Following years of standstill, China and Norway this week ‘normalised’ their diplomatic relations and agreed to reopen negotiations on a free trade agreement. Good news for Chinese–Norwegian relations – but could it be bad for the environment?

Topical and contentious issues such as the recent ‘winter package’ from the EU on renewable energy, the EU effort sharing regulation and not least the Market Stability Reserve (MRS) of the EU emissions trading system were all on the table when Cicep this week invited to breakfast seminar at Kulturhuset.

FNI shared insights from the Norwegian fisheries management and cross-border cooperation at a recent science and policy seminar in Busan, South Korea.

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has selected Research Professor Davor Vidas, director of FNI's Law of the Sea Programme, to join the Advisory Group for the UN Environment Assembly on combatting marine pollution by plastic litter and microplastics.

The high-level summit on global biodiversity starts this week. FNI will be hosting and attending several side-events.