How This Oil-Rich Nation Became the World’s Greenest

Next is Rudaw Media Network’s newest TV program, tackling recent technological advancements and scientific achievements from around the globe and examining their impact on the world and everyday life.

Host Namo Abdulla interviews leading experts and the bright minds behind some of the world’s most astonishing innovations in the fields of artificial intelligence, biotech, medicine, renewable energy, and outer space.

Below is the subject of the third episode of the show:

Long known for oil wealth, Norway has become the greenest country in the world. 98% of its electricity comes from renewable sources. I have come to Land of the Midnight Sun to find out how this nation has achieved what many other countries continue to consider impossible. Norway’s transition to renewable energy did not happen overnight. It has been a decades-long journey fraught with challenges, including the use of money gained through morally questionable means. Today, Norway is addressing a significant hurdle in its sustainability journey: ending the sale of gas cars and getting everyone to switch to electric vehicles. Norway is confident it can achieve this audacious goal in less than two years. Can they do it?