Innovative Environmental Protection: Lessons from the Arctic

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Expanding the Protected Area Network in Antarctica is Urgent and Readily Achievable

“…; Koivurova et al . ). For example, the ongoing learning and adaptive governance characteristic of Arctic environmental management is a valuable lesson for the Antarctic Treaty, while the ways in which the Antarctic Treaty Parties have effectively begun to manage threats from invasive alien species are a lesson to be learned by those responsible for the Arctic (Bennett et al .…”

The Effectiveness of the Regulatory Regime for Black Carbon Mitigation in the Arctic

“…112 The BC and Methane Framework represents an improvement on earlier soft law instruments that were criticised for a lack of follow-up. The dominant position of BC on the agenda of the previous Canadian as well as current US Chairmanship at the Arctic Council appears to be yielding its first results.…”

“…57 The normative function of the Council, however, is still viewed by some as something that should be left to the complex governance framework surrounding the region, focusing instead on conducting 'large-scale scientific assessments' that assist policy-shaping. 58 Indeed, the Council, as a knowledge institution, successfully provides policymakers with valuable scientific data from the Arctic. 59 Serving as a mediator between science and policy-makers, the Council assisted with 'raising the visibility' 60 of certain problematic issues on the Arctic policy agenda, of which BC is one.…”

“…However, so far the Council's D. Shapovalova climate-related findings have 'had very limited concrete influence on global and national climate law and policy'. 71 The Council's involvement with BC issues is addressed in the next section.…”

From Arctic Science to International Law: The Road towards the Minamata Convention and the Role of the Arctic Council

“…In general, the AC and AMAP became much more active in this period through a focus on large scale scientific assessments. Koivurova, Kankaanpää and Stępién (2015) argue that "[t]he role that has gradually evolved as a core task of the Arctic Council is its work to increase knowledge about the circumpolar Arctic to influence both national and international policy-making. The valuable outcome is the wealth of science-based information in various formats and the established capacity to compile it for different needs".…”