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Geopolitikk og fornybar energi - hva betyr et grønt skifte for geopolitikken?

(Dagens Næringsliv): Storpolitikk har i lang tid vært knyttet til den strategiske betydningen av olje og gass. Kontroll med ressursene har gitt makt, avhengighet har gitt avmakt. Historien er full av militære kampanjer som har hatt som mål å få kontroll med petroleumsressurser, eller håndtere avhengigheten. Vil et stort innslag av fornybar energi endre storpolitikken? Dersom verden blir grønn, vil konflikter og globale spenninger bli borte, eller vil nye oppstå? Det finnes noe forskning omkring de sikkerhetspolitiske effektene av at vi ikke klarer å stoppe klimaendringene. De peker i retning av konflikt om knappe ressurser, som vann og mat, med nød og migrasjon som konsekvenser. Dersom havnivået stiger i den takt ekspertene tror, vil også verdens mange kystbyer stå overfor enorme utfordringer. Den finansielle risikoen er også formidabel. Vi vet også at å bremse klimaendringen vil stille store krav til internasjonale institusjoner og internasjonalt lederskap. Utfordringen er å fremme radikal endring fort, men samtidig gjøre det riktig og uten for mange negative bieffekter. Det kreves klare mål, regulering, samt en god dose tillit på tvers av landegrensene. Vi vil også måtte mobilisere offentlige og private ressurser for store og langsiktige internasjonale satsinger på infrastruktur, forskning og teknologiutvikling. Selv om Trump har varslet at USA vil gå ut av Parisavtalen, skjer det mye annet positivt på dette feltet. Kanskje lykkes den globale klimakampen. Det er mye mindre forskning på hva den geopolitiske situasjonen vil være dersom vi faktisk lykkes med å få til et raskt og radikalt skifte. Kolleger ved NUPI ser derfor i samarbeid med universitetene Columbia og Harvard nærmere på denne tematikken i en ny rapport. Der drøfter de den litteraturen som foreligger, og ser på noen mulige konsekvenser av en overgang til fornybar energi. La meg trekke frem noen av observasjonene... forts...

  • Climate
  • Energy
  • Climate
  • Energy
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News

How should ASEAN deal with climate change?

Academics from NUPI and its sister institutes in 10 ASEAN countries have evaluated the implications of climate change for international affairs in Southeast Asia.

  • Asia
  • Climate
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Impact of Climate Change on ASEAN International Affairs: Risk and Opportunity Multiplier

This study examines the implications of climate change for international affairs in Southeast Asia and for ASEAN as a multilateral organization. Climate change and efforts to mitigate climate change give rise to major risks as well as opportunities in international affairs. It is therefore in the interest of all countries to be aware of the risks and prepare for them, and the overarching purpose of this study is to support ASEAN and its member states in this area. Given Southeast Asia’s complex geography—with numerous archipelagoes, long coastlines, intricate borders, and great-power neighbors—climate change is especially likely to affect interstate relations in the region.Climate change may impact on international affairs among the ASEAN countries at several levels. Firstly, changing climatic conditions may affect interstate relations through humanitarian crises, migration, and/or the need for greater imports of vital goods. Secondly, reducing greenhouse gas emissions requires international coordination and cooperation. Thirdly, the global energy transition driven by climate policy may lead to an altered geopolitical situation in the world, including ASEAN.

  • Regional integration
  • Asia
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • International organizations
  • Regional integration
  • Asia
  • Climate
  • Energy
  • International organizations
Event
14:15 - 16:00
NUPI
Engelsk
Event
14:15 - 16:00
NUPI
Engelsk
16. Nov 2017
Event
14:15 - 16:00
NUPI
Engelsk

Networks of Practice at the Margins of Empire

Dr Jeppe Mulich visits NUPI to present his ongoing research on empires and privateering in the Greater Caribbean.

Research project
2017 - 2023 (Completed)

Empires, Privateering and the sea (EMPRISE)

EMPRISE studies the role of the importance of power at sea for the formation of empires and states from 1500-1856....

  • Security policy
  • Trade
  • Diplomacy
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South and Central America
  • Conflict
  • Oceans
  • Governance
  • Historical IR
  • Security policy
  • Trade
  • Diplomacy
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South and Central America
  • Conflict
  • Oceans
  • Governance
  • Historical IR
Event
09:30 - 12:00
NUPI
Engelsk
Event
09:30 - 12:00
NUPI
Engelsk
8. Nov 2017
Event
09:30 - 12:00
NUPI
Engelsk

Ukrainian energy market in transition: How can it succeed in a new geopolitical setting?

NUPI and NUCC invites leading experts to share their views in recent changes in the Ukrainian energy market.

Oljeplattformen Troll i Nordsjøen
Research Project
2017 - 2018 (Completed)

Digital Attacks against the Norwegian Petroleum Sector (DISP)

This project is mapping the threats and the historical usage of digital weapons against critical infrastructures, as well as examining the problems arising from unclear responsibilities in responding ...

  • Security policy
  • Cyber
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Energy
  • The EU
  • Security policy
  • Cyber
  • Foreign policy
  • Europe
  • Energy
  • The EU
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China meets the Nordics at NUPI

How does the world appear seen from China and the Nordics?

  • Trade
  • Foreign policy
  • Asia
  • The Arctic
  • The Nordic countries
  • Climate
  • Human rights
  • International organizations
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Sanctions = Russia’s green party?

Can sanctions save Russia's future economy?

  • Trade
  • Russia and Eurasia
  • Energy
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Imagining the future: local perceptions of Arctic extractive industry projects that didn't happen

Climate change and globalisation are opening up the Arctic for exploitation by the world – or so we are told. But what about the views, interests, and needs of the peoples who live in the region? What about the myriad of other factors affecting the Arctic and its peoples? This book explores opportunities and limitations in engaging with the Arctic under change, and the Arctic peoples experiencing the change, through the lens of understanding Arcticness: what the Arctic means to Arctic peoples socially and physically. The chapters bring together a variety of disciplines, such as law, politics, geography and the arts, to examine what Arctic peoples could learn from and teach elsewhere, across disciplines and across locations. The authors reflect on philosophies of change in tandem with philosophies of the Arctic, particularly as represented by everyday experiences, memories and geographical imaginations.

  • The Arctic
  • Climate
  • The Arctic
  • Climate
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