Arctic megatrends in a changing world

Abstract

The article is devoted to the key Arctic megatrends as well as their large-scale and lasting impact on the current situation in this area. Among them are the following: growing humanitarian and socioeconomic activity, ecological interdependence and the need for a transition to the green economy, Great Arctic reform, the struggle for space, communications and Arctic resources, establishment of a multipolar Arctic model in a modern changing world. Refs 12.