India and Norway discuss issues of co-operation in the Arctic region

New Delhi, (KNN) India and Norway on Tuesday discussed the issues of co-operation, commerce, governance and policy in the Arctic region. The issues are of special significance to the Indian subcontinent as several studies indicate an apparent link between the polar atmospheric processes and the Indian monsoon intensity.

The Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan met the Norwegian delegation led by Ambassador of Norway to India, Eivind S Homme in the day-long seminar in New Delhi discussed the growing severity of climate change as perceived most in the Arctic.

The seminar comprises keynote addresses by scientists from both India and Norway focusing on climate change in the Arctic and its global consequences and also the importance of the Arctic as a platform for Indo-Norwegian scientific cooperation.

India’s premier think-tank, the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), along with three Norwegian research institutions Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI), the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS) and Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) has been on the forefront in fostering Indo-Norwegian co-operation in the Arctic region from a geostrategic and governance perspective.

The edited volume ‘Arctic: Commerce, Governance and Policy’ by Uttam Sinha and Jo Inge Bekkevold was also released on the occasion. 

The Secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Shailesh Nayak; Deputy National Security Advisor, Government of India Arvind Gupta; Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, Vinod Kumar and Director, Norwegian Polar Institute, Jan-Gunnar Winther were among those who addressed the seminar. (KNN/ST)

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