Political Participation in the Arctic: Who is heard, when, and how?
Medby, A Ingrid / Charlotte Gehrke / Tiril Vold Hansen / Pirita Näkkäläjärvi / Kim InsukExterne Publikationen (2024)
published on arctic-relations.info/politicalparticipationinthearctic, 12.11.2024
In late October 2024, like every October for the last 11 years, former President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson welcomed thousands of visitors to what he calls an open space for frank dialogue, a “dynamic Arctic village”, the Arctic Circle Assembly (ACA) in Reykjavík. As readers of the blog will know, this is a large-scale event that aims to bring science, policy, and business together and provide an opportunity for broad participation in political discussion. It was the challenge of full political participation in Arctic decision-making that we, the authors, sought to explore further in a roundtable at this same event.