The Norwegian political parties' attitudes towards the problem of climate change and climate policy Cover Image

Norweskie partie polityczne wobec problemu zmian klimatu i polityki klimatycznej
The Norwegian political parties' attitudes towards the problem of climate change and climate policy

Author(s): Katarzyna Dośpiał-Borysiak
Subject(s): Politics, Public Administration, Public Law
Published by: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
Keywords: Norway; climate policy; political parties

Summary/Abstract: Due to the social and economic costs the problem of climate change has recently become one of the factors which antagonizes or merges national political systems and their entities. The case of Norway as a leading European producer and exporter of oil and gas seems to deserve particular attention. Although the main political actors in the country, such as the Norwegian Labour Party (DnA), the Conservative Party of Norway (H), the Socialist Left Party (SV), the People's Christian Party (Kr.F), the Centre Party (S) and the Liberal Party (V) have quite similar ideas about the major objectives of the national climate policy, their opinions differ in operational matters. The position of the Progress Party (Fr.P) is an important exception to the approach towards the discussed issue. This article aims to analyse the programme assumptions about the climate policy and climate protection of all parliamentary groups and assess their practical implementation in the past decade.

  • Issue Year: 8/2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 141-158
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English, Polish