Understanding and responding to the signals of a changing climate, as shown by a thawing Arctic, will be a major security challenge of this century.
Arctic
The Arctic is changing rapidly, with profound implications for social and ecological systems. SEI research seeks to understand the drivers, and implications, of these changes.
How global markets, climate policy and geopolitics could shape the future of Mirny, a Siberian city built on diamond mining.
Arctic Freshwater Capital in the Nordic Countries (CAPITAL) is a flagship project for the Finnish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Resource Extraction and Sustainable Arctic Communities (REXSAC) is an interdisciplinary research environment focusing on sustainability and Arctic mining.
Aimed at providing an opportunity to link Swedish research on the politics of Arctic change.
Actions aimed at slowing the expansion of oil supplies could, barrel for barrel, be as effective at reducing CO2 emissions as policies to limit oil consumption.
The wide range of benefits from ecosystem services must be communicated to private and public decision-makers.
As Obama opens the Arctic for oil drilling, is he also making it harder for America to wean itself from its dependence on fossil fuels?
The Arctic is changing rapidly in ways that fundamentally affect the region’s ecosystems and societies and create new challenges for governance.