OUR RESEARCH AREAS

Global environmental governance and law
- The efficiency of UN environmental organs
- Linkages between international environmental agreements
- Theoretical studies: Regime theory, institutional design and effectiveness
- International environmental law
Climate change
- International climate negotiations, within and outside the UN
- Climate policies and domestic climate politics of key actors, including the EU, China, Russia and USA
- Climate-related energy policy
- Climate change adaptation capacity and policies
Law of the Sea and marine affairs
- Law of the Sea and maritime jurisdiction
- Regional marine issues (incl. Arctic, Barents Sea, NE Atlantic, Antarctica and Adriatic)
- Maritime transport and environmental protection
- Marine pollution and ballast water issues
- International management of fisheries and whaling
- Illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing
Biodiversity and genetic resources
- International agreements on biodiversity: Negotiations and implementation
- Biotechnology and biosafety
- Interacting regimes: Access to genetic resources versus patent legislation; bioprospecting
- Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture; farmers' rights
- Forest politics and certification (ecolabelling)
Polar and Russian politics
- Norwegian-Russian relations in the High North (environment, energy, fisheries, health, security and jurisdiction
- Environmental and resource management policies of Russia and other post-Soviet states
- Political and economical framework for Russian oil and gas industry
- Regional politics of the Russian North
- International cooperation in the Arctic
European energy and environment
- EU climate change policy and greenhouse gas emissions trading
- Cooperation on transboundary pollution, marine issues and biodiversity
- European energy markets and policies
- Energy technology policy
- Corporate social responsibility
Chinese energy and environment
- Climate policies
- Dam building, resettlement and water management
- Energy policies
- Environmental bureaucracy and law
- Arctic policies

Prospecting Ocean exhibition. Photo: FNI

Venice: FNI part of art expo

Polar Law: The route ahead

FNI wins think tank award

LATEST FNI NEWS

New agreement to safeguard North Pole against unregulated fishing
12.10.2018
A new international fisheries agreement was signed 3 October. With it, the world’s biggest economies have agreed not to initiate commercial fishing in the central Arctic Ocean. At least, not yet.
Venice: FNI part of acclaimed ocean art exhibition by Armin Linke
05.10.2018
Discussions five years ago with Davor Vidas, FNI Law of the sea expert, inspired the renowned photographer and filmmaker Armin Linke to turn ocean science into art. The result? The exhibition 'Prospecting Ocean', held in Venice from 23 May until 30 September.
Experts gathered in Tromsø: What future for the polar regions?
04.10.2018
Iceberg harvesting, whaling and polar bear protection. These issues – and many more - were on the agenda when the 11th Polar Law Symposium took place in Tromsø, Norway, in October.