The EU talks big on protecting the Arctic under the guise of ‘sustainable development’

López, Sofía, De Botselier, Bram and Schunz, Simon (2018) The EU talks big on protecting the Arctic under the guise of ‘sustainable development’. LSE Business Review (24 Nov 2018). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Half a millennium ago, the myth of a lost city of gold drove scores of Europeans to the Americas in search of wealth. Today, images of a new ‘El Dorado’ with fathomless (energy) resources are attracting players from all over the world to a very different place: the Arctic. Driven by the prospect of economic, primarily energy-related opportunities, a myriad of national governments – from Arctic (Canada) to non-Arctic (China) states – and companies are trying to establish a foothold in an extremely fragile region that is key to the Earth’s environmental and climatic system.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Date Deposited:	13 May 2021 10:27
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:05
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/110460

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