Climate change brings significant changes to the Arctic, resulting in new geopolitical dynamics and challenges in the relations between Arctic and non-Arctic nations. On 23 November 2010, the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation convened an expert meeting in Berlin to discuss the strategic, military and political challenges, the role of the EU, and implications for resource, energy and climate policy. R. Andreas Kraemer of Ecologic Institute was invited as a keynote speaker on EU Arctic policy in the context of regional environmental governance.

His presentation was based on the EU Arctic Footprint and Policy Assessment (EU AFPA) and the Arctic Transform project on Transatlantic Policy Options for Supporting Adaptation in the Marine Arctic, both coordinated by Ecologic Institute.