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FNI FOCAL POINTS OF RESEARCH

European Energy and Environmental Politics

EuropeFNI is a long-term analyst of European energy and environmental policy, both within and outside the framework of the EU.

FNI research on EU energy and environmental politics focuses on policy development and implementation, both at the domestic and EU level. FNI also studies the relationship between the EU and Norway in these issue areas, with the EEA Agreement as a central institutional framework. Priority is given to understanding EU climate change policy, herein the greenhouse gas emissions trading system and policies for the promotion of renewable energy/energy efficiency. Other key policy areas studies include transboundary pollution, marine issues and biodiversity.

FNI's energy research furthermore focuses on European, including Nordic, energy market regulations and responses by energy sector actor. This includes energy companies' environmental and social responsibility (CSR) strategies.


Selected ongoing projects:
 Reforming the EU Emissions Trading System: Causes and Consequences
 Climate change Altering Nordic Energy Systems (CANES).
 Investments in Renewable Energy: Factors Promoting and Hampering the Construction of Wind- Hydro- og Biobased Power
 Environmental Innovation in the Electricity Industry – Explaining Differences across National Industrial Innovation Systems.
 Norwegian Energy Technology Innovation and Diffusion in a Global Technology Market with International Commitments.
 Conditions for Change in International Climate Policy: The Role of China, the EU and the US.
 Russian and Caspian Energy Developments and Their Implications for Norway and Norwegian Actors (RUSSCASP)
 Responding to Climate Change: The Potentials of and Limits to Adaptation in Norway (PLAN).

Important past projects:
 The EU Emissions Trading Scheme: Key Conditions and Prospects for Effectiveness (2004-2009).
 Rhetoric and Realities: Analysing Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe (RARE) (2004-2009).
 Mapping Research on Security of Energy Supply in Europe (2009)
 EU Enlargement – Challenges to the Effectiveness of Environmental Policy (2004-2008).
 Joint Implementation in the CIS: Market, Projects and Barriers (2007-2008).
 Integration of the European Energy Sectors – Investment Strategies of Major Oil and Gas Companies (2003-2005).
 Institutional Interaction between the EU and International Environmental Agreements (2000-2003).
 Oil companies and the new petroleum provinces: Ethics, business and politics (2001-2003).


Researchers:
Elin Lerum Boasson (Research Fellow)
Per Ove Eikeland (Research Fellow) – contact person
Tor Håkon Inderberg (Research Fellow)
Heidi Kjærnet (Research Fellow; PhD Student)
Liv Arntzen Løchen (Researcher)
Arild Moe (Senior Research Fellow)
Svein Vigeland Rottem (Senior Research Fellow)
Jon Birger Skjærseth (Senior Research Fellow)
Jørgen Wettestad (Senior Research Fellow)



Selected FNI publications, European energy and environmental politics:

Books:

Andresen, Steinar, Elin Lerum Boasson and Geir Hønneland (eds), Internasjonal miljøpolitikk ('International Environmental Politics'). Bergen, Fagbokforlaget, 2008, 210 p. In Norwegian.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad, EU Emissions Trading: Initiation, Decision-making and Implementation. Aldershot, Ashgate, 2008, 216 p.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger (ed.), International Regimes and Norway's Environmental Policy - Crossfire and Coherence. Ashgate, September 2004, 254 p.

Wettestad, Jørgen, Clearing the Air - European Advances in Tackling Acid Rain and Atmospheric Pollution. Ashgate, 2002, 202 p.



Articles and reports:

Buan, Inga Fritzen, Tor Håkon Inderberg and Svein Vigeland Rottem, Globale og regionale følger av klimaendringer. Konsekvenser for Norge ('Global and Regional Ramifications of Climate Change. Consequenses for Norway'). FNI Report 12/2010. Lysaker, FNI, 2010, 76 p.

Kjærnet, Heidi, 'Svart gull, svart samvittighet?' ('Black Gold, Black Conscience?'). Internasjonal Politikk, Vol 68, No 2, 2010, pp. 295-303. In Norwegian.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad, 'The EU Emissions Trading System Revised (Directive 2009/29/EC)'. In Oberthur, S. and M. Pallemaerts (eds), The New Climate Policies of the European Union. Brussels, VUB Press, 2010, pp. 65-93.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad, 'Making the EU Emissions Trading System: The European Commission as an Entrepreneurial Epistemic Leader'. Global Environmental Change, Vol 20, No 2, 2010, pp. 314-321.

