The Arctic environment: from low to high politics

The document analyzes the shift in Arctic environmental governance from a cooperative 'low politics' area in the 1990s to 'high politics' linked to global markets and resource politics. It explores how issues like climate change, biodiversity, and persistent pollutants have framed the Arctic as a global concern and assesses the impact of emerging geopolitics on pan-Arctic governance.

• 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.
• Arctic environmental governance has transitioned from being a 'low politics' domain suitable for East-West cooperation in the 1990s to 'high politics' that is 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} }