to Norway.
We do this through a variety of measures.
We do this through a variety of measures.
Our most important foreign market is the European.
Our most important foreign market is the European.
Norway is not a member of the EU, but we are fully integrated in the EU's internal market through the EEA-agreement.
Norway is not a member of the EU, but we are fully integrated in the EU's internal market through the EEA-agreement.
This agreement ensures the free movement of goods, services, capital and persons within the EEA-area, which includes the EU and Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein.
This agreement ensures the free movement of goods, services, capital and persons within the EEA-area, which includes the EU and Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein.
But we also aim to increase our trade with countries outside Europe, and negotiate trade agreements with non-EU partners, and make a substantial effort to eliminate discrimination against the export of goods and services in general.
But we also aim to increase our trade with countries outside Europe, and negotiate trade agreements with non-EU partners, and make a substantial effort to eliminate discrimination against the export of goods and services in general.
Through Efta, we now have free trade agreements with Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong.
Through Efta, we now have free trade agreements with Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong.