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Iceland to host international symposium on plastics in Arctic and sub-Arctic

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Monday, October 21, 2019 at 15:50 — Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 13:31
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Iceland will host an international symposium on plastics in the Arctic and sub-Arctic this April to share best practices and

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Blog – Geoengineering climate fixes popular at Arctic Circle assembly

Mia Bennett
Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 14:53 — Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2019 at 14:05
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At Arctic Circle 2019, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, it seemed, had not gotten the memo: Oil is out,

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Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry calls for climate action at Arctic Circle assembly

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 11:20 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 14:54
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This is the war we must wage and win, says former U.S. Secretary of State as he encourages everyone, from

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Sweden’s Crown princess calls for action in Arctic during Iceland conference

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, October 11, 2019 at 10:32 — Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2019 at 13:23
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The Arctic is a global issue that requires global resolve, says Victoria of Sweden and links her Arctic enthusiasm to

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Arctic Council group lobs GPS-bugged capsules into Atlantic to track litter trajectories in the North

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 08:29 — Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2019 at 13:59
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The Arctic council working group focused on the polar marine environment is taking a novel approach raising awareness around marine

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Nordic PMs sign climate declaration at Iceland meeting

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 14:25 — Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 11:44
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A meeting of Nordic Prime Ministers ended in Reykjavik, Iceland on Tuesday with the signing of a joint declaration on

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Iceland glacier lost to climate change to get memorial ceremony this month

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, August 2, 2019 at 15:18 — Last Updated: Friday, August 2, 2019 at 15:19
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Iceland’s Okjökull glacier, or should we say former glacier, will be getting a memorial service this month when a delegation

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Environmental groups call for action on black carbon pollution

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 14:03 — Last Updated: Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 10:46
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Environmental groups blasted the U.S. Wednesday for torpedoing the traditional joint declaration at the conclusion of the biennial Arctic Council

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Scientists puzzled by right whale’s appearance off Iceland

Gail Harding, CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 27, 2018 at 15:23 — Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2018 at 15:51
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While it has happened before, seeing an Atlantic right whale swimming in waters off of Iceland is still rare. But

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[SPECIAL REPORT] Arctic tourism in the age of Instagram

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 12:59 — Last Updated: Friday, May 25, 2018 at 10:55
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When most people think of Arctic economic development, things like resource extraction are usually first to mind. But northern regions

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Arctic Council forum launches web portal explaining Polar Code

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 13:13
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A new web portal has launched this month to help raise awareness, and provide timely information, about the International Maritime Organization’s

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Environmental groups call on Arctic cruise industry to reduce pollution in Iceland

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 18:31 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 19:38
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Recent air samples taken in Iceland suggest cruise ships arriving and departing from Reykjavik are negatively affecting air quality, according

In this July 18, 2011 photo, an Inuit fisherman pulls in a fish on a sea filled with floating ice left over from broken-up icebergs shed from the Greenland ice sheet in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Brennan Linsley/AP Photo)

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Meeting in Iceland discusses banning unregulated Arctic fishery

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 21:35 — Last Updated: Friday, March 17, 2017 at 16:37
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Representatives of Arctic nations and major fishing powers are meeting in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik to hammer out a

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Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge can help us prevent climate changes says Ban Ki-moon

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 16:19
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The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges governments to ensure that Indigenous Peoples’ rights and contributions remain central when ways to

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Q&A: What’s at stake for the Arctic at COP21?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Friday, December 4, 2015 at 21:51 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:37
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All eyes are on the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) in Paris. As part of our Eye on the

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