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NORDIC ACTION GROUP ON CLIMATE AND ENERGY

• 1. PURPOSE

The Nordic countries have not only been forerunners in developing an energy system with low CO2-emissions, they have also been able to create new industries and new jobs in the process. Being early adopters, they have created industrial development beyond the direct jobs associated with installing and servicing. Well-known examples are wind turbines from Denmark, new transmission solutions from Sweden, biomass equipment from Finland and the solar industry in Norway. The Nordic Action Group on Climate and Energy is comprised of free-standing, result-oriented industry representatives who together strive to:  Develop a joint Nordic strategy that provides practical recommendations on both investment needs and policy implications in the Nordics in order to optimize the region’s role and positioning in the future European energy context.  Suggest how government, industries, institutions and education systems in the Nordic countries can cooperate in reaching both environmental and economic goals.  Contribute to an expansion of the Nordic climate cooperation and highlight Nordic examples of best practice.  Spread good Nordic examples globally and thereby contribute to the industrial development of the Nordic countries.  Illustrate how sustainable development can be combined with maintained and over time increased competitiveness of the Nordic industries, e.g. through the spreading of good examples. The Action Group will work for two years and during that time follow the ongoing efforts of European energy and climate policy, while presenting ideas and suggestions for how the Nordic countries can become leaders in creating favorable conditions for sustainable development and thus promote the long-term competitiveness of the Nordic countries. The aim is to generate policy suggestions for strategies and measures to be discussed at a high political level.

Global Utmaning is an independent think tank that analyses problems and proposes solutions to global challenges in the fields of economics, climate and migration. Birger Jarlsgatan 27 · 111 45 Stockholm · 08-787 2150 · info@globalutmaning.se · www.globalutmaning.se

• 2. AREAS OF ANALYSIS

The Action Group's proposals fall into six main areas: i. THE NORDIC ENERGY MARKET IN EUROPE ii. ENERGY EFFICIENCY iii. THE ROLE OF RENEWABLES IN A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PATH TOWARD 2050 iv. TRANSPORTATION v. THE PRICE of CO2 – ECONOMIC INCENTIVES vi. FINANCING

• 3. APPROACH

The analysis on each of these six areas responds to the overall challenge: how can the Nordics (as a region and through joint forces) adapt to and optimize its positioning within the future European energy and climate context? Within the analytical framework, each focus area will be analyzed in three parts:

• Overall trends and drivers to understand context.
• Opportunities and challenges towards the strategic direction
• Investment needs and policy implications underpinning the sought direction. We will also identify

specific areas where further in-depth analysis is necessary. At the group’s second meeting on the 15th of November in Helsinki, an overview of the preliminary conclusions from the exploratory research was presented. The preliminary findings will provide the input for an initial public communication from the group, with the working title “Nordic Energy Ways”. This report is due to be finalized in June 2013, well in time for an initial meeting with the Nordic Council of Ministers for Environment and/or

• Energy. The groups next meeting will take place in Copenhagen on the 1st of March. At this meeting a number of

reports (drafts) will be discussed in the group.

Global Utmaning is an independent think tank that analyses problems and proposes solutions to global challenges in the fields of economics, climate and migration. Birger Jarlsgatan 27 · 111 45 Stockholm · 08-787 2150 · info@globalutmaning.se · www.globalutmaning.se

PARTICIPANTS

At present, the following people and organizations are represented. 2-3 additional industry representatives will be invited. Hördur Arnarson CEO, Landsvirkjun Carl Bennet Chairman, Getinge. Ingrid Bonde CFO, deputy CEO Vattenfall Anders Eldrup Former CEO of DONG Energy, Chairman Copenhagen Cleantech Henrik Ehrnrooth Chairman, Jaako Pöyry Henrik Normann CEO, Nordic Investment Bank Ulrik Federspiel Vice President Haldor Topsoe A/S Hans Tormod Hansen Regional Vice President Nordics & Russia, Jaako Pöyry Anders Olsson Deputy CEO E.ON Norden Jukka Pertola CEO Siemens Denmark Christian Rynning- Tønnesen CEO Statkraft

GLOBAL UTMANING SECRETARIAT AND EXPERTS

Christian Azar Professor, Chalmers University, Nicholas Anderson Senior Consultant SEK. Mattias Goldmann Consultant Ulf Hjertonsson Ambassador Tomas Kåberger Professor, Chalmers University, Chairman of the Board Japan Renewable Energy Foundation Allan Larsson Chair of Global Utmaning’s climate council, former Swedish Minister of Finance. Bo Normark CEO of Power Circle, IVA Ylva Nilsson Journalist Kristina Persson Chairperson Global Utmaning Catharina Ringborg IEA advisor, member of the board of Global Utmaning