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environmental challenges the country faces in order to respect, protect and fulfil
everyone’s right to live in a safe, clean healthy and sustainable environment.
95.
The Special Rapporteur encourages the Government to implement the
following recommendations in order to enhance the country’s reputation as a world
leader in fulfilling its environmental and human rights commitments, and to
accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals:
(a)
Modify its position and adopt an interpretation of article 112 of the
Constitution, supported by the decision of Oslo District Court, recognizing that it is a
clear expression of the human right to live in a healthy and sustainable environment;
(b)
Create an accessible online database of actions taken to enforce
environmental laws;
(c)
Consider the creation of a specialized environmental court or tribunal;
(d)
Expedite the process of achieving 100 per cent clean electricity, as a
model for the world;
(e)
Create education initiatives and incentives for electricity conservation,
which would enable Norway to export more clean electricity to other nations where it
could be substituted for polluting sources;
(f)
Establish the target of all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission
vehicles after 2025, through legislation or regulation, to provide greater certainty and
accountability;
(g)
initiative;
Accelerate the timeline for the proposed carbon capture and storage
(h)
pollution;
Introduce new policies to address the inequitable distribution of air
(i)
Allocate adequate resources for repairing and upgrading drinking water
and wastewater treatment infrastructure;
(j)
Provide incentives and training enabling farmers to shift to organic
production methods;
(k)
Accelerate the shift to a circular economy, including through the
widespread application of extended producer responsibility to improve recycling
performance;
(l)
Consider strengthening the Nature Diversity Act to require the
designation and protection of listed endangered species and their habitats;
(m) Rethink current policies that prioritize killing endangered carnivores
rather than fostering their recovery;
(n)
Consider appointing a committee of independent scientific experts to
make recommendations to improve the sustainability of salmon aquaculture;
(o)
Implement the recommendations of the Nordic Council of Ministers
related to sustainable consumption and production;
(p)
Redouble its efforts to secure the free, prior and informed consent of the
Sámi before making any decisions that affect their rights, in accordance with the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
(q)
Amend the Reindeer Husbandry Act to establish a co-management
regime to give Sámi reindeer herders an equal role in planning and decision-making;
(r)
With the Sámi Parliament, take the necessary steps to complete the
consultation agreement related to county and municipal governments, and expedite
completion and ratification of the Nordic Sámi Convention;
(s)
With the Sámi Parliament, consider jointly creating an ecosystem-based
plan for the reindeer herding regions. Such a plan would identify areas that are
essential to reindeer migration, Sámi sacred sites, and areas that may be suitable for
future industrial development;
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