UNEP Year eBook 2014 Update - Rapid Change in the Arctic

2. R ECENT D EVELOPMENTS IN THE A RCTIC | 2014 UPDATE

Flaring of gas produced by oil ext ract ion wi thin the Arct ic currently accounts for 42% of the region’s black carbon emissions.

Marine shipping in the Arctic is increasing. As of Sep t embe r 2013 , t he No r t he r n Sea Rou t e Administration had issued 495 permits to navigate and operate along this route – a nearly four-fold increase compared to 2012. However, most of the 2013 permits were for navigating only parts of the route within Russian waters, rather than the entire route. Interview with Lawson Brigham, an Arctic shipping expert, on connections between natural resources in the Arctic and the rest of the world through shipping. © University of the Arctic/ GRID-Arendal – ‘Snowy Owl Project’

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