Regulating the Environmental Impacts of Arctic Cruise Ship Tourism through the Law-Science Interface (EMBARC)
EMBARC addresses a growing and understudied challenge in Arctic law and governance: The environmental and climate impacts of cruise ship tourism in the region.
At the heart of the project lies the law-science interface, i.e. how scientific knowledge about Arctic climate risks and can be better integrated into legal and regulatory frameworks. EMBARC will combine doctrinal legal analysis with empirical methods, including semi-structured interviews with key regulatory state and non-state actors involved in the regulation of Arctic cruise ship tourism.
By illuminating the interactions between science and law in shaping regulatory responses to cruise tourism, EMBARC seeks to inform more robust and inclusive science-based legal outcomes. The project’s outcomes will be of significant value to researchers, policymakers, industry stakeholders, indigenous communities, and NGOs seeking to address the accelerating pressures on the Arctic’s fragile ecosystems.
Researchers
| Name | Title | |
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| Ebbersmeyer, Ana Stella | Postdoc |
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Funding
EMBARC has received funding from the Carlsberg Foundation.
Project: Regulating the Environmental Impacts of Arctic Cruise Ship Tourism through the Law-Science Interface (EMBARC) (Grant number: CF25-0228)
Project period: 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2028