Temperatures are rising, global aid is falling – what now, Norway?

Join the debate on the future of Norway’s development policy and climate aid with Minister of International Development Åsmund Aukrust and Minister of Climate and Environment Andreas Bjelland Eriksen.

The climate crisis is the greatest challenge the world is facing: How can the world achieve economic and social development while at the same time protecting nature and reducing greenhouse gas emissions?

The growing scale of climate challenges calls for a new approach to development policy. This must be shaped at a time when global aid levels are falling significantly, and attention and funding are being directed towards crises with a shorter time horizon.

The climate agenda is under pressure both internationally and nationally. Norway plays an important role in international efforts on climate and nature, through both political leadership and financing.

Norwegian climate aid helps maintain global public goods and supports economic growth in developing countries. At the same time, we see that this also benefits Norway’s own security, trade, and energy policy interests.

Key questions
How should Norway design its climate aid more strategically to safeguard global public goods and create sustainable development in developing countries?
Which considerations should guide climate aid – local needs, cost-effectiveness, other actors’ priorities, Norway’s own interests?
Which measures should we prioritize when climate and nature increasingly compete with other urgent needs within the aid budget?
And are there tools in the toolbox we have not yet considered, to mobilize more private capital and find new partners?
These are some of the questions Minister of International Development Åsmund Aukrust raises when, together with Minister of Climate and Environment Andreas Bjelland Eriksen and the University of Stavanger, he invites you to this strategic crossroads debate in the Turning Point project.

The Turning Point project invites broad dialogue with organizations, academia, the business community, civil society, and international partners. The goal is clearer priorities for development policy that build on Norway’s strengths and values. The work will result in a white paper to Parliament in the spring of 2027.

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Light refreshments will be served.

Do you have any questions? Contact the Turning Point project.