Strengthening Multilateral Energy Cooperation for Indigenous Resilience in the Arctic

Abstract

The Arctic is a special region where the implementation of the SDGs is particularly hard due to various natural, climatic, social, economic, and historical features of this region. Nevertheless, ensuring the resilience of the indigenous population, as well as the infrastructure of the region, as the main basis for achieving the SDGs in this region is our main priority. Today, many problems increase the risks to the local population. First of all, one has to highlight the degradation of the environmental situation. The growth of the region’s GDP increases the demand for energy carriers, the problems with the supply of which (especially to remote areas) have existed for many years. All this determines the priority of the development of alternative energy as a key factor in increasing the resilience of the indigenous population and the infrastructure of the Arctic. This chapter analyzes the multilateral energy cooperation in the Arctic, namely, the impact of various international alternative energy projects on improving the resilience of indigenous peoples, cities, and enterprises.