In the oil nation Norway, the emission of climate-damaging gases is expected to be more than three times as expensive by the year 2030. The CO2 tax should be from today 590 kroner (about 57 Euros) to then 2000 crowns (195 euros) per ton of carbon dioxide increased gradually will. This emerges from the Norwegian government’s climate plan for the years 2021 to 2030, which they published on Friday (8. Jan. 2021) introduced. The plan now has to be negotiated in the Norwegian parliament in Oslo. A CO2 tax has already been introduced in Norway 1991.

For areas that are not regulated by the EU The government of Prime Minister Erna Solberg generally focuses on the area that does not fall under EU emissions trading in the climate plan . These include, for example, the transport, construction, agriculture and also individual parts of the oil and gas business.

According to the plan, emissions budgets are to determine how many tons Greenhouse gases Norway is still allowed to emit annually in these areas between 2021 and 2030. This budget should decrease from year to year. Norway’s goal is to reduce emissions in this area by up to 2030 by 45 percent to reduce to level 2005.

(fpi)