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Labour ministers up the fight to prevent a lost generation
How do you fight youth unemployment? That was the theme when Nordic labour ministers met in Reykjavik in November. One in five European youths is unemployed. There is fear of a lost generation. The Nordic countries focus on education and help on an individual level to help young people into working life.
8 minutes
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Not only green, but good
The Nordic countries and their companies will try to present themselves as environmentally friendly as possible during the Copenhagen Climate Summit. But what does it mean to be green? As huge investments are made in renewable energy, it’s important that other values are not sacrificed.
3 minutes
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Copenhagen turning green
Copenhagen is aiming to turn into a green capital for business ahead of the UN climate change conference it will host in December.
3 minutes
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Finland hopes for green jobs too
Finland has long made a living from its “green gold” – the forests – even though its pulp mills and paper production plants hardly can be called environmentally friendly.
1 minute
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Tomra – safe and green
The global production of bottles, cans and other drink containers tops 800 billion. Half of them end up on landfills. Recycling all this would save large amounts of energy, and cut CO2 emissions.
3 minutes
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Norwegian Point Carbon has its finger on the pulse of emission trading
A smiling Barack Obama adorns Per Otto Wold’s office coffee mug. Mr Wold is CEO at Point Carbon, a Norwegian provider of news, analysis and consulting services for the global power, gas and carbon markets. President Obama doesn’t sit on his desktop by chance. The American President is on everybody’s mind here.
3 minutes
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From dirty workshop to shiny wind power factory
A group of Fredrikshamn machine assemblers and electricians are about to finish their education. They’ll leave the vocational training institute in South Kymmenedalen just before Christmas, and start work with Winwind in a new factory near the docks, making wind turbines. They are specially trained to be ready when one of Finland’s future industries is…
3 minutes
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Fresh cooperation creates new youth jobs
In the Swedish city of Västerås, businesses, higher education and the public sector are used to working together in the labour market. Now this cross-sector cooperation is about to benefit unemployed youth, through a project aimed at offering jobs and training to 1,000 young people without work.
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Finland’s new Aalto University: the entrepreneur factory
Finland’s new Aalto University brings together young people who want to be entrepreneurs. Their backgrounds range from technology and economics to design. The exchange of ideas here can create a platform for a new company culture in Finland.
2 minutes
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Downturn hits youth hardest – Sweden takes undesirable lead
An economic downturn often hits young people fastest and hardest. The current crisis is no exception. The Nordic countries usually boast some of Europe’s lowest unemployment figures. Now 27.3 percent of Swedish 15 to 24 year-olds are out of work.
4 minutes