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9. References

Denmark

Danish Climate Act (Klimaloven, Lov nr. 965 26/06/2020) (with later amendments).
Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities (Klima-, Energi og Forsyningsministeriet) (2023). Klimaprogram 2023, accessible at: https://kefm.dk/Media/638315764817167867/Klimaprogram%202023.pdf (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities (Klima-, Energi og Forsyningsministeriet) (2024). Information from the website https://www.kefm.dk/klima/regeringens-klimapartnerskaber-og-groent-erhvervsforum#:~:text=I%20till%C3%A6g%20til%20de%20oprindelige,af%20Klimapartnerskaber%20og%20Gr%C3%B8nt%20Erhvervsforum (accessed 10 May 2024).
Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs (Erhvervsministeriet) (2019a). Kommissorium for Grønt Erhvervsforum, accessible at: kommissorium-for-groent-erhvervsforum_121119.pdf (em.dk) (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs (Erhvervsministeriet) (2019b). Kommissorium for klimapartnerskaber, accessible at: klimapartnerskaber-kommissorium.pdf (em.dk) (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs (Erhvervsministeriet) (2023). Kommissorium for klimapartnerskaber og Grønt Erhvervsforum, accessible at: kommissorium-for-klimapartnerskaber-og-groent-erhvervsforum_2023docx.pdf (em.dk) (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Nordic Council of Ministers (2023). Nordic Stocktake: Pathways to Climate Neutrality, TemaNord 2023:545, accessible at https://www.norden.org/en/publication/nordic-stocktake-pathways-climate-neutrality (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Prime Minister’s Office (Statsministeriet) (2019). Statsministeren præsenterer regeringens klimapartnerskaber, 6 November 2019, https://www.regeringen.dk/nyheder/2019/statsministeren-praesenterer-regeringens-klimapartnerskaber/ (accessed 10 May 2024). 
Prime Minister’s Office (Statsministeriet) (2022). Regeringsgrundlag 2022: Ansvar for Danmark, accessible at: https://www.stm.dk/statsministeriet/publikationer/regeringsgrundlag-2022/ (retrieved 10 May 2024).
State of Green (2022). Climate Partnership Playbook: How to engage the private sector in climate action plans, accessible at Climate-Partnership-Playbook.pdf (stateofgreen.com)https://stateofgreen.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Climate-Partnership-Playbook.pdf (retrieved 10 May 2024).
State of Green (2024). Information from the website https://climatepartnerships2030.com/the-partnership-approach/ (accessed 10 May 2024).
The Danish Council on Climate Change (Klimarådet) (2020). Regeringens klimapartnerskaber: Vurderingsnotat om partnerskabernes bidrag og forslag til indfrielse af 70-procentsmålet, accessible at: https://klimaraadet.dk/da/analyser/regeringens-klimapartnerskaber (retrieved 10 May 2024).

Finland

Finnish Climate Act (432/2022).
Finnish Government (2019). Inclusive and competent Finland – a socially, economically and ecologically sustainable society, available at https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/161664/Inclusive%20and%20competent%20Finland_2019_WEB.pdf?sequence=7&isAllowed=y (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Finnish Government (2023). Climate Policy Roundtable’s message to the next Government: Finland must stick to its climate neutrality target, https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410903/climate-policy-roundtable-s-message-to-the-next-government-finland-must-stick-to-its-climate-neutrality-target (accessed 10 May 2024).
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö) (2021). Summary of sector-specific low-carbon roadmaps, Publications of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 2021:9, available at https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/162851/TEM_2021_9.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö) (2024). Information from the website https://tem.fi/en/low-carbon-roadmaps-2035 (accessed 10 May 2024).
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö) (2024a). Information from the website https://tem.fi/en/updating-the-low-carbon-roadmaps (accessed 10 May 2024).
Ministry of the Environment (Ympäristö­ministeriö) (2022). Medium-term Climate Change Policy Plan Towards a carbon-neutral society in 2035, Publications of the Ministry of the Environment 2022:20, available at https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/164274/YM_2022_20.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Ministry of the Environment (Ympäristö­ministeriö) (2024). Information from the website https://ym.fi/en/finland-s-national-climate-change-policy (accessed 10 May 2024).
Nordic Council of Ministers (2023). Nordic Stocktake: Pathways to Climate Neutrality, TemaNord 2023:545, accessible at https://www.norden.org/en/publication/nordic-stocktake-pathways-climate-neutrality (retrieved 10 May 2024).

