Diplomacy on Ice: Energy and the Environment in the Arctic and Antarctic

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As the race for resources in distant parts of the planet gathers momentum, most discussion has centered on the potential for conflict, environmental destruction, and upheaval from climate change. This important book shifts the conversation about the Arctic and Antarctic from conflict to cooperation. A multidisciplinary roster of experts provides fresh views of the polar regions, focusing on diplomacy and the potential for cooperative international decision-making. Collectively the contributors illustrate the breadth of issues that complicate governance in the Arctic and Antarctic, as well as parallels and differences between the politics of the two poles. Contents Foreword Preface Introduction A Cold Prelude to a Warming World PART ONE: The Law Legal Structures in Polar Regions 1. Polar Environmental Governance and Nonstate Actors 2. Interlinkages in International Law The Convention on Biological Diversity as a Model for Linking Territory, Environment, and Indigenous Rights in the Marine Arctic 3. An Erosion of Confidence? The Antarctic Treaty System in the Twenty-first Century 4. Invasive Species in the Arctic: Concerns, Regulations, and Governance 5. Managing Polar Policy through Public and Private Regulatory Standards The Case of Tourism in the Antarctic PART TWO: Critical Actors Power Dynamics and Driving Forces in Polar Regions 6. From Energy to Knowledge? Building Domestic Knowledge-Based Sectors around Hydro Energy in Iceland and Greenland 7. Arctic Melting Tests the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 8. Growth Imperative Intermediaries, Discourse Frameworks, and the Arctic 9. Connecting China through “Creative Diplomacy” Greenland, Australia, and Climate Cooperation in Polar Regions 10. Security in the Arctic A Receding Wall PART THREE: Community Human Rights, Indigenous Politics, and Collective Learning 11. Using Human Rights to Improve Arctic Governance 12. Cooperative Food Sharing in Sheshatshiu Uncovering Scenarios to Support the Emergent Capacity of Northern Communities 13. Crossing the Land of Indigenous People in the Arctic Comparison of Russian and North American Experiences of Economic Growth and Human Rights in Energy and Infrastructure Projects 14. Emergent Cooperation, or, Checkmate by Overwhelming Collaboration Linear Feet of Reports, Endless Meetings 15. From Northern Studies to Circumpolar Studies In the Field and in the Ether Epilogue Selected Resources Contributors Index