JUSTNORTH is an EU-funded climate action project exploring the perspectives and values that stakeholders can bring to Arctic economic decision-making.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARCTIC
Global climate change has launched intense speculation on Arctic resources. In the push for the green transition, decisions about economic development are usually made through utilitarian ethical principles–the greatest good for the greatest number. The viability of economic development is based on technical feasibility and profitability, with little regard for questions of whether the decisions are ethically right or wrong for people and the environment of the Arctic.
JUST ARCTIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
JUSTNORTH aims to change the future of Arctic economic development by bringing recognition and respect for different value systems to decision-making. In 17 case studies examining the historical and legal development of economic activities in the Arctic, the project team is learning the values of Arctic stakeholders and rightsholders to define the starting point for sustainability and analyses the justice implications for economic activities in the Arctic.
A Pathway for Implementing Decision-Making
The values and their indicators from the JUSTNORTH case studies will provide a cornerstone for determining the viability of economic activities in the Arctic, as well as to clarify policy, legal, and regulatory pathways for implementing decision-making principles based on justice and ethics.
For more information about JUSTNORTH, project results or for media enquiries contact the project’s Scientific Coordinator Dr Corine Wood-Donnelly.
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