The Arctic Legal Challenge: Sovereignty and Environmental Issues related to the Offshore Oil and Gas Activities in the Arctic Region
Article from: OGEL 2 (2016), in Polar Energy Law (Arctic, Antarctic)
Introduction
The overarching goal of this paper is to analyse the legal challenges of the Arctic offshore oil and gas development, with regard to the sovereignty disputes and environmental impact. Chapter I elaborates the potential development of the Arctic offshore oil and gas industry due to the effects of global warming, which has caused a battle among the Arctic countries to take as much Arctic territory as possible. Chapter II explains the geography of the Arctic and the international legal regime governing issues over the sovereignty of the Arctic Ocean. There is a focus on the territorial ...