Norwegian PM demands global carbon price

Ahead of Paris climtae summit, Erna Solberg says governments should end fossil fuel subsidies and introduce carbon price, reports BusinessGreen

Erna Solberg, the Norwegian Prime Minister, has called on the world to immediately set a global carbon price and phase out fossil fuel subsidies in order to better drive investment in low carbon technologies.

Speaking at a conference hosted by the Norwegian British Chamber of Commerce in London today, Solberg argued Norway's 26 year old carbon tax had been crucial in helping to drive development of "climate friendly" technologies.