Buan, Inga Fritzen, Per Ove Eikeland and Tor Håkon Inderberg, Rammebetingelser for utbygging av fornybar energi i Norge, Sverige og Skottland: Sammenligning av faktorer som motiverer og modererer investeringer ('Framework Conditions for Development of Renewable Energy in Norway, Sweden and Scotland: Comparison of Factors that Motivate and Moderate Investments'). FNI Report 6/2010. Lysaker, FNI, 2010, 125 p. In Norwegian.

Boasson, Elin Lerum and Jørgen Wettestad, Understanding the Differing Governance of EU Emissions Trading and Renewables: Feedback Mechanisms and Policy Entrepreneurs. FNI Report 2/2010. Lysaker, FNI, 2010, 34 p.

Offerdal, Kristine, 'Arctic Energy in EU Policy: Arbitrary Interest in the Norwegian High North'. Arctic, Vol 63, No 1, 2010, pp. 30-42.

Whist, Bendik Solum, 'Nord Stream: A Litmus Test for Intra-EU Solidarity?'. In Kasekamp, Andres (ed), Estonian Foreign Policy Yearbook 2009. Tallinn, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute, 2009, pp. 75-122.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, 'Exploring the Consequences of Soft Law and Hard Law: Implementing International Nutrient Commitments in Norwegian Agriculture'. International Environmental Agreements, Vol 10, No 1, 2010, pp. 1-14.

Johansen, Roger, Russland - En elefant i glassmagasinet? Russiske gassrelasjoner med Ukraina ('Russia - an Elephant in the China Shop? Russian Gas Relations with Ukraine'). FNI Report 12/2009. Lysaker, FNI, 2009, 84 p. In Norwegian.

Flåm, Karoline Hægstad, 'EU Environmental State Aid Policy: Wide Implications, Narrow Participation?' Environmental Policy and Governance, Vol 19, No 5, 2009, pp. 336-349.

Wettestad, Jørgen, 'EU Energy-Intensive Industries and Emission Trading: Losers Becoming Winners?' Environmental Policy and Governance, Vol 19, No 5, 2009, pp. 309-320.

Nilsson, Måns, New Dawn for Electricity? EU Policy and the Changing Decision Space for Electricity Production in Sweden. FNI Report 11/2009. Lysaker, FNI, 2009, 32 p.

Boasson, Elin Lerum, Norsk byggenergipolitikk: Mangfoldig og inkonsistent – Working paper ('Norwegian Energy Performance of Buildings Policy: Diverse and Inconsistent – Working Paper'). FNI Report 10/2009. Lysaker, FNI, 2009, 19 p. In Norwegian.

Wettestad, Jørgen, 'Interaction Between EU Carbon Trading and the International Climate Regime: Synergies and Learning'. International Environmental Agreements, Vol 9, No 4, 2009, pp. 393-408.

Boasson, Elin Lerum, 'On the Management Success of Regulative Failure: Standardised CSR Instruments and the Oil Industry's Climate Performance'. Corporate Governance, Vol 9, No 3, 2009, pp. 313-325.

Boasson, Elin Lerum and Jørgen Wettestad, 'Standardised CSR and Climate Performance: Why is Shell Willing, but Hydro Reluctant?' In Barth, Regine and Franziska Wolff (eds), Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe: Rhetoric and Realities. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2009, pp. 133-156.

Boasson, Elin Lerum, Jørgen Wettestad and Maria Bohn, 'CSR in the European Oil Sector: A Mapping of Company Perceptions'. In Barth, Regine and Franziska Wolff (eds), Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe: Rhetoric and Realities. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2009, pp. 65-79.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad, 'A Framework for Assessing the Sustainability Impact of CSR'. In Barth, Regine and Franziska Wolff (eds), Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe: Rhetoric and Realities. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2009, pp. 26-38.

Inderberg, Tor Håkon and Per Ove Eikeland, 'Limits to Adaptation: Analysing Institutional Constraints'. In Adger, N., I. Lorenzoni, and K. O'Brien (eds), Adapting to Climate Change – Thresholds, Values, Governance. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009, pp. 433-447.

