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)
- Sustainable aquaculture
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

Neumann new FNI Director

Highlights from Arendalsuka

FNI wins think tank award

LATEST FNI NEWS

New deal for nature: Raising the voices of the young
20.09.2019
In 2020 a new global deal for biodiversity will be adopted, setting targets for the protection and conservation of the planet’s ecosystems. FNI has helped prepare a toolbox to help young people engage in the ongoing UN negotiations.
Neumann appointed new director of FNI
04.09.2019
The Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) is proud to welcome Iver B. Neumann (59) as new director, starting January 2020. ‘A brilliant choice for our top-rated institute’, notes Øyvind Østerud, Chairman of the FNI Board.
Windpower, Arctic geopolitics and EU climate policy: FNI at Arendalsuka '19
26.08.2019
FNI drew crowds and full houses when it hosted a series of open seminars and debates during this year’s ‘Arendalsuka’ event.