A Polar Law approach to climate change?

Published: March 8, 2021, 6:12 a.m.

Who is legally responsible for protecting our ice caps? Could a Polar approach to climate change strengthen political and legal responses to climate change and other human activities in both the Arctic and Antarctic regions? We're joined by University of Canterbury Law Professor Karen Scott co- editor of the Polar Law Research Handbook which explores these and other questions of law and policy relating to the Antarctic and Arctic in their new book, published in December 2020.