How do we manage and preserve fisheries and biological diversity in the vast ocean areas outside national jurisidiction?

Where is the ‘Russian Bear’ headed? Are nationalism, political oppression and corruption on the rise in what appears to be an increasingly authoritarian Russia? A recent conference in Oslo sought to provide some answers.

While diplomatic and political relations between Norway and China have been strained recent years, research cooperation seems to be thriving. A high-level meeting this week highlighted mutual Arctic interests between China and the Nordic states.

With the Norwegian Parliament putting the final touches on the government’s proposed climate law, important questions arise: Do we even need this climate law? And how well will it work together with the EU Emissions Trading Scheme?

Countries all over the world are adopting carbon trading. Will the emerging carbon markets manage to steer clear of the many pitfalls involved in emissions trading – or are we headed for a carbon-market backlash?