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

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

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

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

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780300210385
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 01/28/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Rebecca Pincus is a postdoctoral associate at the University of Vermont, and the associate director of its Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security. Saleem H. Ali is director and professor at the Center for Social Responsibility in Mining, Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland, Australia.

Table of Contents

Foreword James Gustave Speth xi

Preface xiii

Introduction: A Cold Prelude to a Warming World Saleem H. Ali Rebecca Pincus 1

Part 1 The Law: Legal Structures in Polar Regions 11

1 Polar Environmental Governance and Nonstate Actors Sébastien Dityck 13

2 Interlinkages in International Law: The Convention on Biological Diversity as a Model for Linking Territory, Environment, and Indigenous Rights in the Marine Arctic Betsy Baker 41

3 An Erosion of Confidence? The Antarctic Treaty System in the Twenty-first Century Daniela Liggett 61

4 Invasive Species in the Arctic: Concerns, Regulations, and Governance Kamrul Hossain 72

5 Managing Polar Policy through Public and Private Regulatory Standards: The Case of Tourism in the Antarctic Michele Zebich-Knos 94

Part 2 Critical Actors: Power Dynamics and Driving Forces in Polar Regions 111

6 from Energy to Knowledge'? Building Domestic Knowledge-Based Sectors around Hydro Energy in Iceland and Greenland Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen Klaus Georg Hansen 113

7 Arctic Melting Tests the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Asim Zia Ilan Kelman Michael H. Glantz 128

8 Growth Imperative: Intermediaries, Discourse Frameworks, and the Arctic Arthur Mason 141

9 Connecting China through "Creative Diplomacy": Greenland, Australia, and Climate Cooperation in Polar Regions Damien Degeorges Saleem H. Ali 151

10 Security in the Arctic: A Receding Wall Rebecca Pincus 161

Part 3 Community: Human Rights, Indigenous Politics, and Collective Learning 169

11 Using Human Rights to Improve Arctic Governance Rebecca Bratspies 171

12 Cooperative Food Sharing in Sheshatshiu: Uncovering Scenarios to Support the Emergent Capacity of Northern Communities Damián Castro Glen Lesins Rachel Hirsch Kaz Higuchi 186

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 Natalia Yakovleva Richard Grover 198

14 Emergent Cooperation, or, Checkmate by Overwhelming Collaboration: Linear Feet of Reports, Endless Meetings Glenn W. Sheehan Anne M. Jensen 213

15 From Northern Studies to Circumpolar Studies: In the Field and in the Ether Kathleen Osgood Steven B. Young 224

Epilogue Rebecca Pincus 235

Selected Resources 239

List of Contributors 269

Index 275

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