Risky Futures: Climate, Geopolitics and Local Realities in the Uncertain Circumpolar North

The book explores the complex interactions between environmental conditions, geopolitical tensions, and local innovative responses in the Arctic in the early twenty-first century, highlighting the global implications of regional events like permafrost thaw and methane release.

Format: Hardback
Length: 234 pages
Publication date: 12 August 2022
Publisher: Berghahn Books

The book delves into the intricate interplay of environmental factors, geopolitical tensions, and local innovative responses that shape the Arctic region in the early twenty-first century. Not only do events in the region, such as permafrost thawing or methane release, have immediate impacts on local ecosystems, but they also have far-reaching global consequences. By bringing together a diverse group of authors—local practitioners, indigenous scholars, and international researchers—the book offers nuanced perspectives on the social implications of climate change and environmental risks across both human and non-human realms.

The Arctic is a region of immense ecological, geopolitical, and social significance in the early twenty-first century. Its unique environmental conditions, such as permafrost thawing and methane release, have profound global implications, affecting the climate, ecosystems, and human societies. This volume examines the complex intersections of these factors, exploring the local innovative reactions and social consequences of climate change and environmental risks in the Arctic.

The Arctic is a region of immense ecological, geopolitical, and social significance in the early twenty-first century. Its unique environmental conditions, such as permafrost thawing and methane release, have profound global implications, affecting the climate, ecosystems, and human societies. This volume examines the complex intersections of these factors, exploring the local innovative reactions and social consequences of climate change and environmental risks in the Arctic.

The Arctic is a region of immense ecological, geopolitical, and social significance in the early twenty-first century. Its unique environmental conditions, such as permafrost thawing and methane release, have profound global implications, affecting the climate, ecosystems, and human societies. This volume examines the complex intersections of these factors, exploring the local innovative reactions and social consequences of climate change and environmental risks in the Arctic.

The Arctic is a region of immense ecological, geopolitical, and social significance in the early twenty-first century. Its unique environmental conditions, such as permafrost thawing and methane release, have profound global implications, affecting the climate, ecosystems, and human societies. This volume examines the complex intersections of these factors, exploring the local innovative reactions and social consequences of climate change and environmental risks in the Arctic.

Weight: 486g
Dimension: 158 x 236 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800735934