The Arctic for China’s Green Energy Transition
Various studies have pinpointed the strategic value of Arctic oil and gas for China. These energy reserves can enhance China’s energy security by increasing and diversifying its energy supply, particularly in the context of rapidly growing domestic energy demand and its heavy reliance on energy imports.
China’s Polar Silk Road: Long Game or Failed Strategy?
As China is striving to become a global power, including in maritime and transportation domains, the Arctic is of interest to China.
Norway reluctant to ban deep sea mining in the Arctic
Thirty-one countries have pledged to stop all deep-sea mining in polar regions at the One Planet Polar Summit, which ended in Paris on Friday (10 November), in a deal that Norway still needs to sign amid criticism of its recent…
No place for coal in the Arctic
Coal brought fortune to Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, but that bonanza became a curse for the remote group of islands – coal is now considered the most harmful fossil energy for the climate.
The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 6 November, 2023
Willow Oil Project in Alaska’s Arctic Given Approval to Proceed
Russia and China are opening a new anti-western front in the Arctic
On October 21 — exactly two weeks after what appeared to be deliberate EU-pipe and cable breakages in the Baltic Sea — Nato Admiral Rob Bauer made a major statement. “We must prepare for the fact that conflict can present…
EU urged to throw its economic weight behind Arctic conservation
Despite the EU having little direct say on the protection of poles and glaciers, advocates argued at the One Planet – Polar Summit, hosted in Paris from Wednesday to Friday (8-10 November), that its economic might can still be influential….
In Iceland visit, Special Representative on the Arctic and High North discusses challenges of the Arctic and its growing importance
OSCE Parliamentary Vice-President and Special Representative on the Arctic and High North Rt. Hon. Mark Pritchard (United Kingdom) is concluding an official three-day visit to Iceland where he discussed security and environmental challenges that the Arctic is facing. During his…
USA working with allies over sanctions on Russian Arctic LNG project
The sanctions are aimed at degrading Russia’s future energy production and export capabilities, while maintaining the flow of energy to world markets.
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