The European Union's potential contribution to enhanced governance of Arctic shipping

• Main Author: LIU, Nengye
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Environmental Law; Arctic
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4131; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6089&context=sol_research

This article focuses on the European Union (EU)’s potential contribution to an enhanced legal regime of the Arctic offshore oil and gas operations. It first briefly describes existing international law for the regulation of offshore oil and gas operations in the Arctic. The article then discusses the development of EU’s Arctic policy and the EU’s competence to regulate Arctic offshore oil and gas activities. Subsequently, it analyzes potential actions and initiatives that could be taken by the EU to promote high safety standards for offshore oil and gas operations in the Arctic.