A sham debate serves neither the fund nor the planet

5 September 2018 11:50

(updated: 26 October 2018 11:54)

A sham debate serves neither the fund nor the planet

Gunnar S. Eskeland: We must not let sham arguments force the oil out of the Government Pension Fund Global. If the reasons are related to the climate, we will have to take the debate.

We have every reason to welcome a framework around the fund that sends a clear message to the politicians that if the fund is going to drop petroleum due to climate concerns, then they will have to defend that decision in public, Gunnar S. Eskeland writes.

His chronicle En skinndebatt tjener hverken fondet eller kloden (in Norwegian) was published in Dagens Næringsliv on August 29, 2018.