The Arctic Shipping and Environmental Management Agreement: A Regime for Marine Pollution

Pietri, Diana; Soule, A. Bradley; Kershner, Jessi; Soles, Peter; Sullivan, Maile

doi:10.1080/08920750802398735

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“…However, it is just as clear that such investments are not possible, as they would take up a disproportionnately large amount of the available resources for the Arctic. In turn, when disaster response strategies cannot be based on such measures, and the time pressure is high due to an extreme natural environment, then responsiveness and agility becomes essential for disaster management [32,33,34]. Responsiveness and agility can be achieved through adaptation, but not any kind of adaptation will do.…”

Section: Governing Cold Disasters: Adaptation Within Limited Resourcesmentioning

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Conceptualizing cold disasters: Disaster risk governance at the Arctic edge

Lauta

Vendelø

Sørensen

et al. 2018

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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Present literature on disasters predominantly focuses on warm, accessible and well-populated contexts.However, as human activities in Arctic and Antarctica become more common, cold contexts, and their special characteristics, become more relevant to study. In the present article, we explore in more depth the particular circumstances and characteristics of governing what we call 'cold disasters'. The article is structured in four overall parts. The first part, Cold Context, provides an overview of the specific conditions in a cold context, exemplified by the Arctic, and zooming in on Greenland to provide more specific background for the paper. The second part, Disasters in Cold Contexts, discusses 'cold disasters' in relation to disaster theory, in order to, elucidate how cold disasters challenge existing understandings of disasters, also it provides examples of emergency scenarios, in order to, demonstrate the demanding dynamics of cold contexts. In the third part, Governing Cold Disasters, we discuss the main implications for the governance of 'cold disasters' in the Greenlandic context. Finally, we offer our conclusions.

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Section: Governing Cold Disasters: Adaptation Within Limited Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conceptualizing cold disasters: Disaster risk governance at the Arctic edge

Lauta

Vendelø

Sørensen

et al. 2018

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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“…For example, the concept of epistemic communities (Haas, ), which has provided a leading theory concerning the influence of expert communities in international politics or networked governance (Jones, Hesterly, & Borgatti, ), which informs our understanding of the relationships between actors and how flows of information and influence take place across multiple scales. In the context of the Arctic Council, the application of the concept of epistemic communities has been limited to understand those actors involved in the environmental governance of the Arctic (Exner‐Pirot, ) and how Arctic Council working groups provide a mechanism for epistemic communities to influence policy (Pietri, Soule, Kershner, Soles, & Sullivan, ) and the concept of networked governance has garnered no real attention.…”

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Is a Melting Arctic Making the Arctic Council Too Cool? Exploring the Limits to the Effectiveness of a Boundary Organization

Spence

2017

Review of Policy Research

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The Arctic Council offers an interesting and unexplored case study of boundary work between policy makers, scientific communities, and Indigenous organizations in the circumpolar region. Its notable success can be attributed to the production of high‐quality policy products, including the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment and the Arctic Human Development Report—both of which meet the criteria of boundary objects. However, this article goes beyond applying the concept of the boundary organization to inform our understanding of the Arctic Council. Rather, I use the Council as a case study to explore the dynamic environment in which these types of institutions exist. I argue that, as a result of a number of factors, the Arctic Council is being pushed to be more action oriented. Furthermore, I consider the implications of this pressure for the institutional design of the Council and where the Council looks to affirm its credibility, saliency, and legitimacy. I conclude that the Arctic Council's effectiveness as a boundary organization is being compromised by pressures for it to be more action oriented.

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“…With projections of climate change, however, it is no longer safe to assume the past will be a guide to the future; what Milly et al (2008) term the "death of stationarity." New opportunities might also arise with climate change including extended operating periods with shorter winters and improved transportation access in areas normally only ice free during summer (ACIA 2005;Lemmen et al 2008;Pietri et al 2008;Kubat et al 2007;Pharand 2007). Ultimately, climate change impacts will occur against a backdrop of existing challenges to mining including the finite nature of mineral resources, fluctuating global mineral prices and financial markets, labour availability, and an increasingly stringent regulatory environment.…”

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Canary in a coal mine: perceptions of climate change risks and response options among Canadian mine operations

Ford

Pearce

Prno³

et al. 2011

Climatic Change

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A survey documenting how climate change is perceived and responded to by Canadian mine operations was administered to a random sample of practitioners working at mine sites across Canada. Key findings include: (1) Mines are sensitive to climatic hazards; (2) There is concern about climate change among mine practitioners, but the majority have not yet noticed climate change to be affecting operations; (3) Future climate change is expected to have negative impacts for mine operations; (4) Mines are responding to climate change mainly through efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but also through adaptation, although to a lesser degree; and (5) Knowledge of future climate change projections and impacts is limited, potentially constraining understanding of the nature of climate change risks. The survey compliments previous work documenting perceptions among upper level management on climate change in the Canadian mining industry. The results from both surveys are largely consistent, establishing that the mining sector perceives climate change as an emerging risk and is developing response options, but needs to invest more time and resources for adaptation to what are inevitable changes in climate. The results support the need for targeted in-depth research to assess the vulnerability of mining to climate change and to evaluate response options.

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The Arctic Shipping and Environmental Management Agreement: A Regime for Marine Pollution

Cited by 21 publications

References 3 publications

Conceptualizing cold disasters: Disaster risk governance at the Arctic edge

Conceptualizing cold disasters: Disaster risk governance at the Arctic edge

Is a Melting Arctic Making the Arctic Council Too Cool? Exploring the Limits to the Effectiveness of a Boundary Organization

Canary in a coal mine: perceptions of climate change risks and response options among Canadian mine operations

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