https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A UN expert took Norway to task Monday over "punitive and repressive" sanctions slapped on four activists who threw paint on sculptures and a government ministry to protest oil exploration. https://www.thelocal.no/20260202/threat-to-democracy-norway-slammed-for-harsh-treatment-of-climate-protesters Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:46:19 +0100 threat-to-democracy-norway-slammed-for-harsh-treatment-of-climate-protesters Norway recorded its hottest year ever in 2025, following a strong summer heatwave and an unusually mild winter that started late in the year, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20260107/1-5c-higher-than-usual-norway-sees-hottest-year-on-record-in-2025 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:23:26 +0100 1-5c-higher-than-usual-norway-sees-hottest-year-on-record-in-2025 Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has slammed the fact that budget flights between destinations in Europe are still often significantly cheaper than travelling by train. https://www.thelocal.no/20250822/unfair-budget-flights-in-europe-up-to-26-times-cheaper-than-train-routes Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:32:46 +0200 unfair-budget-flights-in-europe-up-to-26-times-cheaper-than-train-routes Human-caused climate change made a recent Nordic heatwave about 2 degrees Celsius hotter, putting a strain on healthcare, ecosystems and indigenous Sami reindeer herders in a region ill-equipped for such events, researchers said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20250814/norway-and-sweden-heatwave-made-2-degrees-hotter-by-climate-change Thu, 14 Aug 2025 13:46:28 +0200 norway-and-sweden-heatwave-made-2-degrees-hotter-by-climate-change Waist-deep in a rain-swollen river, Christer Kristoffersen cast his line, landed it gently on the water, and caught ... nothing. Norway's iconic wild salmon is in dramatic decline, a victim of fish farming and climate change. https://www.thelocal.no/20250709/the-long-slow-death-of-norways-wild-salmon Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:45:28 +0200 the-long-slow-death-of-norways-wild-salmon Human-caused climate change made recent European heatwaves up to 4C hotter in many cities, pushing temperatures into deadly territory for thousands of vulnerable people, scientists have said. https://www.thelocal.no/20250709/climate-change-made-european-heatwave-up-to-4c-hotter-study Wed, 09 Jul 2025 11:03:43 +0200 climate-change-made-european-heatwave-up-to-4c-hotter-study In the cold of the Norwegian Arctic, meteorologist Trond Robertsen manually recorded precipitation levels for over two decades, witnessing firsthand the effects of climate change. https://www.thelocal.no/20250623/a-front-row-seat-to-climate-change-in-norways-arctic Mon, 23 Jun 2025 16:31:34 +0200 a-front-row-seat-to-climate-change-in-norways-arctic Norway launched on Tuesday a flagship carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, a technology seen as crucial to curbing climate change but which is struggling to find a viable economic model. https://www.thelocal.no/20250618/norway-launches-flagship-34-billion-kroner-carbon-capture-project Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:31:36 +0200 norway-launches-flagship-34-billion-kroner-carbon-capture-project Europe in 2025 experienced its hottest March ever recorded by a significant margin, driving extreme conditions across a continent warming faster than any other, Europe's Copernicus climate monitor said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20250408/europe-has-just-had-its-hottest-ever-march-scientists-confirm Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:41:10 +0200 europe-has-just-had-its-hottest-ever-march-scientists-confirm The Norwegian Meteorological Institute said on Wednesday that 2024 was the hottest year ever recorded for mostly Arctic northern Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20250108/2024-was-hottest-year-on-record-for-norways-arctic-regions Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:06:40 +0100 2024-was-hottest-year-on-record-for-norways-arctic-regions Nearly 50 climate researchers have written a joint letter warning the Nordic countries that the risk of a Gulf Stream collapse is "seriously underestimated". What would such a collapse do to the Nordic countries? https://www.thelocal.no/20241028/what-would-a-collapse-in-the-gulf-stream-to-do-denmark-sweden-and-norway Mon, 28 Oct 2024 15:47:09 +0100 what-would-a-collapse-in-the-gulf-stream-to-do-denmark-sweden-and-norway A group of 48 climate researchers has written an open letter to Nordic governments warning that the risk of the gulf stream collapsing has been "seriously underestimated," and that it would pose a "climate catastrophe" for their nations. https://www.thelocal.no/20241028/top-scientists-warn-nordics-gulf-stream-risk-seriously-underestimated Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:13:16 +0100 top-scientists-warn-nordics-gulf-stream-risk-seriously-underestimated Rising sea levels as a result of global warming could leave the historic Bryggen area of Bergen underwater by 2100, a report released Wednesday said. https://www.thelocal.no/20241002/bergens-unesco-listed-bryggen-could-be-left-underwater-by-rising-sea-levels Wed, 02 Oct 2024 18:12:53 +0200 bergens-unesco-listed-bryggen-could-be-left-underwater-by-rising-sea-levels Norway is set to inaugurate Thursday the gateway to a massive undersea vault for carbon dioxide, a crucial step before opening what its operator calls the first commercial service offering CO2 transport and storage. https://www.thelocal.no/20240926/norway-nears-launch-of-worlds-first-co2-storage-service Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:21:17 +0200 norway-nears-launch-of-worlds-first-co2-storage-service Greenpeace on Friday warned Norway that its plans to open up its Arctic seabed to mining would cause "irreversible" damage to the entire marine ecosystem. https://www.thelocal.no/20240920/greenpeace-warns-norway-over-irreversible-deep-sea-mining-harm Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:08:42 +0200 greenpeace-warns-norway-over-irreversible-deep-sea-mining-harm Driven away from typical summer destinations by intense heat and prolonged heatwaves, tourists are flocking to cooler climates like Norway and Sweden for their holidays. https://www.thelocal.no/20240703/coolcations-tourists-flock-to-norway-and-sweden-to-dodge-summer-heat Wed, 03 Jul 2024 12:10:07 +0200 coolcations-tourists-flock-to-norway-and-sweden-to-dodge-summer-heat Europe's top rights court will on Tuesday issue unprecedented verdicts in three separate cases on the responsibility of states in the face of global warming, rulings that could force governments to adopt more ambitious climate policies. https://www.thelocal.no/20240407/top-europe-rights-court-to-issue-landmark-climate-verdicts Sun, 07 Apr 2024 14:48:03 +0200 top-europe-rights-court-to-issue-landmark-climate-verdicts Countries in Europe need to prepare for a temperature rise of "at least 3C" and must do far more to step up readiness for the impact of global warming, the EU Commission has warned. https://www.thelocal.no/20240313/prepare-for-3c-rise-europe-warned-it-must-do-more-to-deal-with-climate-crisis Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:11:29 +0100 prepare-for-3c-rise-europe-warned-it-must-do-more-to-deal-with-climate-crisis Norway is a world leader on electric vehicles and CO2 capture, and set a 55 percent emissions reduction goal for 2030 a year before the EU. But can it combine climate leadership with its oil and gas industry? https://www.thelocal.no/20231130/can-norway-be-both-a-climate-leader-and-a-major-oil-and-gas-producer Thu, 30 Nov 2023 12:47:00 +0100 can-norway-be-both-a-climate-leader-and-a-major-oil-and-gas-producer A court began hearing Tuesday a lawsuit against Norway over oil and gas development plans, with environmental groups saying the country is throwing "gasoline on the fire" of the climate crisis. https://www.thelocal.no/20231128/why-norway-is-accused-of-throwing-gasoline-on-climate-crisis-fire Tue, 28 Nov 2023 17:05:49 +0100 why-norway-is-accused-of-throwing-gasoline-on-climate-crisis-fire