Opening Session Nordic EV Summit 2025

Welcome to the conference opening!

Where is Norway at and how will 2025 proceed? As always, Christina Bu, the Secretary General of the Norwegian EV Association will start the show by giving you the most up-to-date insights to Norway’s EV progress.

We are honored to have the Minister of Climate and Environment, Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, opening the Nordic EV Summit this year. As the person responsible for Norway’s EV policies, he will share insights on the current status and future direction of Norway’s ambitious EV initiatives.

Globally EVs have become heavily politicized other places however, and while we have seen steady progress in most parts of the worlds, there is now pushbacks both in the US and the EU. The highly influential Dr. Fatih Birol has served as Executive Director of the International Energy for the last 10 years and has followed the development of globally. How does he see the situation when it comes to clean energy transitions now?

Former Norwegian Finance minister and Director of Norway’s leading center for climate research, Kristin Halvorsen, will follow up by reminding us about what the EV transition is really all about: tackling an ever-growing climate crisis.