DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102099
论文题名: The Arctic Council: an agent of change?
作者: Barry T. ; Daviðsdóttir B. ; Einarsson N. ; Young O.R.
刊名: Global Environmental Change
ISSN: 9593780
出版年: 2020
卷: 63 语种: 英语
中文关键词: Arctic
; Arctic Council
; Biodiversity
; CAFF
; Conservation
; Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
; Institutional effectiveness
英文关键词: biodiversity
; climate change
; environmental planning
; environmental protection
; geopolitics
; strategic approach
; sustainable development
; Arctic
英文摘要: The Arctic Council is an intergovernmental forum promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among Arctic States, Indigenous communities and peoples on issues of common importance. The rising geo-political importance of the Arctic and the onset of climate change has resulted in the Council becoming a focus of increasing interest from both inside and beyond the Arctic. This has resulted in new demands placed on the Council, attracted an increasing number of participants and instigated a period of transformation as Arctic states work to find a way to balance conflicting demands for improving the effectiveness of the Council and taking care of national interests. This paper considers if during this time of change the Council is having an impact upon the issues it was formed to address i.e. environmental protection and sustainable development. To provide answers it looks at how the Council operates and through the lens of biodiversity identifies drivers and barriers to the Councils institutional effectiveness; providing an understanding of the norms and rules which constitute the Council and which are central its problem-solving abilities. It is clear that the Council is changing and how it operates is evolving in response to the increasing attention paid to all things Arctic. However, challenges to ensuring effective outcomes from its activities remain and without clear strategies many of the Councils efforts can appear ad-hoc and without due recourse to forward planning. However, when clear and detailed plans are in place to guide the work of the Council as for biodiversity then glimpses can be seen of its potential to act as an agent of change. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/168136
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作者单位: Environment and Natural Resources. Department of Economics and Department of Life-and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Sæmundargötu 2, 102, Reykjavík, Iceland; Stefansson Arctic Institute, Borgir, Norðurslóð 4, IS-600, Akureyri, Iceland; Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California (Santa Barbara), Santa Barbara, CA 93103, United States
Recommended Citation:
Barry T.,Daviðsdóttir B.,Einarsson N.,et al. The Arctic Council: an agent of change?[J]. Global Environmental Change,2020-01-01,63