http://www.ncci.ru/ Official news and events ru Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:14:10 +0300 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:26:43 +0300 flamework 1.4 http://www.ncci.ru/en/section/hidden/events/186 This decade over 100 billion euro investments are planned to be implemented in Lapland Finland, North of Sweden, North of Norway and Murmansk region Russia according to Lapland Chamber of Commerce, Finland. Global and regional level impacts of these billion scale investments are discussed in the 3rd Arctic Business Forum in February 21-22 held at Rovaniemi Finland.The main speaker of the Forum is Professor Laurence C. Smith of UCLA, California, USA and the author of the book "The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future" in which Smith states that the economic and strategic significance of the North is growing through influence of four global forces: population demographics, resource demand, globalization and climate change. According to Smith's analysis, whilst climate is becoming warmer in the North and the new searoutes are opening, the rest of the world is struggling with energy and food shortages. The topics of the Forum include European High North current energy and mining … Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:26:43 +0300