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The Arctic Council between science, management and policy

An FNI research team has taken a closer look at the most significant knowledge actor in the Arctic, the Arctic Council, which has for many years been the pivotal agenda-setter for knowledge development in the North.
Mercury pollution in China: how research played an important role in environmental policy

A research project at FNI investigates China's altered mercury emission policy, finding that China is now in a win–win situation: ownership of state-of-the-art knowledge and a more central position in international environmental negotiations.
China: Enormous development of renewable energy

In ten years, China's climate policy has completely changed. ‘The Chinese realized that it was in their self-interest to take climate seriously’, says FNI researcher Iselin Stensdal.

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LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Hvorfor har vi en egen politikk for nordområdene? (Why does Norway have a particular policy concerning the High North?)

Andreas Østhagen

Morgenladet, 27.11.20. In Norwegian
Fare for at kommuner ofrer naturverdier (Risk that municipalities may sacrifice wilderness areas for windpower profits)

Lars H. Gulbrandsen

Kommunal Rapport, 27.11.20. In Norwegian.
Response to Reviewers: The Steppe Tradition in International Relations

Iver B. Neumann and Einar Wigen

Cambridge Review of International Affairs, published online 25.11.2020. DOI: 10.1080/09557571.2020.1838823
Introduction

Elin Lerum Boasson, Merethe Leiren Dotterud and Jørgen Wettestad

In Elin Lerum Boasson, Merethe Leiren Dotterud and Jørgen Wettestad (eds), Comparative Renewables Policy: Political, Organizational and European Fields. Routledge, 2021, pp. 3-19.
France: from renewables laggard to technology-specific devotee

Elin Lerum Boasson, Catherine Banet and Jørgen Wettestad

In Elin Lerum Boasson, Merethe Leiren Dotterud and Jørgen Wettestad (eds), Comparative Renewables Policy: Political, Organizational and European Fields. Routledge, 2021, pp. 149-170.
Comparative assessments and conclusions

Elin Lerum Boasson, Merethe Leiren Dotterud and Jørgen Wettestad

In Elin Lerum Boasson, Merethe Leiren Dotterud and Jørgen Wettestad (eds), Comparative Renewables Policy: Political, Organizational and European Fields. Routledge, 2021, pp. 219-240.
Oil and power industries' responses to EU emissions trading:leaders or laggards?

Jon Birger Skjærseth and Per Ove Eikeland

In R.K.W. Wurzel, D. Liefferink and D. Torney (eds), Pioneers, Leaders and Followers in Multilevel and Polycentric Climate Governance. Routledge, 2020, pp. 104-125.