The Use of Arctic Science: POPs, the Stockholm Convention and Norway
The focus in this article is on how scientific knowledge on POPs in the Arctic has been used in international regulations, and can be used today. More specifically, I explore Norway’s active (and successful) nominations over the past decade of new POPs to the Stockholm Convention, nominations that n...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:aa495112a71340c5850df3ae8453d2bf 2023-05-15T14:21:31+02:00 The Use of Arctic Science: POPs, the Stockholm Convention and Norway Svein Vigeland Rottem 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v8.723 https://doaj.org/article/aa495112a71340c5850df3ae8453d2bf EN NO eng nor Cappelen Damm Akademisk NOASP https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/723/2231 https://doaj.org/toc/2387-4562 2387-4562 doi:10.23865/arctic.v8.723 https://doaj.org/article/aa495112a71340c5850df3ae8453d2bf Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Vol 8, Iss 0, Pp 246-269 (2017) Arctic POPs Norway Stockholm Convention science Law K article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v8.723 2022-12-31T05:00:23Z The focus in this article is on how scientific knowledge on POPs in the Arctic has been used in international regulations, and can be used today. More specifically, I explore Norway’s active (and successful) nominations over the past decade of new POPs to the Stockholm Convention, nominations that need a scientific knowledge basis, and where Arctic scientific knowledge has been a prerequisite for action. The article will first discuss the Stockholm Convention`s relation to other legal instruments on regulating POPs, and provide an introduction to how the Convention works. However, to obtain a more complete picture of how science travels into global governance we need to bring the State in. We need to know how scientific knowledge is used (or not used) at the national level. The question guiding the second part of this study is what has determined the use of scientific knowledge in Norwegian efforts leading to the nomination of new POPs to the Stockholm Convention. The focus is on environmental management design, state of knowledge, degree of political and economic controversy in the issue area, and the importance of the matter in public opinion and among policy makers. The conclusion is that Norway has had little to lose by initiating work on regulating new POPs and being active in the nomination of new POPs. Being green (or using scientific knowledge) in this case has been scientifically demanding, but politically easy. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic review on law and politics Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Norway Arctic Review on Law and Politics 8 0 |
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The focus in this article is on how scientific knowledge on POPs in the Arctic has been used in international regulations, and can be used today. More specifically, I explore Norway’s active (and successful) nominations over the past decade of new POPs to the Stockholm Convention, nominations that need a scientific knowledge basis, and where Arctic scientific knowledge has been a prerequisite for action. The article will first discuss the Stockholm Convention`s relation to other legal instruments on regulating POPs, and provide an introduction to how the Convention works. However, to obtain a more complete picture of how science travels into global governance we need to bring the State in. We need to know how scientific knowledge is used (or not used) at the national level. The question guiding the second part of this study is what has determined the use of scientific knowledge in Norwegian efforts leading to the nomination of new POPs to the Stockholm Convention. The focus is on environmental management design, state of knowledge, degree of political and economic controversy in the issue area, and the importance of the matter in public opinion and among policy makers. The conclusion is that Norway has had little to lose by initiating work on regulating new POPs and being active in the nomination of new POPs. Being green (or using scientific knowledge) in this case has been scientifically demanding, but politically easy. |
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