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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 for reduced emissions from deforestation in any of the tropical countries where it has bilateral...

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

Norway to pay Indonesia NOK 530m for reduced forest carbon emissions

Norway has announced its first result-based payment to Indonesia for reducing deforestation, part of...

News July 10, 2020

NOK 6 billion in forest aid unspent in Brazil. Norway still hopes for a breakthrough

Twelve years after signing a climate forest deal with Brazil, most of the money transferred by Norway...

News July 02, 2020

Norway puts brakes on climate aid to Guyana amid post-election chaos

In response to the volatile political situation in Guyana following the presidential election March 2,...

News March 13, 2020

Sweden drops Uganda forest carbon deal with Green Resources due to unresolved land disputes

After four years in limbo, the Swedish Energy Agency is terminating its agreement with the Norwegian...

Business March 10, 2020

Boosts carbon price to 10 dollars per tonne in Colombia climate forest deal

Norway continues to push ahead with REDD+, offering to pay Colombia NOK 2 billion for reduced deforestation...

News December 20, 2019

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