Climate Governance in the Arctic

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Koivurova, Timo (Editor), Keskitalo, E. Carina H. (Editor), Bankes, Nigel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Environment & Policy, 50
• Subjects: Law.; Climate change.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; International environmental law.; Environmental management.; Social sciences.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; International Environmental Law.; Climate Change.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Social Sciences, general.; Environmental Management.

Climate change is affecting the Arctic environment and ecosystems at an accelerating speed, twice the rate of the global average. This is opening the Arctic to transportation and resource development and creating serious challenges for local communities and indigenous peoples. Climate Governance in...