Kolbeinstveit, Atle, Grønne sertifikater: Et norsk perspektiv på saken om et pliktig elsertifikatmarked mellom Sverige og Norge ('Green Certificates: A Norwegian Perspective Regarding a Proposed Common Mandatory Electricity Certificate Market Between Norway and Sweden'). FNI Report 4/2009. Lysaker, FNI, 2009, 90 p. In Norwegian.

Wettestad, Jørgen, 'European Climate Policy: Toward Centralized Governance?' Review of Policy Research, Vol 26, No 3, 2009, pp. 311-328.

Skjærseth, Jon B. and Jørgen Wettestad, 'The Origin, Evolution and Consequences of the EU Emissions Trading System'. Global Environmental Politics, Vol 9, No 2, 2009, pp. 101-123.

Whist, Bendik Solum, 'Nord Stream – A Solution or Challenge for the EU?' In Liuhto, Kari (ed), The EU-Russia Gas Connection: Pipes, Politics and Problems. Electronic Publications of Pan-European Institute 8/2009. Turku, Turku School of Economics, 2009, pp. 166-203.

Fuglseth, Bente Beckstrøm, Regulative Change Targeting Energy Performance of Buildings in Sweden: Key Drivers and Main Implications. FNI Report 2/2009. Lysaker, FNI, 2009, 23 p.

Flåm, Karoline Hægstad, 'Restricting the Import of 'Emission Credits' in the EU: A Power Struggle between States and Institutions'. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Vol 9, No 1, 2009, pp. 23-38.

Korppoo, Anna and Olga Gassan-zade, Joint Implementation: Looking back and forward. London, Climate Strategies, 2008, 35 p.

Whist, Bendik Solum, Nord Stream: Not Just a Pipeline. An Analysis of the Political Debates in the Baltic Sea Region Regarding the Planned Gas Pipeline from Russia to Germany. FNI Report 15/2008. Lysaker, FNI, 2008, 20 p.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, 'Forurensning av Nordsjøen: Internasjonalt samarbeid og nasjonale tiltak' ('Pollution of the North Sea: International Cooperations and National Policy'). In Andresen, Steinar, Elin Lerum Boasson and Geir Hønneland (eds): Internasjonal miljøpolitikk ('International Environmental Politics'). Bergen, Fagbokforlaget, 2008, pp. 105-119. In Norwegian.

Wettestad, Jørgen, Interaction between EU Carbon Trading and International Institutions: Synergies or Disruptions?. EPIGOV Paper No 34. Berlin, Ecologic, 2008, 33 p.

Wettestad, Jørgen, EU Energy-intensive Industries and Emissions Trading: Losers Becoming Winners? FNI Report 10/2008. Lysaker, FNI, 2008, 20 p.

Eikeland, Per Ove, EU Internal Energy Market Policy: New Dynamics in the Brussels Policy Game? FNI Report 14/2008. Lysaker, FNI, 2008, 67 p.

Boasson, Elin Lerum, Diversification of an Organisational Field: How Europe Promotes and Hampers Domestic Change. FNI Report 6/2008. Lysaker, FNI, 2008, 28 p.

Flåm, Karoline Hægstad, EU Environmental State Aid Policy: Wide Implications, Narrow Participation? FNI Report 13/2008. Lysaker, FNI, 2008, 25 p.

Wettestad, Jørgen, 'Reduksjon av langtransportert luftforurensning i Europa' ('Reducing Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution in Europe'). In Andresen, Steinar, Elin Lerum Boasson and Geir Hønneland (eds): Internasjonal miljøpolitikk ('International Environmental Politics'). Bergen, Fagbokforlaget, 2008, pp. 39-54. In Norwegian.

Nilsson, Måns, Lars J. Nilsson and Karin Ericsson, Rapid Turns in European Renewable Energy Policy: Advocacy and Framing of the Proposed Trading of Guarantees of Origin. FNI Report 9/2008. Lysaker, FNI, 2008, 33 p.

Raaen, Håvard Figenschou, Hydrocarbons and Jurisdictional Disputes in the High North: Explaining the Rationale of Norway's High North Policy. FNI Report 11/2008. Lysaker, FNI, 2008, 80 p.

Korppoo, Anna and Arild Moe, 'Joint Implementation in Ukraine: National Benefits and Implications for Further Climate Pacts'. Climate Policy, Vol 8, No 3, 2008, pp. 305-316.

