A new era in the Arctic Council's external relations? Broader consequences of the Nuuk observer rules for Arctic governance

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Graczyk, Piotr, Koivurova, Timo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2013
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Nuuk; Arctic Council; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247412000824; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247412000824

ABSTRACT This article studies the role of observers under both the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy (AEPS) and the Arctic Council (AC) before the Nuuk ministerial meeting that took place in May 2011. In this meeting, the AC actors were able to find consensus on criteria for admitting new obs...