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

High level visit from Shanghai to FNI
17.09.2018
FNI hosted a high-level delegation from Shanghai Municipality, headed by Shanghai CPC Deputy Secretary Mr. Yin Hong.
Sydney: International Law Association adopts two resolutions on sea-level rise
03.09.2018
FNI Research Professor Davor Vidas chaired the Committee on International Law and Sea Level Rise which presented its final report and proposals for two resolutions at the 78th Biennial Conference of the International Law Association (ILA) held in Sydney, Australia, 19-24 August 2018
FNI presents study on national implementation of the UN Biodiversity Convention
20.07.2018
Biodiversity is not high enough on countries’ political agendas to affect the main drivers of biodiversity loss. Therefore major implementation gaps remain in meeting the global targets for biodiversity that have been agreed internationally for 2020.