Professor Siv Skard appointed to Climate Council 2026

Climate Council 2026 and the secretariat from the Norwegian Climate Foundation. Top row, from left: Lars-Henrik Paarup Michelsen (Norwegian Climate Foundation), Vebjørn Bakken (UiO), Anders Bjartnes (Norwegian Climate Foundation), Kirsten Øystese (Norwegian Climate Foundation), Vigdis Vandvik (UiB), and Erlend A. T. Hermansen (CICERO). Bottom row, from left: Knut Einar Rosendahl (NMBU), Magnus Korpås (NTNU), Tine Uberg Nærland (IFE), Siv Skard (NHH), and Hanne Lerche Raadal (NMBU and NORSUS). Photo: Heidi Dokter.
Climate Council 2026 and the secretariat from the Norwegian Climate Foundation. Top row, from left: Lars-Henrik Paarup Michelsen (Norwegian Climate Foundation), Vebjørn Bakken (UiO), Anders Bjartnes (Norwegian Climate Foundation), Kirsten Øystese (Norwegian Climate Foundation), Vigdis Vandvik (UiB), and Erlend A. T. Hermansen (CICERO). Bottom row, from left: Knut Einar Rosendahl (NMBU), Magnus Korpås (NTNU), Tine Uberg Nærland (IFE), Siv Skard (NHH), and Hanne Lerche Raadal (NMBU and NORSUS). Photo: Heidi Dokter.
By Sigrid Folkestad

5 February 2026 08:20

Professor Siv Skard appointed to Climate Council 2026

The Norwegian Climate Foundation is now bringing together some of Norway’s leading experts on climate, nature, energy, and economics in the Climate Council 2026.

Professor Siv Skard, Department of Strategy and Management, NHH_Siv Dolmen
Professor Siv Skard, Department of Strategy and Management, NHH.

Experts in climate, nature, energy, and economics will assess Norway’s climate efforts and recommend measures to accelerate the transition.

NHH: Academic partner

`Climate Council is an attempt to establish something we believe should be part of Norway’s climate governance system,´ says Lars-Henrik Paarup Michelsen, Managing Director of the Norwegian Climate Foundation, in a press release.

NHH is an academic partner of the Norwegian Climate Foundation, supporting its work to promote research-based knowledge in the Norwegian public sphere

One of the members of the council is Siv Skard, Professor at the Department of Strategy and Management at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). Her research focuses on consumer behaviour and sustainability, with particular emphasis on how people make decisions, how brands are built, and how sustainable attitudes and behaviours develop in markets.

concrete recommendations

Climate Council 2026 will provide a multidisciplinary assessment of Norway’s climate efforts on the path toward a low-emission society and present concrete recommendations to decision-makers in politics, public administration, and business.

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  • Vigdis Vandvik, Professor, University of Bergen
  • Knut Einar Rosendahl, Professor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
  • Vebjørn Bakken, Director, UiO: Energy and Environment, University of Oslo
  • Erlend A. T. Hermansen, Senior Researcher, CICERO Center for International Climate Research
  • Magnus Korpås, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
  • Siv Skard, Professor, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
  • Hanne Lerche Raadal, Professor, NMBU, and Senior Researcher, NORSUS
  • Tine Uberg Nærland, Research Director, IFE – Institute for Energy Technology

The report will include an assessment of the government’s climate efforts over the past year, along with recommendations on what is needed to accelerate the transition in line with Norway’s climate targets.

The launch will take place at the Climate Festival “Warmer, Wetter, Wilder” on 12 March 2026, where the report will be formally presented to the Minister of Climate and Environment, Andreas Bjelland Eriksen.