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Indonesia impatient with Norway’s delayed forest carbon payment

In February 2019, Norway announced a milestone in its climate forest cooperation with Indonesia: reduced deforestation had finally triggered the first result payment. But the money has not yet been disbursed....

News June 18, 2021

Per Fredrik Pharo: ‘Misleading’ on Guyana

Guyana and Norway have collaborated to promote green development in Guyana while keeping deforestation...

Opinion June 16, 2021

Alliance with US breathes life into Norway’s forest deal in Peru

Norway, Germany and the United Kingdom have signed onto a forest protection plan for Peru which updates...

News June 10, 2021

Conditionality & politics. NOK 1 billion in forest aid to Guyana still locked in two Washington bank accounts

The Norway-Guyana climate forest partnership has reached a dismal anniversary: ten years have passed...

News June 04, 2021

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New Norwegian focus on climate adaptation, no new money yet

A new strategy on climate adaptation aid backed by four ministries aims to address the imbalance in Norwegian...

News April 23, 2021

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No result-based climate payments by Norway to tropical forest countries in 2020

For the first time in 12 years, the multi-billion-dollar Norwegian rainforest initiative made no payments...

News March 05, 2021

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Norway ready to release Guyana climate aid. Amaila Falls dam is back in the mix

The resolution of a five-month political stand-off in Guyana, which ended with the swearing in of Irfaan...

News October 25, 2020

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Ulstein wants to turn Norwegian climate aid on its head

Norway is one of the OECD’s least generous donors of aid for climate adaptation, spending the lion’s...

News August 21, 2020

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US forces climate NGOs to register as ‘foreign agents,’ targets recipients of Norwegian aid

The largest American environmental NGO, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), is operating as “a foreign...

News August 04, 2020

US forces climate NGOs to register as ‘foreign agents,’ targets recipients of Norwegian aid

The largest American environmental NGO, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), is operating as “a foreign...

News August 04, 2020

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