Blog: 2023, yet another “last chance” for the climate?
Why 2023 will be another key year for the future of our climate. I am looking out onto a sparkling
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Environment
Int’l Inuit org, small island states call for increased action on shipping impacts
With the wind down of the most recent International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting on Friday, international Inuit and representatives of
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Biodiversity agreement to protect planet reached at UN conference in Montreal
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault calls the agreed measures ‘an ambitious package’ Negotiators in Montreal have finalized an agreement to halt
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Alaska law officer killed in muskox attack outside his house
A court services officer with the Alaska State Troopers died Tuesday after being attacked by a muskox outside his home near Nome,
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Warmer, wetter conditions continue to transform Arctic, impact its inhabitants: Arctic Report Card
Higher air temperatures and lower sea ice cover continue to transform the Arctic, says the Arctic Report Card 2022 released
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Icebreaking season begins in Finland
The icebreaker Otso is heading from Helsinki to southwest Lapland, where bitterly cold conditions are forecast for the next few
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Ottawa announces additional funding for community-based monitoring program
Canada’s Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal announced $870,340 in additional funding for the next phase of a community-based monitoring
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The world’s permafrost is rapidly thawing and that’s a big climate change problem
By Christy Climenhaga · CBC News ‘They are quite likely to be larger than the fossil fuel emissions from Canada’: U of
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Blades start spinning at wind farm in Arctic Russia, weeks after Italian operator out
It was projected and built by Italian energy company Enel, but when the far northern wind power park was launched
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COP15: Indigenous-led conservation key to ensuring biodiversity goals says ICC
As the global community gathers in Montreal for COP15, the organization representing Inuit internationally says full involvement of Indigenous people
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Utqiagvik in Arctic Alaska reaches record high 40˚F in December
This time of year Billy Adams would expect to see sea ice lining Utqiagvik’s Chukchi Sea shoreline. But right now,
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Alaska villages facing erosion, flooding receive relocation grants
Two Alaska villages facing serious erosion are two of three recipients to receive relocation grants from the U.S. Department of
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December serving up baked Alaska and warming most of Arctic
By Seth Borenstein · The Associated Press ‘Record-setting weather like we’re seeing … does tell a real story of climate heating’ Much
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White River First Nation’s solar project aims to reduce reliance on diesel power
Solar power generated will replace more than 55% of the diesel generation in the community One of the smallest First
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Summit tackles environmental protection in Canada’s Hudson Bay region
A summit on the unique situation of the Hudson Bay area in eastern Canada wrapped up on Thursday after three
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