Anurag Bisen replies: Global warming impacting geo-politics is very much evident in the radically transformed Arctic region, which is warming four times faster than other parts of Earth. Arctic’s ice meltdown and its geographical location is likely to transform global maritime commerce and also opens up possibilities of extraction of huge potential oil and gas and other mineral resources, and expanded fishing and tourism in the Arctic.
Belt and Road Initiative and Environmental Challenges
Several Belt and Road Initiative projects pass through ecologically sensitive areas and in countries with weak environmental laws and governance.