An interview with UArctic Chair in Political Geography, Philip Steinberg, was featured in Insurance Day's Summer 2024 special report on 'Emerging Risks'. Insurance Day, a publication of Lloyd's List Intelligence, reaches the global risk and insurance industry with news and information on topics of interest to the insurance industry.

Professor Steinberg's interview sits alongside interviews with several key leaders in Arctic policy and Arctic shipping including Arctic Council Chair Morten Høglund, Duke Snider of the Nautical Institute, Polar Explorer and Arctic marine conservation advocate Pen Hadow, and Neil Roberts, Head of Marine and Aviation with Lloyd's Market Association.

In his interview, Steinberg stresses that many of both the opportunities and risks perceived in the Arctic are exaggerated due to misunderstanding of the region's geography and of the legal framework that applies there.

You can read the full article here.