1993-2000 and 2002-2005, Senior Researcher, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). 2000-2001, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway. 2005-2013, successively Deputy Minister of Defence, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minster of Defence, and until October 2013, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway. 2014-16, Managing Director and Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum, Geneva. 2014-17, United Nations Special Adviser on Cyprus, facilitating negotiations aiming at reunifying the divided island. 2017-2021, Member of the Norwegian Parliament, Labour spokesperson on Energy, Climate and Environment. 2013-2021, Board member, and since 2019, Chair of the Board of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva. 2021-2023, Minister of Climate and Environment. From 2023, Norway's Foreign Minister.