Iceland

Icelandic Climate Act (Lög nr. 70/2012 um loftslagsmál) (with later amendments).
Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise (Samtök atvinnulífsins) (2024). Information from the website https://www.loftslagsvegvisar.is/ (accessed 10 May 2024).
Government of Iceland (Stjórnarráð Íslands) (2017), Sáttmáli Framsóknarflokks, Sjálfstæðisflokks og Vinstrihreyfingarinnar – græns framboðs um ríkisstjórnarsamstarf og eflingu Alþingis, available at https://www.stjornarradid.is/rikisstjorn/sogulegt-efni/um-rikisstjorn/2017/11/30/Sattmali-Framsoknarflokks-Sjalfstaedisflokks-og-Vinstrihreyfingarinnar-graens-frambods-um-rikisstjornarsamstarf-og-eflingu-Althingis/ (accessed 10 May 2024).
Government of Iceland (Stjórnarráð Íslands) (2021), Sáttmáli um ríkisstjórnarsamstarf Framsóknarflokks, Sjálfstæðisflokks og Vinstrihreyfingarinnar - græns framboðs, available at https://www.stjornarradid.is/rikisstjorn/stjornarsattmali/ (accessed 10 May 2024).
Green by Iceland (Grænvangur) (2021). Loftslagsvegvísir atvinnulífsins, available at https://www.si.is/media/_eplica-uppsetning/ISL-BKL-A4-loftslagsaetlun_atvinnulifsins-Spreads-0621-FINAL.pdf (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources (Umhverfis- og auðlindaráðuneyti) (2021), Aðgerðaáætlun í loftslagsmálum – Aðgerðir íslenskra stjórnvalda til að stuðla að samdrætti í losun gróðurhúsalofttegunda til 2030, available at https://www.stjornarradid.is/library/02-Rit--skyrslur-og-skrar/Adgerdaaetlun%20i%20loftslagsmalum%20onnur%20utgafa.pdf (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate (Umhverfis-, orku- og loftslagsráðuneyti) (2024) Information on the website https://www.stjornarradid.is/raduneyti/nefndir/nanar-um-nefnd/?itemid=84a01cd5-e500-11ed-9bb9-005056bc4727 (accessed 10 May 2024).
Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate (Umhverfis-, orku- og loftslagsráðuneyti) (2023), Samtal hafið við atvinnugreinar um leiðir til að draga úr losun, https://www.stjornarradid.is/efst-a-baugi/frettir/stok-frett/2023/03/17/Samtal-hafid-vid-atvinnugreinar-um-leidir-til-ad-draga-ur-losun-/ (accessed 10 May 2024).
Nordic Council of Ministers (2023). Nordic Stocktake: Pathways to Climate Neutrality, TemaNord 2023:545, accessible at https://www.norden.org/en/publication/nordic-stocktake-pathways-climate-neutrality (retrieved 10 May 2024).
UNFCCC (2021), Update of the Nationally Determined Contribution of Iceland Communicated to the UNFCCC on February 18, 2021, available at https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/NDC/2022-06/Iceland_updated_NDC_Submission_Feb_2021.pdf (retrieved 10 May 2024).

Norway

Norwegian Climate Act (Lov om klimamål (klimaloven) LOV-2017-06-16-60) (with later amendments).
Ministry of Climate and Environment (Klima- og miljødepartementet) (2021). Klimaplan for 2021–2030. Meld St. 13 (2020 – 2021) Melding til Stortinget, available at https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumenter/meld.-st.-13-20202021/id2827405/?ch=1 (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Ministry of Climate and Environment (Klima- og miljødepartementet) (2023). The 2050 Climate Change Committee - The transition to low emissions: Climate policy choices towards 2050, Norwegian Official Report (NOU) 2023: 25, available at https://files.nettsteder.regjeringen.no/wpuploads01/sites/479/2024/02/The-2050-ClimateChangeCommittee-ENDELIG.pdf (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries (Nærings- og fiskeridepartementet) (2022). Roadmap – The Green Industrial Initiative, available at https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/1c3d3319e6a946f2b57633c0c5fcc25b/roadmap_the-green-industrial-initiative_spreads_web.pdf (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Nordic Council of Ministers (2023). The Road towards Carbon Neutrality in the different Nordic Countries, TemaNord 2020:527, available at https://pub.norden.org/temanord2023-545/4-climate-neutrality-targets-and-emissions-in-the-nordic-countries.html (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Norwegian Government (Regjeringen), Nå kommer klimapartnerskapene med næringslivet, 23 January 2023, https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/na-kommer-klimapartnerskapene-med-naringslivet/id2960096/ (accessed 10 May 2024).
Norwegian Government, 2023a, Intensjonsavtale om klimapartnerskap (Omforent versjon 11.01.23), available at https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/958ee332aa5243c986f08ace2514ebfd/230112-intensjonsavtale-endelig-versjon.pdf (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) (2016). Samtykke til ratifikasjon av Parisavtalen av 12. desember 2015 under FNs rammekonvensjon om klimaendring av 9. mai 1992, Prop. 115 S (2015-2016), Innst. 407 S (2015-2016), available at https://www.stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-publikasjoner/Saker/Sak/?p=65501 (retrieved 10 May 2024).
UNFCCC (2020), Norway’s long-term low-emission strategy for 2050, available at https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/LTS1_Norway_Oct2020.pdf (retrieved 10 May 2024).
UNFCCC (2022), Update of Norway’s nationally determined contribution, available at https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/NDC/2022-11/NDC%20Norway_second%20update.pdf (retrieved 10 May 2024).

