The Arctic environment: from low to high politics

This research paper analyzes the transition of Arctic environmental governance from 'low politics' in the 1990s to 'high politics' today, where issues like climate change and biodiversity are increasingly linked to global markets, resource politics, and security.

• Environmental issues, specifically climate change, biodiversity, and the long-range transport of persistent pollutants, have been instrumental in establishing the Arctic as a global concern and providing the region with a distinct regional voice.
• The status of environmental governance in the Arctic has shifted from 'low politics'—which facilitated cooperation between East and West starting in the 1990s—to 'high politics', as global environmental governance is now increasingly connected to global markets and resource politics.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2012). The Arctic environment: from low to high politics. https://www.sei.org/publications/the-arctic-environment-from-low-to-high-politics/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. The Arctic environment: from low to high politics. 2012. https://www.sei.org/publications/the-arctic-environment-from-low-to-high-politics/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2012arctic, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{The Arctic environment: from low to high politics}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2012}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/the-arctic-environment-from-low-to-high-politics/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }