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

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LATEST FNI NEWS

FNI wins prize: best European think tank of the year on energy and environment
10.07.2017
In what has been labelled 'the Oscars of think tanks', the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) has been awarded the prize for “best European think tank” in the field of energy and environment.
FNI nominated for think tank awards
05.07.2017
The Fridtjof Nansen Institute has - once again - been nominated as best European think tank of the year. This year, the institute is nominated in not only one, but in two separate research categories: energy and environment, and international affairs.
Join FNI in Arendal this summer
29.06.2017
FNI will be hosting two events during Arendalsuka in August: One on the 'Duel of Giants', i.e. the role of the EU and China in international climate politics, and one on 'the Blue Battle', Norway's new marine conflicts related to climate change.