Sweden

Swedish Climate Act (Klimatlag, 2017:720).
Fossil Free Sweden (Fossilfritt Sverige) (2020). Roadmap for fossil free competitiveness: Summaries 2018–2020, accessible at https://fossilfrittsverige.se/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Sammanfattning_Webb_ENG_2020.pdf (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Fossil Free Sweden (Fossilfritt Sverige) (2021). Roadmaps for fossil free competitiveness – follow-up 2021, accessible at https://fossilfrittsverige.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Roadmaps_follow_up_2021_ENG.pdf (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Fossil Free Sweden (Fossilfritt Sverige) (2024). Information from the website https://fossilfrittsverige.se/ (accessed 10 May 2024).
Government Offices of Sweden (Regeringskansliet) (2016). Kommittédirektiv: Initiativet Fossilfritt Sverige, Dir. 2016:66, accessible at https://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/6958bb4359014725ac7caca09584ea6f/kommittedirektiv-initiativet-fossilfritt-sverige.pdf (accessed 10 May 2024).
Government Offices of Sweden (Regeringskansliet) (2016). Information from the website https://www.regeringen.se/rattsliga-dokument/kommittedirektiv/2016/07/dir.-201666 (accessed 10 May 2024).
Ministry of Climate and Enterprise (Klimat- och näringslivs­­departementet) (2021). Sweden’s climate policy framework, 11 March 2021, accessible at https://www.government.se/articles/2021/03/swedens-climate-policy-framework/ (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Ministry of Climate and Enterprise (Klimat- och näringslivs­­departementet) (2023). Regeringens klimathandlingsplan – hela vägen till nettonoll, Skr. 2023/24:59, accessible at https://www.regeringen.se/rattsliga-dokument/skrivelse/2023/12/skr.-20232459 (retrieved 10 May 2024).    

Other references

European Climate Law (Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (with later amendments).
Council of the EU and the European Council (2024). Information from the website European Green Deal - Consilium (europa.eu) (accessed 10 May 2024).
ERT (2021). Sectoral Roadmaps to Net-Zero Emissions enhance the European Climate Law as a framework to invest in climate neutrality, available at 2021-02-25-Statement-on-Sectoral-Approaches.pdf (ert.eu) (retrieved 10 May 2024).
European Commission (2024). Information from the website Climate Action - European Commission (europa.eu) (accessed 10 May 2024).
IPCC (2022). Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, available at AR6 Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change — IPCC (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Nordic Council of Ministers (2019). The Helsingfors Declaration on Nordic Carbon Neutrality, a declaration from the meeting between the Nordic Prime Ministers and the Ministers of Environment, 25 January 2019, Declaration on Nordic Carbon Neutrality | Nordic cooperation (norden.org) (accessed 10 May 2024).
Nordic Council of Ministers (2020). The Road towards Carbon Neutrality in the different Nordic Countries, TemaNord 2020:527, accessible at https://www.norden.org/en/publication/road-towards-carbon-neutrality-different-nordic-countries (retrieved 10 May 2024).
Nordic Stocktake: Pathways to Climate Neutrality, TemaNord 2023:545, accessible at https://www.norden.org/en/publication/nordic-stocktake-pathways-climate-neutrality (retrieved 10 May 2024).
The Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action (2020). Helsinki Principles, available at FM Coalition - Principles final.pdf (financeministersforclimate.org) (retrieved 10 May 2024).
World Bank (2020). World Bank Reference Guide to Climate Change Framework Legislation, available at World Bank Reference Guide to Climate Change Framework Legislation (retrieved 10 May 2024).