The Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment has reviewed a private member's bill from MPs Grunde Almeland, Guri Melby, and Abid Raja on climate policy and emissions cuts. The proposal contains 42 requests directed at five government departments, covering tax and duty systems, circular economy, transport, industry, and agriculture. Committee members from various parties are advancing subsets of the proposals, with particular emphasis on more ambitious climate policy to meet Norway's climate targets.
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The Storting urges the government to review and propose adjustments to the tax and duty system to encourage climate-friendly choices, including company car taxation, motor insurance tax, one-time registration tax, and road use fees.
The Storting urges the government to review and propose adjustments to the tax and duty system to remove unnecessary barriers and make reuse more profitable.
The Storting urges the government to propose eliminating value-added tax on secondhand goods.
The Storting urges the government to propose eliminating value-added tax on repairs of clothes, electronics, and household and leisure goods.
The Storting urges the government to propose eliminating value-added tax on fruit and vegetables.
The Storting urges the government to present a plan for increasing the CO₂ tax to at least 3,000 kroner per tonne by 2030.
The Storting urges the government to investigate and propose an environmental tax on ultra-fast fashion and use tax and duty policy to reduce imports of environmentally harmful goods via online commerce.
The Storting urges the government to propose measures to strengthen the circular economy, based on recommendations from the expert group on instruments to promote circular activities.
The Storting urges the government to continue the climate agreement with the EU beyond 2030.
The Storting urges the government to propose a national climate target that provides a clear framework for Norwegian climate policy.
The Storting urges the government to propose incorporating the governance systems regulation into Norwegian law, requiring a comprehensive energy and climate plan.
The Storting urges the government to establish an independent climate council that can provide expert advice, evaluate policy, and monitor progress toward Norway's climate targets.
The Storting urges the government to present a Green Paper as a separate matter for the Storting.
The Storting urges the government to propose a grant scheme for carbon capture and storage at waste facilities in major cities.
The Storting urges the government to strengthen Enova under the Ministry of Climate and Environment and ensure that efforts on the point-source emissions programme in industry are reinforced.
The Storting urges the government to investigate a support scheme for carbon capture and storage in industry, based on an auction system involving a difference contract regime linked to the carbon price, so that state payouts decrease as the carbon price rises.
The Storting urges the government to propose that 100 per cent of the total compensation a company receives from the CO₂ compensation scheme shall be used for climate and energy efficiency measures from 2026.
The Storting urges the government to investigate and propose a scheme with a negative CO₂ tax, rewarding the capture of CO₂ from ambient air (DACCS) and capture of biogenic emissions (bio-CCS or BECCS) per tonne stored.
The Storting urges the government to strengthen Enova's grant schemes to ensure 50 per cent emissions cuts in the transport sector by 2030.
The Storting urges the government to review and revise the methods and decision-making tools used in transport planning, including work on the National Transport Plan, to align them with Norway's climate and environmental targets.
The Storting urges the government to strengthen use of the avoid-shift-improve principle in transport and land-use planning to reduce emissions and environmental impacts as much as possible.
The Storting urges the government to strengthen maintenance and upgrading of railway infrastructure and rolling stock and purchase more railway vehicles.
The Storting urges the government to present a binding plan for zero-emission solutions on non-electrified rail lines.
The Storting urges the government, in work on the National Transport Plan, to prioritise investment in public transport, cycling and walking, and other measures to make public transport more attractive.
The Storting urges the government to develop a national cycling strategy that makes cycling safer and more attractive and enables more people to use bicycles for everyday transport.
The Storting urges the government, in work on the National Transport Plan, to prioritise maintenance and upgrading of existing county roads over construction of new motorways.
The Storting urges the government to propose giving zero-emission trucks and vans and those running on biogas access to bus lanes.
The Storting urges the government to give Enova responsibility, in a supplementary agreement, for establishing a national network of filling stations for liquid biogas and hydrogen.
The Storting urges the government to present an action plan for emissions cuts in fishing.
The Storting urges the government to review the regulatory framework for fishing vessels and remove unnecessary barriers in the regulations, ensuring they do not hinder innovation and emissions reductions from the fishing fleet.
The Storting urges the government to ensure that Enova establishes a targeted support programme for the fishing industry.
The Storting urges the government to propose requiring the transition to zero-emission or biogas in tenders and contracts currently using liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The Storting urges the government to propose zero-emission requirements in public procurement of fast ferries from 2026.
The Storting urges the government to propose zero-emission requirements for service vessels in aquaculture from 2027.
The Storting urges the government to investigate how emissions from recreational boats can be reduced, including VAT exemption for electric boats, to make Norway a leading country for developing new electric boat technology in the private market, following the model of Norwegian electric vehicle policy.
The Storting urges the government to develop a plan for the final phase of the Norwegian petroleum industry, ensuring Norway ceases exploring for more oil and gas, does not award new licences on the Norwegian shelf, and does not permit construction of new infrastructure that locks Norway into emissions up to and beyond 2050.
The Storting urges the government to ensure that the Petroleum Directorate contributes to responsible management of Norwegian petroleum resources in accordance with Norway's climate targets and international climate commitments.
The Storting urges the government to investigate and propose models for pricing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture that provide stronger economic incentives to cut agricultural emissions on Norwegian farms.
The Storting urges the government to investigate and propose a tax on mineral fertilisers, aimed at reducing nitrous oxide emissions.
The Storting urges the government to ensure that agriculture has economic incentives to implement measures that increase carbon sequestration in soil.
The Storting urges the government to propose requiring public procurement of food and meal services to comply with dietary guidelines.
The Storting urges the government to ensure that a ban on peatland development actually achieves a significant reduction in peatland loss.
The Storting urges the government to report back to the Storting by the end of 2026 with an investigation of VAT exemption for secondhand shops, used goods sales, and repairs.