Environmental Affairs Section
2014-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Founding by merger
Name
Environmental Affairs Section
Short name
Miljøseksjonen
Affiliations
Ministry
Hierarchical level
Section
Superior body
Department for Coastal Management and Marine Environment
Located
301 Oslo
Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English
2022-01-01 00:00:00.0 * New superior organization (horizontal movement)
Superior body
Department of Planning and Rail Transport
Tasks:
The section is responsible for co-ordinating the Ministry’s work with matters relating to environmental and climate issues, including amongst other matters the use of viable tools to alleviate environmental and climate concerns in the transport sector. The Environmental Affairs Section co-ordinates the Ministry’s work in overarching design, development and planning. Further, the section is responsible for adaption to climate change, matters relating to taxation policy, in particular those related to environmental and transport taxation, and international environmental affairs.
Source: regjeringen.no