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Last week (May 20) I participated in @PolarInstitute, @NavalWarCollege & @US_ARC virtual conference on impacts of #COVID19 in the #Arctic. Our panel was on International Arctic Governance. The discussion was understandably more focused on Covid, so some basics: (thread) 1/15
The @ArcticCouncil is not a governing or regulatory body, however it is hugely important for #Governance in the #Arctic. It is a forum that produces guidelines, assessments & recommendations. Implementation is responsibility of each member state... 2/15 https://arctic-council.org/en/about/
The core of the @ArcticCouncil are the 8 #Arctic Member States, the 6 Permanent Participants representing Arctic Indigenous peoples & the 6 Working Groups who do most of the research, monitoring & other work carried out by the Council... 3/15
@ArcticCouncil also enjoys the participation & contributions of its close to 40 observers: non- #Arctic states, inter-governmental, inter-parliamentary, global, regional & non-governmental organizations... 4/15
The primary international agreement impacting #Governance in the #Arctic is the @UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. All 8 Arctic States are signatories to the convention... 5/15
https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm
https://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm
@ArcticCouncil has produced 3 binding agreements among the Member States. The 1st was the 2011 Agreement on Cooperation on Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue in the Arctic... 6/15
https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org/handle/11374/531
https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org/handle/11374/531
The 2nd binding agreement among the @ArcticCouncil Member States was the 2013 Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response in the Arctic... 7/15
https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org/handle/11374/529
https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org/handle/11374/529
The 3rd binding agreement among the @ArcticCouncil Member States is the 2017 Agreement on Enhancing International Arctic Scientific Cooperation... 8/15
https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org/handle/11374/1916
https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org/handle/11374/1916
The influence of the important scientific & fact based work produced by @ArcticCouncil & its Working Groups has had an impact in other international fora. To name a few... 9/15
The 2001 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants... 10/15
http://www.pops.int/
http://www.pops.int/
The @IMOHQ #PolarCode, with impementation supported by @PAMESecretariat #Arctic Shipping Best Practices Information Forum... 11/15
http://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/HotTopics/polar/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/HotTopics/polar/Pages/default.aspx
The work on banning Heavy Fuel Oil within @IMOHQ through @ArcticImo is progressing as well... 12/15 https://imoarcticsummit.org/
The @ArcticCouncil @AMAP_Arctic 2004 #Arctic #Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) which showed the disproportional effect of #ClimateChange in the Arctic and has had tremendous influence on the work of the @IPCC_CH 14/15 https://acia.amap.no/
With its #Science & fact based collaborative approach, taking into consideration impacts on the people, fauna & flora of the #Arctic & beyond, the @ArcticCouncil has a #Governance role & influence of vital importance in the #Arctic and to the wider world. 15/End
