Features of creating environmental institutional conditions for the functioning of Arctic States

Abstract

The analysis of rule-making process in order to reveal some features of creating of environmental institutional conditions for Arctic states has been carried out in the paper. The importance of this research is defined by the fact that environmental problems are of particular relevancy in the movement of ensuring of the Arctic states’ development. At the same time, there is no any unified international treaty concerning environmental standards of the Arctic’s economic activity or any special rules for its protection. The Arctic states jointly establish environmental standards and rules for the development of the Arctic. The authors have examined the Arctic’s legal regime in the context of international cooperation on environmental affairs