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Klimal£¿tet- How to act on CO2

by | 15-06-2013 04:11


Norway attains to be carbon neutral country by 2030. It might be a bit contradictive because while Norway is among one of the world's biggest polluters per capita and a huge exporter of dirty fuels, it is still very famous for fresh air and advanced eco-friendly technologies. The country defines itself to be home to a green-minded people and government. Hence, in order to make the country cleaner and greener, the government launched public outreach initiative called Klimal?tet. 

Klimal?tet is a national governmental campaign for public awareness on climate change and how to act on CO2 ( reduce carbon emissions).

The Campaign is organised as a partnership with stakeholders from the NGOs, climatescience- and research institutions, businesses and representative groups from civil society.It is run by the Norwegian Ministry of Environment.

The government initiate campaigns and support other initiatives from grass-root activities to films, websites etc. The target groups are pupils and students in secondary and higher education, teachers, small-and medium-sized enterprises and the public in general.

Projects to school:

  • Courses and lectures to teachers on climate issues
  • Lectures to pupils in secondary and higher education on climate change, ?Climate on the tipping point? and ?Eyewitness? on how climate change affects biodiversity
  • Lectures to colleges and universities – by two high-profiled polar adventurers and polar scientific researchers

Programs for medium and small sized businesses

  • Action programme on how to get your business started on Co2-reductions
  • A networking programme for sharing experiences
  • Facilitating seminars for capacity-building
  • Showcasing success-stories in media and on the website and Facebook
Public awareness activities
  • Mass-media campaigns on how to live CO2-smart and reduce the carbon footprint: Focus on how to save energy, travel smart and reduce the CO2-intensive consumption
  • Redesign
  • Inserts and magazines
  • Website, Facebook and You tube, carbon calculator
  • Supporting other events such as Earth Hour
  • Lectures on climate change- from a pool of scientists