Norway's finance minister doubts global warming is man-made, still backs climate policies
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Siv Jensen, Norway’s finance minister, speaks in Oslo Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Jensen says she has doubts that global warming is man-made. Siv Jensen’s comments in an interview with newspaper Aftenposten seem at odds with Norway’s official position in U.N. climate talks where the country backs cuts in greenhouse gas emissions as a way to fight global warming. (Haakon Mosvold Larsen/NTB scanpix via AP) NORWAY OUT (The Associated Press)
Norway's finance minister says she has doubts that global warming is man-made.
Siv Jensen's comments in an interview with newspaper Aftenposten seems at odds with Norway's official position in U.N. climate talks where the country backs cuts in greenhouse gas emissions as a way to fight global warming.
In an on-camera interview posted on Aftenposten's website on Tuesday, Jensen answered "no" to a question about whether she was convinced that climate change is man-made.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Asked to clarify whether she was in doubt about man-made warming, she said "yes."
Jensen, of the right-wing Progress Party, added she still backs the coalition government's climate policies.
Norway was among the first countries to submit a target for an upcoming U.N. climate pact, pledging to cut emissions by at least 40 percent by 2030.