1. Arctic Council met in Ilulissat
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Meeting of Senior Arctic Officials: On 28-29 April the Senior Arctic Officials of the Arctic Council met in Ilulissat, Greenland. Thematic issues to be discussed were climate change, biodiversity, ...

2. U.S. strategic interests in the High North
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... written by Heather Conley and Jamie Kraut. In the report they point to how the effects of climate change have launched the Arctic Circle to the forefront of geopolitical calculations, potentially transforming ...

3. International Law links:
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...  describe the present state of the Arctic ecosystem and climate. arcticportal.org: a comprehensive gateway to the Arctic on the internet, increases co-operation between both public and private ...

4. Books, chapters and reports 2009
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Ingrid Lundestad "US security policy and regional relations in a warming Arctic", Swords and ploughshares, global security, climate change, and the Arctic, Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, ...

5. Articles and papers 2009
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... security perspective", Climate of Opinion, the Stockhold Network's Energy and Environment Update, Issue 12 - The Arctic, London, March 2009 Whitney Lackenbauer: Guest editorial, Journal of Military ...

6. Articles and papers 2010
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Bettina Rudloff (SWP): The EU as fishing actor in the Arctic  Antje Neumann (SWP): The EU - a relevant actor in the field of climate change in respect to the Arctic?  Dag ...

7. Other relevant publications 2000-2008
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... with the Law of the Sea Convention” in Marine Policy. 31/2007 Arild Moe and Rottem, Svein Vigeland (FNI): “Climate Change in the North and the Oil Industry: Input to strategic assessment Barents ...

8. Events 2009
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... and Law in an Age of Climate Change”, organized by the International Law Department in the Center for Naval Warfare Studies. The NWC Arctic conference included scholars and government officials from ...

9. Events 2010
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... Navy’s Task Force Climate Change, Washington DC, 30 April 2010. Clive Archer: ‘Security Prospects in the Arctic and the United Kingdom’ at the Economic and Social Research Council Seminar ...

10. ISA 2010 - new papers on Arctic challenges
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...  Katarzyna Zysk, senior fellow at the IFS, presented also a paper on climate-driven transformations in the Arctic and Russia’s policy in the region on the panel "Geopolitics of ...

11. Shtokman and Arctic petroleum: A field too far?
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... Overall, the Shtokman has been regarded as one of the more feasible off shore projects in the region. Given the harsh climate conditions, distance from markets and lack of existing transport infrastructure, ...

12. Arctic Security Policy and Law in an Age of Climate Change
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Conference: In September, 22-23, 2009 government and academic experts convened at the United States Naval War College (NWC) for a two-day conference “Arctic Security Policy and Law in an Age of Climate ...

13. Barents Rescue 2009 and emergency preparedness in the High North
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... acute pollution. The High North comprises vast areas that have a harsh climate and little infrastructure. Conducting rescue operations with scarce resources is challenging and demands multilateral cooperation. ...

14. NATO ambassadors on study trip
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... concerning climate, energy and security at sea. In Kirkenes the ambassadors were told about the good results of Norwegian-Russian cooperation projects. Speeches at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly 2009 ...

15. In Norway
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... climate and environment, energy development and law of the sea issues. It has also a major research agenda on Russian politics and interests in the High North. The Departments of History and Political ...

16. New book on the High North
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... (CSIS) Russian petroleum industry: Dr. Nina Poussenkova, Carneige Moscow Center Russian petroleum activities: Arild Moe, Fridtjof Nansen Institute Climate change: Professor Ola M. Johannessen and ...

17. Climate change and environmental protection
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Climate Change and Environmental Protection is one of eight work packages in the Geopolitics in the High North research programme. This work package examines the adequacy of the Arctic institutional ...

18. The power of energy
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... with other energy regions both politically and economically? Extraction costs, infrastructure, transportation and environmental and climate impacts are all important factors. • What are the oil ...

19. Norwegian interests
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... a broad range of concrete suggestions of measures to be taken within the following priority areas:    development of knowledge about climate change and environment strengthening of ...

20. Defining an interest: the European Union and the High North
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... of global warming. March 2008: EU's High Representative & Commission policy paper on Climate change and international security points to Arctic & suggests EU Arctic policy October ...