The climate crisis may have dominated the 13 September parliamentary election in Norway, one of the world’s largest exporters of oil, but that doesn’t mean the country is ready to make radical change just yet.
Norway’s centre-left was the clear winner as voting ended after yesterday’s parliamentary election. Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre will work in the coming days and weeks to form the next government, ruling either in a minority or in coalition with other parties. His victory means that, for the first time since 1959, all five Nordic countries will have a centre-left prime minister. The change signals an end to Conservative prime minister Erna Solberg’s eight years in power and a greater appetite to engage with the climate crisis. How, and when, this appetite gets big enough to start cutting ties with oil production and investment, however, remains to be seen.
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