Norwegian action plan for environment in development cooperation

The Government's aim is for Norway to play a leading role in making environmental concerns an integral part of all development cooperation. We realise that we must deal with environmental problems if we are to reduce poverty and solve the development problems the world is facing. What is more, we see frequent examples of how environmental cooperation contributes to peace, reconciliation, security and regional development.

Norway's environmental development cooperation must be based on developing countries' own priorities. Norway will support measures targeted specifically at environmental and natural resource management, and ensure that environmental concerns are an integral part of Norway's general development cooperation.