Making Polar and Ocean Governance Future-Proof
Governance institutions of the polar regions, as well as global oceans, may hold room for improvement in terms of effectiveness but, on the whole, their existence can be regarded as a success story. The arrangements managed to pool responsibility for regional resources amid Cold War geopolitics, mos...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b5f88afc938746b992cfcc74f9b4b3a7 2023-05-15T13:36:02+02:00 Making Polar and Ocean Governance Future-Proof Hannes Hansen-Magnusson 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i3.5332 https://doaj.org/article/b5f88afc938746b992cfcc74f9b4b3a7 EN eng Cogitatio https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/5332 https://doaj.org/toc/2183-2463 2183-2463 doi:10.17645/pag.v10i3.5332 https://doaj.org/article/b5f88afc938746b992cfcc74f9b4b3a7 Politics and Governance, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 60-69 (2022) antarctic treaty system arctic governance law of the sea oceans responsibility Political science (General) JA1-92 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i3.5332 2022-12-30T21:17:05Z Governance institutions of the polar regions, as well as global oceans, may hold room for improvement in terms of effectiveness but, on the whole, their existence can be regarded as a success story. The arrangements managed to pool responsibility for regional resources amid Cold War geopolitics, mostly by delegating discussions to science committees. Changing global climate, however, provides considerable challenges to these governance arrangements. It begs the question of how the success story can be continued into the future. After sketching the emergence of polar and ocean governance and their core organizational principles during the 20th century, this article identifies some of the challenges linked to global warming that have been altering the context of governance fundamentally. The article discusses emerging issues that warrant attention, but which may be difficult to accommodate in present governance networks. Ultimately, the article argues that anchoring principles of “responsibility” that take into account the relational quality of polar and ocean spaces is key to any institutional design that seeks to take governance arrangements into the 21st century and beyond. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Global warming Law of the Sea Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Antarctic Politics and Governance 10 3 |
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Governance institutions of the polar regions, as well as global oceans, may hold room for improvement in terms of effectiveness but, on the whole, their existence can be regarded as a success story. The arrangements managed to pool responsibility for regional resources amid Cold War geopolitics, mostly by delegating discussions to science committees. Changing global climate, however, provides considerable challenges to these governance arrangements. It begs the question of how the success story can be continued into the future. After sketching the emergence of polar and ocean governance and their core organizational principles during the 20th century, this article identifies some of the challenges linked to global warming that have been altering the context of governance fundamentally. The article discusses emerging issues that warrant attention, but which may be difficult to accommodate in present governance networks. Ultimately, the article argues that anchoring principles of “responsibility” that take into account the relational quality of polar and ocean spaces is key to any institutional design that seeks to take governance arrangements into the 21st century and beyond. |
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