The goal of the IMOBAR study is to estimate and compare costs and benefits of Arctic observation systems as a contribution towards the "business case" for sustaining Arctic observations in the long-term and to support the decision-making process. Accelerated warming and rapid environmental chang...
Europes border regions and maritime areas, like its Arctic and the Mediterranean regions, are facing negative impacts due to climate change. Countries responsible for these transnational areas are already taking action to adapt to changes in weather and climate extreme events (e.g. increased he...
The report summarises the results of a consultation of stakeholders in the Arctic region on investment priorities for EU support and ways of streamlining EU funding programmes. While conditions across the Arctic vary considerably, there is wide agreement on the main priority for investment – to ...
In the three decades after the Cold War, the perception of ‘Arctic exceptionalism’, the sense that the Arctic region is immune from broader geopolitical tensions, prevailed. However, this notion is currently being challenged: climate change is accelerating the opening of new maritime trade route...
A remote frontier for thousands of years, the Arctic is rapidly gaining international attention. Global warming is causing the Central Arctic Ocean’s ice to melt at an unprecedented rate, threatening crucial ecosystems and biodiversity in the wider Arctic region. As a result, global sea levels a...
This thesis argues that the emergence and expansion of the European-origin international society (EIS) has taken place through two dominant organizational processes. The first is the social organization and expansion of the international society. It is primarily associated with the stabilization...
The purpose of this report is to explore how smart specialisation (S3) has been applied in Nordic sparsely populated regions, with focus on the European Arctic. The report gives an overview of the specific context of Arctic regions and of their specialisations, and reviews how smart specialisati...
This booklet outlines key aspects of ongoing EU-funded Arctic research and innovation. Climate change is the main cause of Arctic changes, and therefore the investigation on its mechanisms, its consequences and its evolution is the main subject of Arctic research. The Arctic, despite being home ...
