For millions of years, the harsh climatic conditions in the Arctic have separate living organisms in the North Atlantic and the North Pacific. A new study conducted by, among others, researchers at Aarhus University, shows, however, that climate change begins to break down this natural barrier. This leads to a transfer of fish between the two oceans – something that may have major environmental and economic consequences. The study is recently published in Nature Climate Change.

The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for policy-makers and academics to deliberate on how the security, resilience and sustainability of the globalized Arctic region and its peoples may be enhanced, and what instruments of governance may most suitably contribute.