Melting sea ice, changing naval geopolitics: The impacts of climate change in the maritime delimitations in the Arctic and the challenges to the UNCLOS

• Autores: Eduardo Ernesto Filippi, Milton José Deiró de Mello Neto
• Localización: OASIS: Observatorio de Análisis de los Sistemas Internacionales, ISSN-e 2346-2132, ISSN 1657-7558, Nº. 40, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Julio-Diciembre), págs. 161-178
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.18601/16577558.n40.08
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    El Ártico, afectado profundamente por el cambio climático, experimenta una disminución de la criosfera en el Círculo Polar Ártico, vista por los Estados polares como una oportunidad económica y estratégica. Aunque esta “normalidad” ha generado desafíos geopolíticos en la región, marcada por la cooperación desde la Guerra Fría, ahora se transforma en conflicto. Rusia y los Estados occidentales intensifican operaciones militares, acusándose mutuamente de intensificación militar. No obstante, un aspecto subestimado es la evaluación geopolítica del deshielo y el aumento del nivel del mar, especialmente su impacto en la línea de marea baja y las regulaciones de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar (Convemar). Este artículo discute los resultados del aumento del nivel del mar en los aspectos territoriales y geopolíticos del océano Ártico.

  • English

    The Arctic, deeply affected by climate change, is experiencing a shrinking cryo­sphere in the Arctic Circle, seen by polar states as an economic and strategic oppor­tunity. Although this “normality” has gen­erated geopolitical challenges in the region, marked by cooperation since the Cold War, it is now transformed into conflict. Russia and Western states intensify military opera­tions, accusing each other of military esca­lation. However, an underestimated aspect is the geopolitical assessment of melting ice and sea level rise, especially its impact on the low tide line and United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) regulations. This article discusses the results of sea level rise on the territorial and geopo­litical aspects of the Arctic Ocean.

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