Does Arctic governance hold the key to achieving climate policy targets?

Arctic feedbacks are increasingly viewed as the wild card in the climate system; but their most unpredictable and potentially dangerous aspect may lie in the human, rather than the physical, response to a warming climate. If Arctic policy is driven by agendas based on domestic resource development,...

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Main Authors: Robert Forbis Jr, Katharine Hayhoe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa359
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description Arctic feedbacks are increasingly viewed as the wild card in the climate system; but their most unpredictable and potentially dangerous aspect may lie in the human, rather than the physical, response to a warming climate. If Arctic policy is driven by agendas based on domestic resource development, the ensuing oil and gas extraction will ensure the failure of the Paris Agreement. If Arctic energy policy can be framed by the Arctic Council, however, its environmental agenda and fragmented governance structure offers the scientific community a fighting chance to determine the region’s energy future. Connecting Arctic climate science to resource economics via its unique governance structure is one of the most powerful ways the scientific community can protect the Arctic region’s environmental, cultural, and scientific resources, and influence international energy and climate policy.
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spelling doaj.art-a8f01ff66d4f457eae031f940fc0c16e2023-08-09T14:30:04ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262018-01-0113202020110.1088/1748-9326/aaa359Does Arctic governance hold the key to achieving climate policy targets?Robert Forbis Jr0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7826-8811Katharine Hayhoe1Department of Political Science, Texas Tech University , 113 Holden Hall, Lubbock, Texas 79409 United States of America; Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University , 72 Holden Hall, Lubbock, Texas 79409 United States of America; Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed.Department of Political Science, Texas Tech University , 113 Holden Hall, Lubbock, Texas 79409 United States of America; Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University , 72 Holden Hall, Lubbock, Texas 79409 United States of AmericaArctic feedbacks are increasingly viewed as the wild card in the climate system; but their most unpredictable and potentially dangerous aspect may lie in the human, rather than the physical, response to a warming climate. If Arctic policy is driven by agendas based on domestic resource development, the ensuing oil and gas extraction will ensure the failure of the Paris Agreement. If Arctic energy policy can be framed by the Arctic Council, however, its environmental agenda and fragmented governance structure offers the scientific community a fighting chance to determine the region’s energy future. Connecting Arctic climate science to resource economics via its unique governance structure is one of the most powerful ways the scientific community can protect the Arctic region’s environmental, cultural, and scientific resources, and influence international energy and climate policy.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa359Arctic governancefeedback loopclimate changeenvironmental policyenergy politics
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Does Arctic governance hold the key to achieving climate policy targets?
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Arctic governance
feedback loop
climate change
environmental policy
energy politics
title Does Arctic governance hold the key to achieving climate policy targets?
title_full Does Arctic governance hold the key to achieving climate policy targets?
title_fullStr Does Arctic governance hold the key to achieving climate policy targets?
title_full_unstemmed Does Arctic governance hold the key to achieving climate policy targets?
title_short Does Arctic governance hold the key to achieving climate policy targets?
title_sort does arctic governance hold the key to achieving climate policy targets
topic Arctic governance
feedback loop
climate change
environmental policy
energy politics
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