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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