Fuglseth, Bente Beckstrøm, Driving Forces and Barriers to Improved Energy Performance of Buildings: An Analysis of Energy Performance of Swedish Buildings, 2000-2006. FNI Report 5/2008. Lysaker, FNI, 2008, 92 p.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad, 'Implementing EU Emissions Trading: Success or Failure?'. International Environmental Agreements, Vol 8, No 3, 2008, pp. 275-290.

Korppoo, Anna and Arild Moe, Russian Gas Pipeline Projects under Track 2: Case Study of the Dominant Project Type. Briefing Paper. London, Climate Strategies, 2008, 16 p.

Korppoo, Anna, JI Approval System in Ukraine: Outline and Experiences. Briefing Paper. London, Climate Strategies, 2008, 9 p.

Korppoo, Anna, Typical JI Projects in Ukraine: Three Case Studies. Briefing Paper. London, Climate Strategies, 2008, 13 p.

Moe, Arild, 'Sannsynlige utviklingstrekk i Russlands olje- og gasspolitikk i årene som kommer, og deres betydning for norske energiinteresser' ('Probable Developments in Russia's Oil and Gas Policy in the Coming Years and Their Significance for Norwegian Energy Interests'). In Globale Norge: Hva nå? Energipolitiske interesser og utfordringer ('Global Norway: What Now? Energy Interests and Energy Challenges'). Oslo, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2007, pp. 53-58. In Norwegian.

Eikeland, Per Ove, 'Policy-utvikling i EU på olje- og gassområdet' ('EU Oil- and Gas Policy Development'). In Globale Norge: Hva nå? Energipolitiske interesser og utfordringer ('Global Norway: What Now? Energy Interests and Energy Challenges'). Oslo, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2007, pp. 119-125. In Norwegian.

Rottem, Svein Vigeland and Arild Moe, Climate Change in the North and the Oil Industry. FNI Report 9/2007. Lysaker, FNI, 2007, 21 p.

Flåm, Karoline Hægstad, A Multi-level Analysis of the EU Linking Directive Process: The Controversial Connection between EU and Global Climate Policy. FNI Report 8/2007. Lysaker, FNI, 2007, 78 p.

Korppoo, Anna and Svetlana Tashchilova, The Belarusian Amendment to Annex B: A Serious Commitment or Just Hot Air?. Briefing Paper. London, Climate Strategies, 2007, 12 p.

Korppoo, Anna, Joint implementation in Russia and Ukraine: review of projects submitted to JISC. Briefing Paper. London, Climate Strategies, 2007, 14 p.

Sæverud, Ingvild Andreassen, 'Norway's Experience of Carbon Dioxide Storage: A Basis for Pursuing International Commitments?'. Climate Policy, Vol 7, No 1, 2007, pp. 13-28.

Boasson, Elin Lerum and Jørgen Wettestad, Standardized CSR and Climate Performance: Why is Shell Willing, but Hydro Reluctant? FNI Report 4/2007. Lysaker, FNI, 2007, 26 p.

Korppoo, Anna and Arild Moe, Russian JI Procedures: More Problems than Solutions? Briefing Paper. London, Climate Strategies, 2007, 6 p.

Gulbrandsen, Lars H. and Arild Moe, 'BP in Azerbaijan: A Test Case of the Potential and Limits of the CSR Agenda?'. Third World Quarterly, Vol 28, No 4, 2007, pp. 813-830.

Korppoo, Anna and Arild Moe, Russian Climate Politics: Light at the End of the Tunnel? Briefing Paper. London, Climate Strategies, 2007, 10 p.

Rottem, Svein Vigeland, 'Forsvarets mål og strategi: Sikkerhet for hvem?' ('The Norwegian Defence's Objectives and Strategy: Security for Whom?'). Internasjonal Politikk, Vol 65, No 1, 2007, pp. 39-61. In Norwegian.

Skjærseth, Jon B. and Jørgen Wettestad, 'Is EU Enlargement Bad for Environmental Policy? Confronting Gloomy Expectations with Evidence'. International Environmental Agreements, Vol 7, No 3, 2007, pp. 263-280.

Eikeland, Per Ove and Ingvild Andreassen Sæverud, 'Market Diffusion of New Renewable Energy in Europe: Explaining Front-Runner and Laggard Positions'. Energy & Environment, Vol 18, No 1, 2007, pp. 13-37.

Eikeland, Per Ove, 'Downstream Natural Gas in Europe - High Hopes Dashed for Upstream Oil and Gas Companies'. Energy Policy, Vol 35, No 1, 2007, pp. 227-237.

