Shorter shipping routes through the Arctic are not necessarily more climate friendly

Lindstad, Haakon-Elizabeth (2016) Shorter shipping routes through the Arctic are not necessarily more climate friendly. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (24 Aug 2016). Website.

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Long inaccessible to ships, as a consequence of global warming, much of the Arctic Ocean is now navigable in the summer months. While the newly ice-free Northern Sea Route cuts the distance of the journey between Northern Europe and Japan by 40 percent, recent research from Haakon-Elizabeth Lindstad and colleagues shows that it may not be more climate-friendly. Assessing the cost, emissions and climate impact of using the Northern Sea Route compared to the Indian Ocean and the Suez Canal, they find that the impact of shipping-related greenhouse gas emissions in the Arctic region counteracts the benefits of the shorter voyage distance and lower fuel consumption.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2016 The Authors, USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog, The London School of Economics and Political Science © CC BY-NC 3.0
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Date Deposited:	09 Feb 2017 16:48
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 15:01
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/69251

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