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The City of Oslo has invested in a biogas plant to process household and industrial waste into green fuel and energy.

The climate budget consists of 42 measures which are distributed across three sectors: Energy/buildings, Resources and Transport.

Oslo’s incentives programme on electric vehicles (which also includes national incentives) comprises zero rated purchasing tax and no VAT, free pass on toll roads, access to bus and taxi lanes, free p

The city of Oslo has set an overall target to reduce its CO2 emissions in 50% by 2030 and to become carbon neutral by 2050 compared to 1990.

FutureBuilt is a ten-year programme (2010-2020) with the aim of developing 50 pilot projects including buildings and city areas.

A platform of knowledge and networking, CELSIUS takes a holistic approach to overcome technical, social, financial and political barriers for district heating and cooling solutions.

The City has developed and adopted the Oslo Climate and Energy Strategy, which is in accordance with the Paris Agreement.

The City of Oslo gives priority to the following areas to achieve its vision of environmentally sound and sustainable urban development: (1)Reduction of noise levels, air pollution and greenhouse gas

The Green Municipality project is led by the City of Oslo’s Department for Transport and Environmental Affairs, with expert assistance from the National Institute of Technology (TI).

In 2015 the board of Ruter, the public transport authority of the Oslo and Akershus region, adopted an ambitious plan: Oslo and Akershus will have only low and zero emission buses that run on renewabl