Diplomacy on Ice: Energy and the Environment in the Arctic and Antarctic
Rebecca Pincus and Saleem H. Ali
Abstract
Climate change, economic pressures, and shifting geopolitical balances promise unprecedented challenges to the preservation of polar environments and the sustainability of Arctic communities. This volume brings together experts in the Arctic and Antarctic to approach questions about polar governance, environmental protection, and human rights from new perspectives. The emphasis is on cooperation, not conflict, and the use of creative means of diplomacy to build sustainable and adaptive governance structures that will permit the polar regions to survive the challenges of climate change. The fir ... More
Climate change, economic pressures, and shifting geopolitical balances promise unprecedented challenges to the preservation of polar environments and the sustainability of Arctic communities. This volume brings together experts in the Arctic and Antarctic to approach questions about polar governance, environmental protection, and human rights from new perspectives. The emphasis is on cooperation, not conflict, and the use of creative means of diplomacy to build sustainable and adaptive governance structures that will permit the polar regions to survive the challenges of climate change. The first section of the book addresses legal structures and governance; the second focuses on development, particularly of energy, and security; the third section tackles the complexity of community and human rights. Taken together, the contributions in this volume illustrate the multifaceted challenge facing policymakers and stakeholders who seek to ensure that the future of the polar regions is characterized by peace and stewardship.
Keywords:
Arctic,
Antarctic,
polar,
governance,
diplomacy,
sustainability,
human rights,
ecology,
North
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2015 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780300205169 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: May 2015 |
DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300205169.001.0001 |
