Actors / Government · Norway
Government of Norway
Appears in 6 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.
| Case | Role | Country | Period | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fosen wind farm and Sámi reindeer herders | Government | Norway | 2016–2024 | Wind, hydro and other renewables |
| Costa Rica payments for ecosystem services and forest recovery | Paid USD 2 million for the only carbon sale recorded | Costa Rica | 1997 | Protected area / relocation |
| Tropical Forest Forever Facility | Pledged about 3 billion dollars (part conditional) | Brazil | 2025 | Debt-for-nature swap |
| EU taxonomy hydropower exemption and California large hydro exclusion | Government that supported the exemption | European Union / United States | 2002–2021 | Wind, hydro and other renewables |
| Norway postpones deep-sea mining licensing to 2029 in budget deal | Government that postponed the licensing | Norway | 2025–2029 | Mining |
| Namibia landed thousands of tonnes of pilchard as bycatch under moratorium | Ran a 2024 independent biomass study | Namibia | 1994–2024 | Fishing ban |
Appears alongside
StatkraftCredit Suisse Energy Infrastructure PartnersBKWFosen VindSør-Fosen sijteSupreme Court of NorwayGovernment of Costa RicaUN Development ProgrammeEarthshot PrizeWorld BankWorld Resources InstituteGerman Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and DevelopmentEuropean CommissionInternational Hydropower AssociationState of CaliforniaGovernment of Namibia
Terms used on this page
Carbon and conservation finance
- Debt-for-nature swap
- A deal in which a government's debt is bought back or refinanced at a discount, and part of the savings is committed to conservation.
Science and environment
- Biomass, root-to-shoot ratio, carbon fraction
- Biomass is the dry weight of living plants per hectare. The root-to-shoot ratio adds the weight of roots. The carbon fraction is the share of that weight that is carbon, about 47% in tropical forests.