State of the Nordic Region 2020 gives you a unique look behind the scenes of the world’s most integrated region, comprised of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, along with the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland.

The bi-annual “State of the Nordic Region” was released on 3rd February. The report presents a series of facts and figures showing the current state of play within core socioeconomic sectors, including demography, labour market and economy. In addition, you can read about wellbeing and energy pathways towards a carbon neutral Nordic Region. State of the Nordic Region 2020 is published by the Nordic Council of Ministers and produced by Nordregio, an international research center for regional development and planning established by the Nordic Council of Ministers.

Chapter 11; “Energy pathways towards a carbon neutral Nordic Region“has been written by Nordregio and Nordic Energy Research (Kevin Johnsen and Svend Søyland). Updated indicators from the 2016 Nordic Energy Technology Perspectives (NETP 2016) have been central to the content in the pages to follow. In addition, a new publication; Tracking Nordic Clean Energy Progress has informed this chapter.

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