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Rapid climate change in the Arctic, with wide-ranging consequences for societies and human activities, has become an uncontested point of departure in most of the international scholarly literature on the Arctic future. At the same time, development of the Arctic – mainly involving resource extraction and associated maritime transportation – is regarded as a cornerstone of Russia’s economic future. The project will seek to understand how this economic development may be impacted by climate change.
We will examine how climate change is interpreted in different sources of knowledge in Russia, scientific, political and societal, and how interpretation of physical climate impacts affects adaptation processes. The project includes two empirical case studies. One is on Taymyr peninsula, the northern part of Krasnoyarsk Kray in East Siberia, where several resource extraction projects are in various stages of development, all situated in permafrost areas. The second is on development of navigation on the Northern Sea Route, where melting sea ice is expected to improve sailing conditions, but where other climate impacts may have adverse effects.
Project period: 2021-2024
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- Research Council of Norway
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
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Фундаментальная и прикладная климатология ('Fundamental and Applied Climatology'), Vol 9, No 2, 2023, pp. 224-242. In Russian
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Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Vol 14, 2023, pp. 112-131
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In Andrey Mineev, Anatoli Bourmistrov and Frode Mellemvik (eds), Global Development in the Arctic: International Cooperation for the Future. Routledge, 2022, pp. 216-231.
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In Andrey Mineev, Anatoli Bourmistrov and Frode Mellemvik (eds), Global Development in the Arctic: International Cooperation for the Future. Routledge, 2022, pp. 216-231.
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Climate Policy, published online 09.08.2022, 15 p. DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2022.2107981
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Climatic Change, Vol 170, published online 07.02.2022. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-021-03299-3
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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Sosiologen, January 29, 2024. In Norwegian.
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Okhotsk Sea and Polar Oceans Research, Vol 7, No 1, 2023, pp. 13-16
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Forskning.no, March 11, 2023. In Norwegian.
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Climate Strategies, November 10, 2022.
RELATED RESEARCH AREA(S)
IN MEDIA
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Russland vil bruke den nordlige sjørute hele året: − Får sterke atomisbrytere ("Russia to Utilize Northern Sea Route Year-Round)
VG, September 23, 2023. In Norwegian.
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Norge overtar lederskapet i Arktisk råd: Viktig å få til samarbeid med Russland om klima (Upcoming Arctic Council Chairship: Important to Have Some Cooperation With Russia on Climate)
High North News, March 29, 2023. In Norwegian. English version here.
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Putin Discusses Possibility That Global Warming Has Peaked
Newsweek, February 16, 2023.
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At COP27, Russia acted as though it had not invaded Ukraine
Open Democracy, November 22, 2022.
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COP27: what's left of Russian climate action?
The Eurasian Climate Brief, November 18, 2022.
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Arctic Shipping Routes Are Feeling the Heat
EOS Science News, Jult 6, 2022.
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What’s happening with Russia's climate policy?
Science Norway, 3 January 2022.
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Hva skjer med Russlands klimapolitikk? (What's going on with Russia's climate policy?)
Forskning.no, 14 December 2021. In Norwegian.
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Putin has pledged carbon neutrality by 2060. He claims Russia’s forests will do much of the work
Washington Post, 27 October 2021.