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.
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.
How global markets, climate policy and geopolitics could shape the future of Mirny, a Siberian city built on diamond mining.
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.