Diplomacy on ice : energy and the environment in the Arctic and Antarctic / edited by Rebecca Pincus, Saleem H. Ali ; foreword by James Gustave Speth.

Published with assistance from the Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland, Australia, and from the foundation established in memory of Amasa Stone Mather of the Class of 1907, Yale College

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-267) and index.

Introduction : A cold prelude to a warming world / Saleem H. Ali and Rebecca Pincus -- Polar environmental governance and nonstate actors / Sébastien Duyck -- Interlinkages in international law : the Convention on Biological Diversity as a model for linking territory, environment, and indigenous rights in the marine Arctic / Betsy Baker -- An erosion of confidence? : the Antarctic Treaty System in the twenty-first century / Daniela Liggett -- Invasive species in the Arctic : concerns, regulations, and governance / Kamrul Hossain -- Managing polar policy through public and private regulatory standards : the case of tourism in the Antarctic / Michele Zebich-Knos -- From energy to knowledge? : building domestic knowledge-based sectors around hydro energy in Iceland and Greenland / Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen and Klaus Georg Hansen -- Arctic melting tests the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea / Asim Zia, Ilan Kelman, and Michael H. Glantz -- Growth imperative : intermediaries, discourse frameworks, and the Arctic / Arthur Mason -- Connecting China through "creative diplomacy" : Greenland, Australia, and climate cooperation in polar regions / Damien Degeorges and Saleem H. Ali -- Security in the Arctic : a receding wall / Rebecca Pincus -- Using human rights to improve Arctic governance / Rebecca Bratspies -- Cooperative food sharing in Sheshatshiu : uncovering scenarios to support the emergent capacity of northern communities / Damián Castro, Glen Lesins, Rachel Hirsch, and Kaz Higuchi -- Crossing the land of indigenous people in the Arctic : comparison of Russian and North American experiences of economic growth and human rights in energy and infrastructure projects / Natalia Yakovleva and Richard Grover -- Emergent cooperation, or, checkmate by overwhelming collaboration : linear feet of reports, endless meetings / Glenn W. Sheehan and Anne M. Jensen -- From northern studies to circumpolar studies : in the field and in the ether / Kathleen Osgood and Steven B. Young -- Epilogue / Rebecca Pincus.

Climate change, economic pressures, and shifting geopolitical balances promise unprecedented challenges to the preservation of polar environments and the sustainability of Arctic communities. This volume brings together experts in the Arctic and Antarctic to approach questions about polar governance, environmental protection, and human rights from new perspectives. The emphasis is on cooperation, not conflict, and the use of creative means of diplomacy to build sustainable and adaptive governance structures that will permit the polar regions to survive the challenges of climate change. The first section of the book addresses legal structures and governance; the second focuses on development, particularly of energy, and security; the third section tackles the complexity of community and human rights. Taken together, the contributions in this volume illustrate the multifaceted challenge facing policymakers and stakeholders who seek to ensure that the future of the polar regions is characterized by peace and stewardship. Provided by publisher.

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