Environmental Security in the Arctic Ocean

pThis seminal book results from a NATO Advanced Research Workshop at the University of Cambridge with Russian co-directorship, enabling the first formal dialogue between NATO and Russia about security issues in the Arctic Ocean.� Involving�interdisciplinary participation with�experts from 17 nations, including all of the Arctic states, this workshop itself reflects progress in Arctic cooperation and collaboration.
Interests now are awakening globally to take advantage of�extensive energy, shipping, fishing and tourism opportunities in the�Arctic Ocean�as it is being transformed from a permanent sea-ice cap�to a seasonally ice-free sea.� This environmental state-change�is introducing inherent risks of political, economic and cultural instabilities that are centralized among the Arctic states and indigenous peoples with repercussions globally.� Responding with urgency, environmental security is presented as�ani "integrated approach for assessing and responding to the risks as well as the opportunities generated by an environmental state-change."/i� In this book - diverse perspectives on environmental security in the Arctic Ocean are shared in chapters from high-level diplomats, parliamentarians and government officials of Arctic and non-Arctic states; leaders of Arctic indigenous peoples organizations; international law advisors from Arctic states as well as the United Nations; directors of inter-governmental organizations and non-governmental organizations; managers of multi-national corporations; political scientists, historians and economists; along with Earth system scientists and oceanographers.� Building on thei "common arctic issues"/i of i"sustainable development and environmental protection"/i established by the Arctic Council - environmental security�offers an holistic approach�to assess opportunities and risks as well as develop�infrastructure responses with law of the sea as the keyi "international legal framework"/i to i"promote the peaceful uses"/i of the Arctic Ocean.� With vision for future generations, environmental security is a path to balance national interests and common interests in the Arctic Ocean for the lasting benefit of all./p