Chosen justice question particularly relevant for the regulatory/policy framework (in the light of JUSTNORTH research, aimed at supporting future justice-focused research on Arctic governance):

Weighting values: Does the framework promote certain values and interests at the expense of others? Whose interests are being promoted? 

Procedural justice: What are the opportunities for participation in decision-making and who is envisaged as a stakeholder?

Inclusion and participation: Are all relevant stakeholders/rightsholders included in the governance/decision-making process and are there any important stakeholders who are excluded?

Environmental justice and ethics: What identifiable actual or potential environmental harms and benefits are governed by the given regulatory framework? How are they distributed?

Environmental justice and ethics: Are there any systemic practices of racism, oppression, patriarchy, colonialism and privilege that shape the distribution of environmental harms and benefits?

Intergenerational justice: Are the cumulative effects over time of projects/programmes/activities accounted for in the framework? 

Transnational perspective: How justice questions are considered in the context of transborder impacts and transnational actors (e.g. global companies, int. NGOs)?

Rights: Which rights and rights frameworks are expressly included in the governance framework, which are missing?

This Act sets regulation on the appropriate exploitation of mineral resources (exploitation of subsoil for storage; energy production from water, wind and underground resources) and the establishment and management of pipelines for oil, natural gas and hydrocarbons on land territory, the territorial sea around Greenland, the continental shelf area and the exclusive economic zone of Greenland. Permission and approval of the mentioned activities shall be granted only when an assessment of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for their execution is carried out and reported to the Government authorities.