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

A silk road on ice?

New book by FNI scholars

Arctic partners or rivals?

LATEST FNI NEWS

Convention on Biodiversity 25 years
22.05.2018
May 22nd is the International Day for Biological Diversity, and this year the day marks the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
Governing climate change: Polycentricity in action?
15.05.2018
A newly published book, Governing Climate Change: Polycentricity in Action?, assesses how a more dispersed pattern of governing is influencing climate change policies.
A successful High North Dialogue
27.04.2018
What is the state of Arctic growth? Is economic development compatible with environmental protection? Why is China interested in the region? And what about other actors?

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FNI IN MEDIA

How a Norwegian retiree got caught up in a spy scandal
The Atlantic. 19.5.18.
Kremlin prioritizes commerical considerations in Arctic safety dispute
High North News. 4.5.18.
Står samlet bak Pasjinian (Rallying behind Pashinyan)
Klassekampen. 3.5.18. In Norwegian.

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LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Regulating the invisible: interaction between the EU and Norway in managing nano-risks

Steinar Andresen, G.Kristin Rosendal, Jon Birger Skjærseth

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, online 21.05.2018, 16 p. DOI: 10.1007/s10784-018-9401-5
Governing Arctic Shipping: Institutional Niches and Regional Regimes

Olav Schram Stokke

In Svein Vigeland Rottem and Ida Folkestad Soltvedt (eds), Arctic Governance: Energy, Living Marine Resources and Shipping. Volume 2. London, I.B. Tauris, 2018, pp. 228-252.
Stock Shifts, Value Chains and Institutional Resilience: Fisher Compliance in the Barents Sea

Olav Schram Stokke

In Svein Vigeland Rottem and Ida Folkestad Soltvedt (eds), Arctic Governance: Energy, Living Marine Resources and Shipping. Volume 2. London, I.B. Tauris, 2018, pp. 85-112.
Kina - stadig viktigere samarbeidspartner i arktisk forskning ('China - increasingly important partner in arctic research')

Geir Hønneland, Anne Husebekk and Ole Arve Misund

Nordnorsk debatt. 22.05.18. In Norwegian.
Does Russian unconventional oil have a future?

Valeriy Kryukov and Arild Moe

Energy Policy, Vol 119, 2018, pp. 41-50.
Harnessing the Market: Trading in Carbon Allowances

Katja Biedenkopf and Jørgen Wettestad

In Andrew Jordan, Dave Huitema, Harro van Asselt and Johanna Forster (eds), Governing Climate Chsnge - Polycentricity in Action? Cambridge (UK), Cambridge University Press, 2018, pp. 231-248.
Arctic Hydrocarbon Development: State Interests and Policies

Dag Harald Claes, Arild Moe and Svein Vigeland Rottem

In Svein Vigeland Rottem and Ida Folkestad Soltvedt (eds), Arctic Governance: Energy, Living Marine Resources and Shipping. Volume 2. London, I.B. Tauris, 2018, pp. 26-50.