Ambassador welcomes cooperation with China

Dear Reader,

China has had an impressive industrial, economic and social development over the past 30 years. However, this economic development has come at a cost. Huge increases in the emissions of greenhouse gases and pollution in the air, water and land are all having a serious impact on the health and well-being of its people and on its ecosystems. These environmental challenges have now been fully recognized by the Chinese leadership and many steps are being taken to address them.

Norway and China have a mutual interest in combating deteriorating environments and have cooperated on environmental issues for more than a decade. Last year, the collaboration was strengthened when Norway and China signed a bilateral Framework Agreement on Climate Change Cooperation and Dialogue and revised their Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Cooperation. These MoUs provide the main platform for our future collaboration on environmental issues.