Scottish Government Arctic Policy: Mapping Report Jafry, Tahseen; Mikulewicz, Michael; Mattar, Sennan; Davidson, Magnus; Bremner, Barbara
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Scottish Government Arctic Policy: Mapping Report Jafry, Tahseen; Mikulewicz, Michael; Mattar, Sennan; Davidson, Magnus; Bremner, Barbara Publication date: 2019 Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication in ResearchOnline Citation for published version (Harvard): Jafry, T, Mikulewicz, M, Mattar, S, Davidson, M & Bremner, B 2019, Scottish Government Arctic Policy: Mapping Report. Scottish Government. General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please view our takedown policy at https://edshare.gcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5179 for details of how to contact us. Download date: 01. Oct. 2021 SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT ARCTIC POLICY MAPPING REPORT Compiled by Professor Tahseen Jafry Centre for Climate Justice Glasgow Caledonian University Project Team Dr Michael Mikulewicz and Sennan Mattar GCU Centre for Climate Justice Magnus Davidson and Barbara Bremner Environmental Research Institute, University of the Highlands and Islands June 2019 compiled in November 2018 Table of Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ 5 Context and background ............................................................................................................ 5 Key findings ................................................................................................................................ 5 Recommendations ..................................................................................................................... 7 Concluding remarks ................................................................................................................... 9 2. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 10 3. METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................ 10 Desk-based review of literature ............................................................................................... 11 Stakeholder engagement workshops ...................................................................................... 12 4. CONTEXT ........................................................................................................................... 13 Defining the Arctic ................................................................................................................... 13 The Arctic Council .................................................................................................................... 13 5. KEY FINDINGS ................................................................................................................... 14 Governance links ...................................................................................................................... 14 Differences and similarities across Arctic policies ......................................................... 14 Socio-cultural links ................................................................................................................... 16 Scottish-Nordic Cooperation before NPP and NPA ........................................................ 16 Social and community connections ............................................................................... 17 Economic links ......................................................................................................................... 18 Oil exploration ................................................................................................................ 18 Offshore Engineering and Supply Chain ......................................................................... 18 Decommissioning ........................................................................................................... 18 Renewable energy .......................................................................................................... 19 Fisheries and fishing ....................................................................................................... 19 Tourism .......................................................................................................................... 19 Fostering local economic development – Highlands and Islands Enterprise ................. 20 Environment and climate change links .................................................................................... 20 Technical innovation ...................................................................................................... 21 Climate change ............................................................................................................... 21 Biodiversity ..................................................................................................................... 21 Protected areas .............................................................................................................. 22 Fisheries ......................................................................................................................... 22 Pollution including plastics and noise ............................................................................ 22 2 Academic links ......................................................................................................................... 23 Education and academic excellence .............................................................................. 23 Coordination and institutional links ............................................................................... 23 Disproportionate focus of Arctic research on natural sciences ..................................... 23 Funding ........................................................................................................................... 24 6. RECOMMENDATIONS ....................................................................................................... 25 Scottish Participation in Arctic Governance: From indirect representation to public diplomacy ................................................................................................................................. 25 Building on Scottish-Nordic Socio-cultural Connections ......................................................... 27 Opportunities for growing the economy ................................................................................. 28 Scotland’s Approach to Environmental Protection and Climate Change ................................ 28 Academic excellence ................................................................................................................ 30 7. CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................... 31 8. REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................... 32 9. ANNEXES ........................................................................................................................... 35 Annex I – Overview of Governance ......................................................................................... 35 Annex II – Overview of Socio-cultural Links ............................................................................. 54 Annex III – Overview of Economic Links .................................................................................. 61 Annex IV – Overview of Environment and Climate Change Links ............................................ 70 Annex V – Overview of Academic Links ................................................................................... 89 Annex VI – Stakeholder Engagement Workshop Agendas and Participants ........................... 97 3 List of Acronyms AMAP Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme ARP Arctic Research Programme ATS Antarctic System Treaty CAFF Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna CEC Commission of the European Communities CTD Conductivity, Temperature and Depth CYCLOPS Carbon Cycling Linkages to Permafrost Systems DTM Digital Terrain Models ERI Environmental Research Institute EU European Union GHG Greenhouse gas GRID Global Resource Information Database HIE Highlands and Islands Enterprise HYDRA Hydrological Controls on Carbon Cycling and Greenhouse Gas Budgets IASC International Arctic Science Committee ICE-POPES Ice-tethered observational platform ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea IMO International Maritime Organisation IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IT Information Technology JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee KTH Kungliga Tekniska högskolan (Royal Institute of Technology) MASTS Marine Alliance of Science and Technology for Scotland MCCIP Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership MEOP Marine Mammal Exploration of the Oceans Pole to Pole MOU Memorandum of Understanding MPA Marine protected area MSS Marine Scotland Science NARP Nordic Senior Officials' Committee for Regional Policy NERC Natural Environment Research Council NORA North Atlantic Cooperation NPA Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme NPP Northern Periphery Programme OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment