Islandness and dependence in Greenland’s climate paradiplomacy : 2009-2021
Alongside small island states, the Arctic is severely affected by climate change and iconic in its discourse. Arctic territories attend global climate summits, especially Greenland: the world’s largest subnational jurisdiction by land area, but a small island by population. This paper examines Green...
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ftunivmalta:oai:www.um.edu.mt:123456789/115167 2023-12-03T10:17:12+01:00 Islandness and dependence in Greenland’s climate paradiplomacy : 2009-2021 Westerling, Elin Klöck, Carola 2023-11 https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/115167 en eng University of Malta. Islands and Small States Institute Westerling, E., & Klöck, C. (2023). Islandness and dependence in Greenland’s climate paradiplomacy : 2009-2021. Small States & Territories, 6(2), 185-202. 26168006 https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/115167 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. Subnational governments -- Foreign relations -- Greenland Greenland -- Foreign economic relations States Small -- Foreign relations Diplomacy Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- Greenland Jurisdiction -- States Small Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Greenland Geopolitics -- Greenland Denmark -- Relations Greenland -- Strategic aspects article 2023 ftunivmalta 2023-11-08T18:24:52Z Alongside small island states, the Arctic is severely affected by climate change and iconic in its discourse. Arctic territories attend global climate summits, especially Greenland: the world’s largest subnational jurisdiction by land area, but a small island by population. This paper examines Greenland’s position and participation in UN climate negotiations, drawing on interviews and document analysis. We find that Greenland’s climate paradiplomacy is influenced by both its islandness and its dependence. Just like small island developing states, Greenland faces challenges related to disproportionate vulnerability and negligible total emissions, a small population and limited human capacity, as well as the desire for economic development. However, in contrast to other developing (island) states, Greenland is constrained by its status as a subnational entity within the Danish Realm, with substantial differences between Greenland and Denmark. Overall, Greenland is uniquely placed, negotiating from an ‘in-between’ position: not-yet-independent, between developed and developing countries, between the need for economic development and the devastating consequences of climate change. peer-reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Greenland University of Malta: OAR@UM Arctic Greenland |
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Subnational governments -- Foreign relations -- Greenland Greenland -- Foreign economic relations States Small -- Foreign relations Diplomacy Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- Greenland Jurisdiction -- States Small Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Greenland Geopolitics -- Greenland Denmark -- Relations Greenland -- Strategic aspects |
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Subnational governments -- Foreign relations -- Greenland Greenland -- Foreign economic relations States Small -- Foreign relations Diplomacy Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- Greenland Jurisdiction -- States Small Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Greenland Geopolitics -- Greenland Denmark -- Relations Greenland -- Strategic aspects Westerling, Elin Klöck, Carola Islandness and dependence in Greenland’s climate paradiplomacy : 2009-2021 |
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Subnational governments -- Foreign relations -- Greenland Greenland -- Foreign economic relations States Small -- Foreign relations Diplomacy Climatic changes -- Political aspects -- Greenland Jurisdiction -- States Small Climatic changes -- Economic aspects -- Greenland Geopolitics -- Greenland Denmark -- Relations Greenland -- Strategic aspects |
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Alongside small island states, the Arctic is severely affected by climate change and iconic in its discourse. Arctic territories attend global climate summits, especially Greenland: the world’s largest subnational jurisdiction by land area, but a small island by population. This paper examines Greenland’s position and participation in UN climate negotiations, drawing on interviews and document analysis. We find that Greenland’s climate paradiplomacy is influenced by both its islandness and its dependence. Just like small island developing states, Greenland faces challenges related to disproportionate vulnerability and negligible total emissions, a small population and limited human capacity, as well as the desire for economic development. However, in contrast to other developing (island) states, Greenland is constrained by its status as a subnational entity within the Danish Realm, with substantial differences between Greenland and Denmark. Overall, Greenland is uniquely placed, negotiating from an ‘in-between’ position: not-yet-independent, between developed and developing countries, between the need for economic development and the devastating consequences of climate change. peer-reviewed |
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Westerling, Elin Klöck, Carola |
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Islandness and dependence in Greenland’s climate paradiplomacy : 2009-2021 |
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Islandness and dependence in Greenland’s climate paradiplomacy : 2009-2021 |
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Islandness and dependence in Greenland’s climate paradiplomacy : 2009-2021 |
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Islandness and dependence in Greenland’s climate paradiplomacy : 2009-2021 |
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Islandness and dependence in Greenland’s climate paradiplomacy : 2009-2021 |
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islandness and dependence in greenland’s climate paradiplomacy : 2009-2021 |
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University of Malta. Islands and Small States Institute |
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Westerling, E., & Klöck, C. (2023). Islandness and dependence in Greenland’s climate paradiplomacy : 2009-2021. Small States & Territories, 6(2), 185-202. 26168006 https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/115167 |
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