ABSTRACT

This article explores the political interplay between Norway’s national oil company Statoil and its government during a period when a truly global debate over climate emerged. The article sheds light on how the climate issue concerned the relationship between a Nordic state and its most important state-controlled enterprise, and exposes how Statoil responded to increasing calls for decarbonization while being privileged in climate policy-making processes. Furthermore, the article explores the origin and shortcomings of the puzzling argument about Norway’s ‘environment-friendly’ oil and gas, and discusses how this argument helped enable Statoil and the rest of the industry to continue with business as usual despite growing social demands for the oil industry to step up its climate efforts.

摘要

本文探讨了在真正的全球气候问题辩论期间，挪威国家石油公司挪威国家石油公司（Statoil）与政府之间的政治互动。这篇文章阐明了气候问题如何与北欧国家及其最重要的国有企业之间的关系有关，并揭示了国家石油公司在应对气候变化的呼声中如何在享有气候政策制定过程中的特权的同时做出回应。此外，本文探讨了有关挪威“环境友好”的石油和天然气的令人困惑的论点的起源和不足之处，并讨论了这种论点如何帮助挪威国家石油公司（Statoil）和整个行业的其余部分继续照常营业，尽管社会对石油和天然气的需求不断增长。石油工业要加紧应对气候的努力。