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Norway's Supreme Court has ruled the licences for three North Sea oil and gas fields invalid over climate impact, according to Politika and Le Monde. Production is not immediately affected, but the state must calculate each project's total emissions.
Norway, a major European oil and gas producer, licenses North Sea fields through the state. Environmental groups have challenged such approvals in court, arguing that the full climate impact of burning the extracted fuel must be assessed before projects go ahead.
Norway's Supreme Court has ruled invalid the licences for three oil and gas fields in the North Sea, according to Politika and Le Monde. Le Monde reports that the ruling has no immediate effect on production but requires the state to calculate the total emissions of each project.