Boasson, Elin Lerum, Jørgen Wettestad and Maria Bohn, CSR in the European Oil Sector: A Mapping of Company Perceptions. FNI Report 9/2006. Lysaker, FNI, 2006, 22 p.

Karlseng, Therese Håkonsen, Decreasing German Climate Ambitiousness: Simply Due to Economic Problems, or Do Politics Matter?. FNI Report 8/2006. Lysaker, FNI, 2006, 82 p.

Cockbain, Erik, EU- og EØS-midler på miljøområdet i Sentral- og Øst-Europa. Er midlene komplementære og retter de seg mot de reelle miljøutfordringene? ('EU and EEA Funding for the Environment in Central and Eastern Europe. Are the Funding Schemes Complementary and do they Target the Real Environmental Challenges?'). FNI Report 17/2006. Lysaker, FNI, 2006, 44 p. In Norwegian.

Boasson, Elin Lerum, Assessing Domestic Adaptation to EU Policy: Detecting Mechanisms at Work. FNI Report 16/2006. Lysaker, FNI, 2006, 19 p.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad, EU Enlargement and Environmental Policy: The Bright Side. FNI Report 14/2006. Lysaker, FNI, 2006, 23 p.

Schei, Peter Johan and R. Douglas Brubaker, 'Developments in Environmental Protection – the Barents Sea and European Union Waters'. In Kitagawa, Hiromitsu (ed), New Era in Far East Russia & Asia. Tokyo, Ocean Policy Research Foundation (Ship & Ocean Foundation), 2006, pp. 243-258.

Sæverud, Ingvild Andreassen and Jørgen Wettestad, 'Norway and Emissions Trading: From Global Front-runner to EU Follower'. International Environmental Agreements, Vol 6, No 1, 2006, pp. 91-108.

Wettestad, Jørgen, Effectiveness of EU Auto-Oil: A Slippery Business? FNI Report 10/2006. Lysaker, FNI, 2006, 20 p.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Atle Christer Christiansen, 'Environmental Policy Instruments and Technological Change in the Energy Sector: Findings from Comparative Empirical Research'. Energy & Environment, Vol 17 No 2, 2006, pp. 223-241.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, 'Protecting the Northeast Atlantic: One problem, Three Institutions'. In Oberthür, Sebastian and Thomas Gehring (eds), Institutional Interaction in Global Environmental Governance - Synergy and Conflict among International and EU Policies. Cambridge (MA), MIT Press, 2006, pp. 103-125.

Stokke, Olav Schram and Clare Coffey, 'Institutional Interplay and Responsible Fisheries: Combating Subsidies, Developing Precaution'. In Oberthür, Sebastian and Thomas Gehring (eds), Institutional Interaction in Global Environmental Governance - Synergy and Conflict among International and EU Policies. Cambridge (MA), MIT Press, 2006, pp. 127-150.

Wettestad, Jørgen, 'The EU Air Quality Framework Directive: Shaped and Saved by Interaction?'. In Oberthür, Sebastian and Thomas Gehring (eds), Institutional Interaction in Global Environmental Governance - Synergy and Conflict among International and EU Policies. Cambridge (MA), MIT Press, 2006, pp. 285-307.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, 'Protecting the North-East Atlantic: Enhancing Synergies by Institutional Interplay'. Marine Policy, Vol 30, No 2, 2006, pp. 157-166.

Eikeland, Per Ove, Biofuels - The New Oil for the Petroleum Industry? FNI Report 15/2005. Lysaker, FNI, 2005. 39 p.

Gulbrandsen, Lars H. and Arild Moe, 'Oil Company CSR Collaboration in 'New' Petro-states'. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, No 20, 2005, pp. 53-64.

Boasson, Elin Lerum, Klimaskapte beslutningsendringer? En analyse av klimahensyn i petroleumspolitiske beslutningsprosesser ('A New Climate for Decision-making? An Assessment of Climate Concerns in Decision Processes Concerning Petroleum Policy'). FNI Report 13/2005. Lysaker, FNI, 2005, 93 p. In Norwegian.

Wettestad, Jørgen and Sæverud, Ingvild Andreassen, Implementing EU Emissions Trading: Institutional Misfit? FNI Report 10/2005. Lysaker, FNI, 2005, 24 pp.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, 'Governing Technological Change by Voluntary Agreements: Climate Policy and Dutch Petroleum Production'.Climate Policy, Vol 5, No 4, 2005, pp. 419-432.

