Not "green waste" as soon as climate cuts cost more than quota price
Gunnar S. Eskeland: If emission cuts did not cost more than the quota price, almost nothing would be done in Norway. We are too rich, and the cost of cutting per ton of CO2 is too high.
Even rich and democratic Europe has only seven percent of the planet's greenhouse gas emissions, so the countries here can obviously do little for the planet if they do not affect others, Gunnar S. Eskeland writes.
His opinion piece Ikke grønn sløsing straks klimakuttene koster mer enn kvotepris (in Norwegian) was published in Dagens Næringsliv on 19 February, 2026.