Summary: | 2018 North Pacific Arctic Conference (NPAC) on "Arctic 2030 and Beyond--Pathways to the Future," organized by the East-West Center and the Korea Maritime Institute, is now in its 9th year. Conference was held August 14-16, 2019 at Imin International Conference Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Overview: Arctic 2030 and beyond--pathways to the future / Yoon Hyung Kim, Oran R. Young, Robert W. Corell, Jon Deog Kim, Arild Moe, David L. VanderZwaag -- PART 1. ARCTIC 2030 AND BEYOND: NATIONAL POLICIES AND PRIORITIES. Korea's Arctic policy and activities / Sei-Joong Kwon -- U.S. national Arctic policies and priorities toward 2030 and beyond / David A. Balton -- Perspective from the Russian Federation / Andrei Zagorski -- Perspective from Finland / Timo Koivurova -- PART II. THE FUTURE OF ARCTIC OCEAN COOPERATION. The Arctic fisheries agreement: looking to 2030 and beyond / David A. Balton -- A Canadian perspective / Robert J. Young -- Perspective from the Russian Federation / Andrei Zagorski -- Perspective from a non-Arctic state / Sung-Jin Kim -- Indigenous and NGO perspectives / Jim Gamble -- Perspectives from an early career scientist / Yekaterina Y. Kontar -- PART III. CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE ARCTIC: FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR ADAPTATION. Threats to the Arctic ecosystems and human societies / Lars-Otto Reiersen -- Climate and health perspective / Chris M. Furgal -- Perspective from a non-Arctic state / Fengshi Wu -- Communities and adaptation perspective / Kevin Harun -- Perspective from a young scientist / Malgorzata (Gosia) Smieszek -- PART IV. TRENDS IN ARCTIC RESOURCE EXTRACTION AND LOGISTICS: GLOBAL DRIVERS AND REGIONAL CONDITIONS. Global market developments and implications for Arctic resource development / David Pumphrey -- Arctic shipping perspective in the context of global shipping / Henrik Falck -- Commercialization of the NSR with the 4th industrial revolution / Sung-Woo Lee, Jisung Jo -- Arctic offshore oil: sweet dream or ...
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