Both Climate Leader and Oil Giant? A Norwegian Paradox<br />Mr. Helgesen said that This would be a great d<br />Peter Erickson, a senior scientist with the Stockholm Environment Institute, a research organization, found<br />that emissions from Norway’s oil exports this year will be 10 times as much as Norway’s domestic carbon emissions.<br />By SOMINI SENGUPTAJUNE 17, 2017<br />OSLO — On an unseasonably warm day in May, Norway’s climate minister, Vidar Helgesen,<br />strolled through a vast parking lot for electric cars, counting Teslas.<br />Nearly all of the supply is destined for export — and to show up in the carbon emissions of countries that burn Norwegian oil and gas.<br />Adrian Down wrote that Norway has set out to be a global leader in climate action, yet continued expansion of oil<br />and gas production could eclipse the benefits of Norway’s domestic emission reduction efforts,<br />It’s one of the problems built into the Paris climate accord<br />that President Trump promises to leave, Mr. Erickson argued: Countries are measured by how much they reduce their own emissions, within their own borders, not by the impact they have on the planet as a whole.
