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6. Who Will Win in the Climate Crisis? A Reinterpretation of the Interaction Between Climate Change and Security Issues in the Arctic

Author : Edmund Li Sheng

Published in: Arctic Opportunities and Challenges

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

This chapter analyzes how the major Arctic powers are responding to the conventional and unconventional challenges posed by climate change in the Arctic. Climate change in the Arctic is a double-edged sword for Russia, which faces the challenges of permafrost degradation and reduced food production but also opportunities from the opening of the Arctic shipping route. Meanwhile, growing Sino–Russian cooperation in the Arctic has given Russia an additional bargaining chip in the Arctic game with the United States.

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Metadata
Title
Who Will Win in the Climate Crisis? A Reinterpretation of the Interaction Between Climate Change and Security Issues in the Arctic
Author
Edmund Li Sheng
Copyright Year
2022
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Arctic Opportunities and Challenges

Print ISBN: 978-981-19-1245-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-19-1246-7

Copyright Year: 2022

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1246-7_6

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