Geopolitical and economic interests in environmental governance: explaining observer state status in the Arctic Council
Which factors lead states to apply for observer status in the Arctic Council (AC)? What explains the acceptance of those applications? In 2013, the AC underwent its most significant change since its foundation in 1996, with its formalization through the creation of a secretariat, the confirmation of...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/353334 2024-06-23T07:48:58+00:00 Geopolitical and economic interests in environmental governance: explaining observer state status in the Arctic Council Filimonova, Nadezhda Obydenkova, Anastassia V. Rodrigues Vieira, Vinicius G. Uppsala University European Commission Obydenkova, Anastassia V. Rodrigues Vieira, Vinicius G. 2023-05-01 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10261/353334 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-023-03490-8 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100007051 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85154048684 en eng Springer #PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE# info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/101086415 Postprint The underlying dataset has been published as supplementary material of the article in the publisher platform at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-023-03490-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-023-03490-8 Sí Climatic Change 176: 50 (2023) 0165-0009 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/353334 doi:10.1007/s10584-023-03490-8 1573-1480 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100007051 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 2-s2.0-85154048684 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85154048684 open Arctic Council China Climate change Environmental regional governance Institutional design Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) Russia artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2023 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-023-03490-810.13039/50110000705110.13039/501100000780 2024-05-29T00:07:14Z Which factors lead states to apply for observer status in the Arctic Council (AC)? What explains the acceptance of those applications? In 2013, the AC underwent its most significant change since its foundation in 1996, with its formalization through the creation of a secretariat, the confirmation of eight observers, and acceptance of other five states, including China, with the same status. This study explores geopolitical and economic interests of actors of regional environmental governance that impact both applications and their acceptance as observer states. Based on probit models and case studies, we identify that states that mostly increase their carbon-equivalent emissions through consumption and production are less likely to join the AC as observers and to be accepted as such. Models also yield statistically significant correlations between states that import a high amount of goods from China and the pursuit of observer status in the AC. Models that disregard the impact of Beijing on observership in the intergovernmental organization reveal that applicants tend to have higher international status than the average and tend to be accepted as observer states for increasing the AC’s prestige. Unsuccessful attempts of joining the AC as observers also suggest that concerns with the environment, science, and technology impact observership demand and supply. Yet, acceptance of observer states may also be contingent on geopolitical and economic considerations by member states of the AC. The funding for language editing came from the Institute of Russian and Eurasian Studies (IRES), Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden. Research by Anastassia Obydenkova was supported by project CARSI (Caucasus and Central Asia Research on Social Innovation: Development Assistance, Innovation and Societal Transformation) ID 101086415 Horizon-MSCA-2023-SE-01. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Council Arctic Climate change Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Arctic Climatic Change 176 5 |
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Which factors lead states to apply for observer status in the Arctic Council (AC)? What explains the acceptance of those applications? In 2013, the AC underwent its most significant change since its foundation in 1996, with its formalization through the creation of a secretariat, the confirmation of eight observers, and acceptance of other five states, including China, with the same status. This study explores geopolitical and economic interests of actors of regional environmental governance that impact both applications and their acceptance as observer states. Based on probit models and case studies, we identify that states that mostly increase their carbon-equivalent emissions through consumption and production are less likely to join the AC as observers and to be accepted as such. Models also yield statistically significant correlations between states that import a high amount of goods from China and the pursuit of observer status in the AC. Models that disregard the impact of Beijing on observership in the intergovernmental organization reveal that applicants tend to have higher international status than the average and tend to be accepted as observer states for increasing the AC’s prestige. Unsuccessful attempts of joining the AC as observers also suggest that concerns with the environment, science, and technology impact observership demand and supply. Yet, acceptance of observer states may also be contingent on geopolitical and economic considerations by member states of the AC. The funding for language editing came from the Institute of Russian and Eurasian Studies (IRES), Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden. Research by Anastassia Obydenkova was supported by project CARSI (Caucasus and Central Asia Research on Social Innovation: Development Assistance, Innovation and Societal Transformation) ID 101086415 Horizon-MSCA-2023-SE-01. Peer reviewed |
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