Climate Governance in the Arctic

Description

Climate change is affecting the Arctic environment and ecosystems at an accelerating speed, twice the rate of the global average. This is opening the Arctic to transportation and resource development and creating serious challenges for local communities and indigenous peoples. Climate Governance in the Arctic considers two aspects of climate change from an institutional perspective. It focuses on how relevant regimes, institutions and governance systems support mitigation of climate change. It also examines the extent to which the varying governance arrangements in the Arctic support adaptation and the development of adaptation processes for the region. The book’s focus on Arctic governance offers unique insights within climate change mitigation and adaptation research. Climate Governance in the Arctic is intended for an audience of international lawyers, international relations scholars and political scientists concerned with the regional implications of climate change for existing governance regimes and the role of indigenous peoples within those regimes. Front Matter....Pages i-xix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Climate Governance in the Arctic: Introduction and Theoretical Framework....Pages 1-23 The Climate Change Regime and the Arctic Region....Pages 27-50 The Climate Policy of the Arctic Council....Pages 51-75 A Changing Arctic Climate: Science and Policy in the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment....Pages 77-95 “New Governance” in the Arctic and Its Role for Supporting Climate Change Adaptation....Pages 97-116 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Should the Law Governing Maritime Areas in the Arctic Adapt to Changing Climatic Circumstances?....Pages 119-143 Climate Change and Arctic Fisheries....Pages 145-169 World Heritage Convention, Climate Change and the Arctic....Pages 171-205 Rethinking the Status of Indigenous Peoples in International Environmental Decision-Making: Pondering the Role of Arctic Indigenous Peoples and the Challenge of Climate Change....Pages 207-262 The Potential of the Convention on Biological Diversity to Address the Effects of Climate Change in the Arctic....Pages 263-286 Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Is Adaptation Governable in the Arctic? National and Regional Approaches to Arctic Adaptation Governance....Pages 289-301 Mitigation Possibilities in the Energy Sector – An Arctic Perspective....Pages 303-326 Climate Change Policy in the Arctic: The Cases of Greenland and Nunavut....Pages 327-350 Climate Change and the Regime for the Conservation of Polar Bears....Pages 351-382 Subjective Environmentalism: The Barents Euro-Arctic Council and Its Climate Change Policy....Pages 383-402 Climate Change and the Future of Arctic Governance: A Slushy Seascape and Hard Questions....Pages 403-427 Conclusions on Climate Governance in the Arctic....Pages 429-443 Back Matter....Pages 445-450