Anticipating the Arctic and the Arctic Council: pre-emption, precaution and preparedness
ABSTRACT This paper considers the role of the Arctic Council (AC) and its relationship to the future or even futures. Factors such as sea ice thinning and melting permafrost, alongside globalisation, have been cited as consequential in transforming the Arctic region. While we might be cautious about...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247412000198 2024-03-03T08:40:21+00:00 Anticipating the Arctic and the Arctic Council: pre-emption, precaution and preparedness Dodds, Klaus J. 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247412000198 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247412000198 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 49, issue 2, page 193-203 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2012 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247412000198 2024-02-08T08:31:54Z ABSTRACT This paper considers the role of the Arctic Council (AC) and its relationship to the future or even futures. Factors such as sea ice thinning and melting permafrost, alongside globalisation, have been cited as consequential in transforming the Arctic region. While we might be cautious about the novelty of change per se , there is a need for further debate about how the ‘future’ is imagined and put into practice. Exploring different logics, including precaution, pre-emption and preparedness, consideration is offered on how the AC attempts to anticipate the future. The contentious role of observers is investigated by way of an example, and it is concluded that there is more work to be done in terms of how different futures are assembled, mobilised and put into practice. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Council Arctic Ice permafrost Polar Record Sea ice Cambridge University Press Arctic Polar Record 49 2 193 203 |
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ABSTRACT This paper considers the role of the Arctic Council (AC) and its relationship to the future or even futures. Factors such as sea ice thinning and melting permafrost, alongside globalisation, have been cited as consequential in transforming the Arctic region. While we might be cautious about the novelty of change per se , there is a need for further debate about how the ‘future’ is imagined and put into practice. Exploring different logics, including precaution, pre-emption and preparedness, consideration is offered on how the AC attempts to anticipate the future. The contentious role of observers is investigated by way of an example, and it is concluded that there is more work to be done in terms of how different futures are assembled, mobilised and put into practice. |
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