In what has been labelled the “Oscars of the think tank world”, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) has been nominated as best European think tank of the year in the field of energy and environment.

Lise Marie Sundsbø, master's student at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, has been monitoring parts of the recent climate summit. Here she gives a brief introduction to the negotiations and to the most important bones of contention looking ahead.

What future for the Arctic? A pristine and preserved natural reserve, or a full-on "race for resources"? Norway’s new Ambassador for Arctic Affairs has clear views.

Despite the doomsayers, climate policy under a Trump presidency might not turn into the complete disaster many are predicting after all.

An FNI article is the third most cited academic article in all of 2015 in the prestigious and highly ranked academic journal “Regulation & Governance”.

FNI has established relations with foreign policy research institutes in South Africa, and sees promising opportunities for joint research in the years ahead.