Pelaudeix / Basse Governance of Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-317-12592-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Reihe: Global Governance

Global energy problems will remain a challenge in the coming decades. The impact of climate change and the melting of polar sea ice opening up access to offshore hydrocarbon resources in the Arctic Ocean, raises questions for both civil society and the scientific community over drilling opportunities in Arctic marine areas.

Disparities in approach to the governance of oil and gas extraction in the Arctic arise from fundamental differences in histories, cultures, domestic constraints and substantive values and attitudes in the Arctic coastal states and sub-states. Differing political systems, legal traditions and societal beliefs with regard to energy security and economic development, environmental protection, legitimacy of decision making, and the ownership and respect of the rights of indigenous people, all affect how governance systems of oil and gas extraction are designed.

Using a multidisciplinary approach and case studies from the USA, Norway, Russia, Canada, Greenland/Denmark and the EU, this book both examines the current governance of extraction and its effects and considers ways to enhance the efficiency of environmental management and public participation in this system.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pelaudeix, Cecile

Pelaudeix, Cécile

Basse, Ellen Margrethe

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction: Between Diversity and Coexistence in The Arctic

Cécile Pelaudeix and Ellen Margrethe Basse



PART I: Globalization and Supra-nationalism in the Arctic

- Framing the Problem in Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Exploitation

Timo Koivurova

- Sustainable Development in Arctic International Environmental Cooperation and the Governance of Hydrocarbon-Related Activities

Christoph Humrich

- The European Union’s Role As a Facilitator in the Development of Maritime Environmental Law in the Arctic – With Focus on Offshore Hydrocarbon Activities

Ellen Margrethe Basse

- Indigenous Rights in the Marine Arctic

Rachael Johnstone



PART II: National Perspectives on Offshore Regulations

- Alaska and Offshore Hydrocarbon Extraction: A Legal and Socio-Economic Review

Edward T. Canuel

- Governance of Offshore Hydrocarbon Activities in The Arctic and Energy Policies: A Comparative Approach between Norway, Canada and Greenland/Denmark

Cécile Pelaudeix

- The Russian Offshore Oil and Gas Regime: When Tight Control Means Less Order

Roman Sidortsov

- The Arctic Offshore Hydrocarbon Hiatus of 2015, Climate Change, and Integrated Management: An opportunity to revisit regulation around the Pole

Betsy Baker



PART III: State-Based Approach, Sub-States Entities and Indigenous peoples

- Offshore Development and Inuit Rights in Inuit Nunangat

Thierry Rodon

- Securing the Coastal Sámi Culture and Livelihood

Øyvind Ravna And Kristoffer Svendsen

- Indigenous Modes of Ownership: Reopening the Case for Communal Rights in Greenland

Pelle Tejsner



PART IV: Regulatory Instruments and Enforcement

- Impact Benefit Agreements and Economic and Environmental Risk Management in the Arctic

Vladimir Pacheco Cueva

- Impact Benefit Agreements in Greenland

Bent Ole Mortensen

- The Interplay Between Environmental Research, and Environmental Regulation of Offshore Oil and Gas Activities in Greenland

Anders Mosbech, David Boertmann, Susse Wegeberg and Kim Gustavson



- Conclusion: Towards an Integrated and Participatory Governance of the Arctic Marine Areas

Cécile Pelaudeix

Über Autor(innen)

Energy security will remain a challenge in the decades to come, and whereas global warming is opening up access to offshore hydrocarbon resources in the Arctic Ocean, civil society and the scientific community are questioning the opportunities to drill in the Arctic marine areas. The differences in approach to the governance of oil and gas extraction in the Arctic arises from fundamental differences in histories, cultures, domestic constraints and substantive values and attitudes in the Arctic coastal states and sub-states. The different political and legal traditions and rationalities in the Arctic societies e.g. in respect to energy security, to ownership and respect of the rights of indigenous people, have an impact on how the governance systems in respect to oil and gas extraction are designed. This book examines the current governance of such extractive activities and their effects.