These members will show that, instead, through the use of positive means and better cooperation with business, the CO₂ obligations imposed on Norway can be met, while at the same time the interests of business and consumers can be better safeguarded. In this context, these members point to the fact that NHO&#39;s voter guide in 2009 gave the Progress Party, as the only party, a full score on climate policy. The majority of the committee, all except the members from the Progress Party, have noted that such a development, according to the UN climate panel, will require the world&#39;s overall emissions of greenhouse gases to be reduced by 50-85 per cent by 2050 compared to the level in 2000. This will only be possible if emissions are reduced in industrialized countries, emerging economies and developing countries. For every year that passes without the emission trend being reversed, and without more measures that increase carbon absorption being implemented, it becomes increasingly more demanding and expensive to avoid the most serious climate changes. Goals and principles for climate policy