Iceland is situated directly on top of the Earth’s tectonic plates, spreading over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Consequently, around one-third of all lava that has erupted from the Earth’s surface over the past 500 years has flowed out of Iceland’s surface, creating the rough lava fields that distinguish Iceland’s landscape.[1] This combination of warm surface heat, […]

I intend to examine the necessary legal restructuring for Iceland to emerge from the current financial crisis with a strong economy structured around the restoration of- (1) fishing stocks, (2) wetlands, and (3) the full implementation of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS).  I consider the most profitable and sustainable app[i]roaches to rebuilding […]

1. European Commission Climate Action, http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/eu/index_en.htm, accessed October 18, 2010. This website helps me to understand the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). I can access the information of almost everything pertaining to the EU ETS, including recent proposals by other countries and legal amendments. This website publishes estimates, and realities, of the fiscal […]

I grew up in Iceland from the age of eleven till the age of twenty-one. I lived for a couple years with a family on a small dairy and sheep farm in the far north-eastern reaches, during which time I became involved in politics. The community was in the midst of consolidating districts; schools were […]

I. Abstract The following is an examination and recommendation of the legal restructuring necessary for Iceland to emerge from the current financial crisis with a strong economy structured around the restoration of- (1) fishing stocks,  (2) wetlands, and (3) the implementation of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme. While addressing the most profitable and sustainable approaches […]