Sæverud, Ingvild Andreassen and Arild Moe, 'Carbon Storage and Climate Change - The Case of Norway'. In Sugiyama, Taishi (ed), Governing Climate: The Struggle for a Global Framework Beyond Kyoto. Winnipeg, Canada, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), 2005, pp. 76-86.

Wettestad, Jørgen, 'The Making of the 2003 EU Emissions Trading Directive: An Ultra-Quick Process Due to Entrepreneurial Proficiency?'. Global Environmental Politics, Vol 5, No 1, 2005, pp. 1-24.

Rosendal, G. Kristin, 'Governing GMOs in the EU: A Deviant Case of Environmental Policy-making?' Global Environmental Politics, Vol 5, No 1, 2005, pp. 82-104.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Atle Christer Christiansen, 'Climate Change Policies in Norway and the Netherlands: Different Instruments, Similar Outcome'. Energy & Environment, Vol 16, No 1, 2005, pp. 1-25.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, 'Major Oil Companies in Climate Policy: Strategies and Compliance'. In: Stokke, Hovi and Ulfstein (eds.), Implementing the Climate Regime: International Compliance. London, Earthscan, 2005, pp. 187-209.

Wettestad, Jørgen, 'Enhancing Climate Compliance - What are the Lessons to Learn from Environmental Regimes and the EU?'. In: Stokke, Hovi and Ulfstein (eds.), Implementing the Climate Regime: International Compliance. London, Earthscan, 2005, pp. 209-233.



Commentary articles:

Jensen, Leif Christian, 'Olje- og gasskompromiss i nord?' ('Compromise on Oil and Gas in the North?'), Nordlys, 23.07.2010. In Norwegian.

Moe, Arild, 'Shtokman – fortsatt interessant' ('Shtokman – Still of Interest'), Nordlys, 29.03.2010. In Norwegian.

Inderberg, Tor Håkon, 'Kraftløst vedlikehold av strømnettet' ('Powerless Maintenance of the Power Grid'), Mandag Morgen, 15.02.2010. In Norwegian.

Eikeland, Per Ove, 'Åslaug Haga og samfunnsøkonomane' ('Åslaug Haga and the Economists'), Dag og Tid, 16 October 2009. In Norwegian.

Moe, Arild, 'Sjtokman – hva skjer?' ('Shtokman – What is Happening?'), Nordlys, 24 July 2009. In Norwegian.

Johansen, Roger, 'Russland med Gazprom i hånd' ('Gazprom as a Political Weapon?'), Nordlys, 28 May 2009. In Norwegian.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad, 'Styrking av EUs kvotehandelssytem' ('Strengthening of the EU Emissions Trading System'), Klima, No 3, 20 May 2009. In Norwegian.

Korppoo, Anna and Arild Moe, 'Economic Crisis and Russia: Boom or Bust for JI?' Joint Implementation Quarterly, Vol 15, No 1, 1 April 2009.

Moe, Arild, 'Think of Russia as an asset, not a risk', Parliamentary Brief, Vol 11, No 12, 22 July 2008.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger og Jørgen Wettestad, 'Mer makt til Brussel i klimapolitikken' ('More Power to Brussels in Climate Politics'), Klima, No 3, June 2008. In Norwegian.

Eikeland, Per Ove 'Norsk klimapolitikk og tallmagi' ('Numerical Magic in Norwegian Climate Politics'), Dagbladet, 30 January 2008. In Norwegian.



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'Gasskonflikt mellom Russland og Ukraina' ('The Gas Conflict between Russia and the Ukraine') (web radio), NRK Dagsnytt 18, 2 January 2009. In Norwegian.

'Skrev bok om kvotehandelens historie' ('Wrote Book on the History of Quota Emissions Trading'), Norwegian EU Delegation, 7 November 2008. In Norwegian.

'Sjtokman-prisen eksploderer' ('The Price of Shtokman Explodes'), Teknisk Ukeblad, 24 October 2008. In Norwegian.

'- CCS-lobbing går utover trykket på opprinnelsesgarantier' ('CCS Lobbying Hurts Pressure on Guarantees of Origin'), MontelPowernews, 4 September 2008. In Norwegian.

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