... answers, several experts have hinted at the possibility that the permafrost’s melting might have weakened the plant’s infrastructure, as the surface becomes more and more unstable due to global warming. It is worth mentioning that already in 2017, the Arctic Council (a high-level intergovernmental forum of which Russia is part of) published a report that warned about foundations in
permafrost regions
not being able to support the loads they used to. The findings suggested that measures needed to be ...
... World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Russia) held a round table on the development of international cooperation in Arctic marine space management. The following topics were covered during the meeting:
— prospects for joint projects in the framework of the Arctic Council regarding the management of the central part of the Arctic Ocean;
— obtained results, current activities, and plans for the future of the Arctic Council on preservation and management of marine space in the Arctic;
— approaches to marine ...
... ecosystem-based management in the region. Basing on the comparative analysis of different regional solutions related to such management, the authors conclude that there is a need to develop a special regime for the Arctic based on further build up of the Arctic Council and the OSPAR experience. The report is prepared under the RIAC project "International cooperation in the Arctic".
Integrated Marine Management in the Arctic
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It would be difficult to say there was a breakthrough at the Arctic Council biennial session of the eight member-states’ foreign ministers, which took place on 24-25 April 2015. Some had earlier hastened to describe it almost as a failure.
Firstly, Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov did not go ...
What should Russia expect from the US Chairmanship in the context of the ongoing sanctions pressure?
On April 24-25, 2015, the 9th Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council took place in Iqaluit, Nunavut in the north of Canada. The meeting marked the end of Canada’s Arctic Council Chairmanship and the start of the US Chairmanship. Russian delegations at such events have been traditionally led by Foreign ...
