i m asking you this as a norwegian citizen as well as the boss of the sovereign wealth fund, do you think there is a fundamental hypocrisy there? no, i don t think so. when it comes to where we should produce oil and so on and the norwegian oil policy, that is decided by the government and by the politicians. i totally understand that. and myjob is to run the financial assets. so it s not within my remit to do that for that well. it doesn t matter to you because the government continues to put substantial finance into your fund and for the most years it puts new money into your fund, it is fair to say, most of that new money comes from oil and gas because that s the biggest earner that the government has. it matters to you whether norway remains committed to oil and gas expiration, which it does. absolutely. just one more point the norwegian oil and gas is eager to be part of the energy solution here. in norway it is. no, on the continent. we are, as you know, supplying
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is we should do even more of what we are already doing. we ve had climate discussions with companies since 2007. we were one of the first investors in the world who started this work. so this is just doing more of the same and we just love the ambition of being one of the world leaders in terms of responsible investment. hmm. do you think there is a bigger problem not so much about your sovereign fund, this is about norway generally that the country likes to position itself as extremely committed to a sustainable green agenda, while at the same time reserving the right to continue not just to exploit the oil and gas reserves that s already opened up, but to explore new ones, including inside the arctic circle. i m asking you this as a norwegian citizen as well as the boss of the soverign wealth fund, do you think there is a fundamental hypocrisy they are? do you think there is a fundamental hypocrisy there? no, i don t think so. when it comes to where we should produce oil and so
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