Climate policy is cooperation, also in economics

photo: canva
photo: canva

16 June 2026 15:24

Climate policy is cooperation, also in economics

Gunnar S. Eskeland: Magne Mogstad and Torfinn Harding conclude that we should obtain emission reductions in other countries rather than in Norway if measures here are more expensive than the European quota price.

Cooperation problems are solved in humanity. Our animal species is a bit special. We form a state power. States enter into agreements and close the ozone hole. The environment and defense are improving. Imperfect. Bumpy, Gunnar S. Eskeland writes.

His opinion piece Klimapolitikk er samarbeid, også i økonomifaget (in Norwegian) was published in Dagens Næringsliv on 8 June, 2026.