Prime Minister proposes Norway be "carbon-neutral" by 2050

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg presented three goals and commitments for a new climate policy in his speech to The Norwegian Labour Party's national congress with the ultimate goal of making Norway a carbon-neutral country by 2050. The three commitments for a new climate policy are as follows:

* Norway will sharpen its emission cuts obligations under the Kyoto Protocol by 10% in the period up to 2012. Under Kyoto, Norway's obligation is not to increase its emissions by more than 1% of the 1990 level during the 2008–2012 period.

* Cutting emissions of greenhouse gases equivalent to 30% of emissions by 2020.

* Reducing greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 100% of its emissions. This does not mean no emissions, but it does mean that each tonne of greenhouse gases emitted is to be offset by an equivalent reduction elsewhere.

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