Section for Environmental Research and Multilateral Cooperation
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This page shows the event history for this unit.
01.01.2019* Founding by merger
The section is responsible for the coordination of the policy for research and higher education, environmental data, monitoring and mapping. The section is also responsible for cross-sectoral international environment cooperation in the Ministry.
- The section is responsible for the coordination of the policy for research and higher education, environmental data, monitoring and mapping.
- The section is also responsible for the coordination of knowledge about biodiversity, for example establishment of a national system for mapping of species, habitats, ecosystems and landscapes, system for determination of good ecological condition and green infrastructure.
- UN Environment
- UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
- The Convention on Biological Diversity
- The Nagoya Protocol on genetic resources
- Intergovernmental plattform on biodiversity and ecosystem services
01.01.2020* New form of affiliation/administrative level
Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.
01.01.2020* Change of name
01.07.2022* Change of name
01.07.2022* New superior organization and level
Tasks:
The section coordinates and leads the work on knowledge, research and higher education on behalf of the entire Ministry. It also works on cross-cutting international environmental cooperation, including the Convention on Biological Diversity, the environmental dimension of the Sustainable Development Goals, the OECD and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
Source: regjeringen.no
Remarks
* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.
* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).
Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.