A new article in Climate Policy looks systematically at the political economy of the diffusion of emissions trading systems (ETS) and has sobering implications for the vision of global carbon-market linking.

What lessons can be learned from the heated EU ACER debate in Norway last winter?

The Arctic Council needs a clearer, more unified vision, and firmer internal coordination. Arranging an annual high-level ‘Arctic Week’ could help to alleviate some of the Council’s problems, says FNI expert.

The Fridtjof Nansens Institute (FNI) will play an active role in the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, which takes place in Egypt during November 2018.

Countries have failed to realise most of the internationally agreed biodiversity goals, and biodiversity loss is expected to continue at high pace. Rethinking biodiversity governance is thus imminent. Are there lessons to learn from the UN climate change regime?

Geir Hønneland returns to the position as FNI Director from 1 January 2019, after having served a period as acting head of the Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association (NFFO).

Following good reviews and solid sales, the book 'Linking EU Climate and Energy Policies' is now available in paperback. With ongoing negotiations on the EU ‘winter package’, it is perhaps more relevant than ever.

With the UN-designated ‘Decade of the Ocean Science’ approaching and the Norwegian government increasingly focusing on ocean economy, the time is ripe to revisit also the legal framework regulating the seas.

Norway and Switzerland have many things in common, both in terms of energy resources and in their ‘outlier position’ vis-a-vis the European Union. However, there are also key differences in the countries’ energy politics and in their dealings with the EU.