摘要：Climate change is now. The question is no longer whether human behavior
is contributing to it, but how vast and irreversible the damages will be.
Yet public awareness — and political focus on climate change issues and the
need for mitigation — makes me believe there is still hope.
Climate change is by far the biggest environmental challenge facing the world,
but meeting it is still possible. From the perspective of a Minister of Finance
Norwegian policy is twofold. We have a long and successful experience with
green taxation which alters national consumption in a more environmentally
friendly way and gives incentives for technological innovation. However,
climate change also requires an international strong, coherent, and sustainable
response. We need an international emissions scheme with strong caps.
We addressed this to some extent at the Bali climate talks in December. I will
continue stressing these issues.
