Hvor er oljen og gassen i NRKs klimajournalistikk?

Erlend Eggen, leader of Klimakultur, criticizes NRK for presenting climate change as a series of observations and consequences—such as melting glaciers and heat records—without linking them to the root cause: fossil energy sources. He contrasts this with NRK's nature loss reporting, which explicitly identifies the political and systemic drivers of environmental destruction. Eggen asserts that by omitting the connection between Norwegian oil and gas production and global climate disasters, NRK's reporting becomes 'directionless' and suggests that the network adopt the standards of 'Covering Climate Now' to ensure both causes and consequences are reported.

• NRK's climate reporting tends to present climate problems as observations of effects rather than comprehensive narratives that address the primary drivers, namely fossil fuels and Norway's status as an oil and gas producer.
• There is a discrepancy between NRK's nature loss journalism, which details the systemic and political causes of land degradation, and its climate journalism, which focuses on research reports and fatal consequences like floods and disappearing glaciers.
• The lack of focus on causality in NRK's reporting may lead audiences to believe climate change is an inevitable occurrence to which they must simply adapt, ignoring Norway's capacity to cut emissions as a wealthy oil nation that invests heavily in new offshore oil and gas.
• The global network Covering Climate Now, comprising over 600 media outlets in more than 60 countries, warns that climate journalism risks becoming misinformation if it fails to connect the burning of oil, gas, and coal to extreme weather events.

APA

Eggen, E. (2025). Hvor er oljen og gassen i NRKs klimajournalistikk? Klimakultur. https://www.klimakultur.no/nyheter/hvor-er-oljen-og-gassen-i-nrks-klimajournalistikk/

Chicago

Eggen, Erlend. Hvor er oljen og gassen i NRKs klimajournalistikk? Klimakultur, 2025. https://www.klimakultur.no/nyheter/hvor-er-oljen-og-gassen-i-nrks-klimajournalistikk/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{eggen2025hvor, author = {Eggen, Erlend}, title = {{Hvor er oljen og gassen i NRKs klimajournalistikk?}}, publisher = {Klimakultur}, year = {2025}, month = apr, url = {https://www.klimakultur.no/nyheter/hvor-er-oljen-og-gassen-i-nrks-klimajournalistikk/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }