Just transitions and a contested space: Antarctica and the Global South
This paper suggests that Global South states should prioritize Antarctica as a core trans-national issue because of the potential rewards it offers in terms of opportunities for advancing their common political and development agendas. Global South states are significantly underrepresented in Antarc...
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ftautuniv:oai:openrepository.aut.ac.nz:10292/8584 2023-10-01T03:51:58+02:00 Just transitions and a contested space: Antarctica and the Global South Verbitsky, JE 2014 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10292/8584 https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2014.954883 unknown Taylor & Francis http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2014.954883 Polar Journal, vol.49(3), pp.278 - 285 doi:10.1080/2154896X.2014.954883 https://hdl.handle.net/10292/8584 Copyright © 2014 Taylor & Francis. This is a preprint of an article whose final and definitive form has been published in The Polar Journal and is available online at: www.tandfonline.com with the open URL of your article (see Publisher’s Version). OpenAccess Antarctica Global South Development Environmental justice cosmopolitan democracy Journal Article 2014 ftautuniv https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2014.954883 2023-09-06T14:02:21Z This paper suggests that Global South states should prioritize Antarctica as a core trans-national issue because of the potential rewards it offers in terms of opportunities for advancing their common political and development agendas. Global South states are significantly underrepresented in Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) governance. Consequently, they have minimal input into the shaping and direction of ATS decision-making on issues such as Antarctic bio-prospecting, fishing and tourism or, critically, into debates about the role and status of Antarctica in the international system. Nevertheless, Antarctica represents opportunities for Global South states to realize shared cosmopolitan democracy and environmental justice goals. While contemporary media coverage of the southernmost continent has focused on its vital role in global climate change, Antarctica is also important for Global South states because it is a contested, non-sovereign area without a clearly defined status or future (international or global commons, Common Heritage of Mankind, global wilderness?) that could be integral to their future development. The paper advocates the benefits for developing states of participating in Antarctic governance, drawing on theories of cosmopolitan democracy and environmental justice to demonstrate that these can be utilized by Global South states to reinvigorate and move forward international debates about the role, status and future of Antarctica, and provides a central place for Global South states in that future. Additionally, these theories can be practically applied to Global South development goals with respect to issues such as the management of Antarctica, access to sustainable resources and benefit sharing from Antarctic resource extraction. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Auckland University of Technology: Tuwhera Open Research Antarctic The Polar Journal 4 2 319 334 |
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This paper suggests that Global South states should prioritize Antarctica as a core trans-national issue because of the potential rewards it offers in terms of opportunities for advancing their common political and development agendas. Global South states are significantly underrepresented in Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) governance. Consequently, they have minimal input into the shaping and direction of ATS decision-making on issues such as Antarctic bio-prospecting, fishing and tourism or, critically, into debates about the role and status of Antarctica in the international system. Nevertheless, Antarctica represents opportunities for Global South states to realize shared cosmopolitan democracy and environmental justice goals. While contemporary media coverage of the southernmost continent has focused on its vital role in global climate change, Antarctica is also important for Global South states because it is a contested, non-sovereign area without a clearly defined status or future (international or global commons, Common Heritage of Mankind, global wilderness?) that could be integral to their future development. The paper advocates the benefits for developing states of participating in Antarctic governance, drawing on theories of cosmopolitan democracy and environmental justice to demonstrate that these can be utilized by Global South states to reinvigorate and move forward international debates about the role, status and future of Antarctica, and provides a central place for Global South states in that future. Additionally, these theories can be practically applied to Global South development goals with respect to issues such as the management of Antarctica, access to sustainable resources and benefit sharing from Antarctic resource extraction. |
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