Sweden faces tough road with EU presidency
As Sweden assumes the presidency of the European Union today, it inherits financial crisis, a tenuous balance of power in the region, and major concer...
Co-operation called by Norway for Arctic resources
Norway’s Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store opened last week’s international conference on managing the Arctic with a plea to co-operate peacefully as ...
Northern nations band together to save the polar bear
The main issue on the agenda of the upcoming 5-nation conference on Arctic warming will be how to protect the polar bear as its natural environment sl...
Finns united to tackle climate change
The people of Finland seem to be prepared to accept whatever political decisions its government needs to make to fight the growing threat of climate c...
Sweden embarks on ambitious environmental plan
The government of Sweden has unveiled what is being touted as Europe’s most ambitious programme to cut its greenhouse gas emissions and improve its en...
Denmark failing to meet Kyoto targets
The Danish think tank, Poyry, has published a new report suggesting that Denmark will not meet its 2012 targets under the Kyoto Protocol using its cur...
Sweden makes nuclear U-turn
Sweden made a sharp turn away from its 29-year ban on new nuclear power plants last week when the government overturned the 1980 law. The Swedish gove...
Safe to shoot polar bears?
A specialist working group convened by Environment Minister Thorunn Sveinbjarnardottir has come to the conclusion that there is no reason why polar be...