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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

As the Arctic Melts Commercial Opportunities Grow, Increasing Political Interest

As the Arctic Melts Commercial Opportunities Grow, Increasing Political Interest

The Arctic is warming at an alarming rate – twice as fast as the rest of the planet – and according to a new report, those changes will be a key driver of geopolitics in the coming years.As the rapidly melting ice unlocks commercial opportunities in shipping, tourism and oil and gas extraction, the world’s largest economies are jockeying for control of the region. According to the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, the melting of the Arctic is a “bellwether for how climate change may reshape geopolitics in the post-Cold…Read more...

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