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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Arctic Council"”.
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Indigenous knowledge in international Arctic governance regimes
… the world about potential clashes between the Arctic countries, this paper is not about conflict nor is it exclusively focused on nation-states. This project explores some of the international cooperation that is occurring in the Arctic, and pays special attention to the role of indigenous …
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China's Race towards the Arctic: Interests, Legitimacy, and Canadian Security Implications
This thesis examines the PRC’s Arctic ambitions and the security and defence implications for Canada in having a more involved China in the Far North. The primary security issue for Canada is economic, more specifically the protection of sovereignty, maintaining control over its resources, avoiding …
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Champions of the Arctic? A comparative analysis of the Arctic policies and practices of China and Japan
The Arctic has entered the world stage, with rapid changes gaining attention from global actors. Climate change is impacting the Arctic much sooner and more dramatically than in other areas of the world, with the Arctic ice-cap melting at a rapid pace. The ‘opening’ of the Arctic is changing its …
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The Strait Defense: A Case Study Comparison of Global Straits
… climate is creating more ice-free waters in the Arctic. These new navigation possibilities around the Arctic lead to increased global trade, tourism, and oil and gas exploration. With the foreseeable increased nautical transportation through the Northwest Passage, the United States needs to …
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The Actorness of the European Union in Arctic Policymaking
No longer a distant frontier, the Arctic has become a space of concerns and opportunities for the people living in the region, as well as for external actors, due to climate change and increasing possibilities to further exploit Arctic resources. The EU is present in the region through its Arctic …
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NORTH BY NORTHEAST: TOWARDS AN ASIAN-ARCTIC REGION
While the Arctic is on the front lines of climate change, it is also on the front lines of experiments in governance. Chinese, Japanese, and Korean interest in the Arctic is pressuring the Arctic Council, the region’s preeminent multilateral organization, to reconsider how it cooperates with states …
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LA ACIDIFICAZIONE DEGLI OCEANI E IL DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE
… applicable to polar ecosystems within the Arctic Council and the Antarctic Treaty System. The working hypothesis of this research is that there are no binding universal norms regulating ocean acidification, or that such norms are not effectively adapted to address this problem. The thesis …
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Fermentation of organic waste for bioplastic production : A potential sustainable alternative to fossil-fuel plastic
… pollution has become a massive problem in the Arctic, affecting aquatic, and terrestrial ecosystems, the cryosphere, and the atmosphere. One of the solutions proposed by the Arctic Council is to improve waste management by using renewable and sustainable materials. This is where bioplastics …
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Fermentation of organic waste for bioplastic production. A potential sustainable alternative to fossil-fuel plastic
… pollution has become a massive problem in the Arctic, affecting aquatic, and terrestrial ecosystems, the cryosphere, and the atmosphere. One of the solutions proposed by the Arctic Council is to improve waste management by using renewable and sustainable materials. This is where bioplastics …
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Assessing Regional Sources of Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Pollution and Associated Human Cancer Risk
… products in three policy-relevant regions: the Arctic Circle, the continental United States, and East Asia. This thesis performs source receptor analysis by simulating BAP (“the BAP simulation”) and simulating 48 PAHs (“the 48-PAH simulation”). In the Arctic, simulating 48 PAHs demonstrates that …
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Europos Sąjungos politikos įgyvendinimas už jos ribų: Arkties regiono atvejis /
… implementation beyond EU borders: case of the Arctic region Climate change is becoming more apparent every year and causing more and more issues. In 2015 United Nations initiated Paris Climate Convention which encouraged to reduce the causes of climate change. European Union has taken this …
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Joint development of offshore polar oil and gas resources and the united nations convention on the law of the sea
… of offshore oil and gas resources in the Arctic and Southern Oceans can effectively resolve competing continental shelf and outer continental shelf (OCS) claims arising under the provisions of Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC). One of the effects of …
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Joint development of offshore polar oil and gas resources and the united nations convention on the law of the sea
… of offshore oil and gas resources in the Arctic and Southern Oceans can effectively resolve competing continental shelf and outer continental shelf (OCS) claims arising under the provisions of Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC). One of the effects of …
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The Frozen Commons: Possibilities and Limitations in International Environmental Development in the Russian Arctic
… environmental interventions in the Russian Arctic. The case studies reveal the occasions wherein target linking, commitment making, behavioral influence, and knowledge production played significant roles in influencing Russian institutions to take sustainable, environmental action. This …