This seminal book results from a NATO Advanced Research Workshop
at the University of Cambridge with Russian co-directorship,
enabling the first formal dialogue between NATO and Russia about
security issues in the Arctic Ocean. Involvinginterdisciplinary
participation withexperts from 17 nations, including all of the
Arctic states, this workshop itself reflects progress in Arctic
cooperation and collaboration. Interests now are awakening globally
to take advantage ofextensive energy, shipping, fishing and tourism
opportunities in theArctic Oceanas it is being transformed from a
permanent sea-ice capto a seasonally ice-free sea. This
environmental state-changeis introducing inherent risks of
political, economic and cultural instabilities that are centralized
among the Arctic states and indigenous peoples with repercussions
globally. Responding with urgency, environmental security is
presented asan" "integrated approach for assessing and responding
to the risks as well as the opportunities generated by an
environmental state-change."" In this book diverse perspectives on
environmental security in the Arctic Ocean are shared in chapters
from high-level diplomats, parliamentarians and government
officials of Arctic and non-Arctic states; leaders of Arctic
indigenous peoples organizations; international law advisors from
Arctic states as well as the United Nations; directors of
inter-governmental organizations and non-governmental
organizations; managers of multi-national corporations; political
scientists, historians and economists; along with Earth system
scientists and oceanographers. Building on the" common arctic
issues " of " sustainable development and environmental protection
" established by the Arctic Council environmental securityoffers an
holistic approachto assess opportunities and risks as well as
developinfrastructure responses with law of the sea as the key"
international legal framework " to " promote the peaceful uses " of
the Arctic Ocean. With vision for future generations, environmental
security is a path to balance national interests and common
interests in the Arctic Ocean for the lasting benefit of all."
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