For the third consecutive year, FNI has been nominated for the Prospect Think Tank Awards as best European think tank in the energy and environment category. FNI has already won the price once, in 2017.

Kristin Rosendal will act as Director from 1 August to 31 December 2018, while FNI Director Geir Hønneland takes a partial leave of absence to assume the position as Executive Chairman of the Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association (NFFO).

Overall, FNI has a strong tradition in terms of research quality and output, a high reputation internationally, and produces research of considerable societal relevance.

How environmental issues are treated in the wind power licensing process was one of the topics at the NVE's yearly wind power seminar.

23–25 May a large group of Chinese Arctic researchers met with counterparts from the Nordic countries.

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).

A newly published book, Governing Climate Change: Polycentricity in Action?, assesses how a more dispersed pattern of governing is influencing climate change policies.

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?

FNI Director Geir Hønneland and FNI researchers Gørild Heggelund and Arild Moe were recently in China as members of a delegation led by the Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education.

As part of an expert panel of three, FNI Senior Policy Analyst Christian Prip has spent the past year conducting a review of the International Whaling Commission. The final report is now completed and made available for the public.

Several FNI researchers attended the 59th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), this year held in San Francisco, California.

The annual National People’s Congress (NPC), held on 5–20 March 2018, announced significant structural changes to the State Council ministries to make the system more efficient.

As the sea ice melts and the Arctic is opened to the exploration of resources and new transport routes, China is showing increased interest in the region.

Since the EU became interested in Arctic affairs, its relationship with Norway – its closest neighbour to the north – has been one of paradoxes. But why?

Carbon markets are developing and expanding around the world, but how and to what extent is their design shaped by learning and interaction between them? How do these markets function, and what is the role of design?

According to FNI researcher Andreas Raspotnik, there is no doubt that the EU is an ‘Arctic actor’ – and yet, what exactly does the Arctic mean to the EU?

FNI researcher Jørgen Wettestad has been selected to participate as a Lead Author for the Working Group III contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).

On January 26, Beijing for the first time issued a white paper outlining Chinese ambitions in the Arctic region.

On Tuesday 19 December China formally announced the launch of its nation-wide carbon market. However, several questions are still left unanswered.

FNI director Geir Hønneland recently took part in a symposium about international law and politics in the Arctic, organized by the Polar Cooperation Research Centre (PCRC) at Kobe University in Japan.