This chapter considers what might be deemed relevant normative standards when taking responsibility for the effects of rising global temperatures on the territories and communities of the Arctic. Are globally produced harms chiefly the responsibility of territory-specific communities in terms of their dire effects, as is often assumed?
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the primary mechanism through which private businesses seek to establish their sustainability credentials (Rendtorff, 2019; Saeed et al, 2021). It is supplemented recently with environmental, social and governance investment frameworks (Pedersen et al, 2021).
Several years after the signing of the Paris Agreement, oil and gas production continues at a fast pace despite a near global recognition of the ongoing energy transition away from fossil fuels (IEA, 2021a, 2021b). The increasing demand for oil and gas caused by the post-pandemic lockdown economic recovery threatens the momentum gained by the energy transition.
A growing interest in Arctic resources leads to increased pressure on local authorities to accept new industrial projects in their areas. This includes mining, petroleum, wind energy and less mature technologies like hydrogen and ammonia production.
Throughout the centuries, people have been keen to find and discover new areas and exploit the natural resources associated with them. According toย Margaret Kohn and Kavita Reddy (2017), the term colonialism describes the process of European settlement and political control over the rest of the world, including the Americas, Australia and parts of Africa and Asia.
Arctic communities must negotiate locally, regionally and with external actors on how to make the best use of the human and natural resources in the region. This is against the backdrop of increased globalization, climate change, high demand for the regionโs mineral resources, and increasing local demand for improved living conditions and sustainable livelihoods.
Tรคmรคn tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on tarkastella, miten Suomen ilmastopolitiikassa pyritรครคn jakamaan kustannuksia eri ryhmien vรคlillรค ja mihin periaatteisiin tรคmรค jako perustuu. Vihreรค siirtymรค aiheuttaa valtavia yhteiskunnallisia kustannuksia. Nรคiden kustannusten oikeudenmukainen jako on akateemisesti ja yhteiskunnallisesti yhรค merkittรคvรคmpi keskustelunaihe.
Este artรญculo aspira a ser una revisiรณn crรญtica de las polรญticas รกrticas de la UE, particularmente de la mรกs reciente Comunicaciรณn de la Uniรณn Europea para el รrtico, de 13 de octubre de 2021, desde una perspectiva geopolรญtica e histรณrica.
Access to electric power and land are now key locational issues for the datacentre sector and most Nordic countries are pitching for their business. We use a comparative case analysis to illustrate several interrelated themes in Norway and Iceland, as both develop their datacentre sectors, but to date in differing ways.
Justice has long been central to geographic research but attention to the concept itself has been less explicitly theorized within the discipline. This article specifically traces the ways in which justice has been theorized within human geography.