Thousands rally for climate demonstration in Stockholm
Arrangers of the climate demonstration said 60,000 people had joined the Fridays for Future march in Stockholm, Friday, with pop
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Russian Arctic National Park director aims to boost tourism
The establishment of a special customs regime around the remote archipelago of Franz Josef Land, in Arctic Russia, would boost
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Finnish youth on strike for climate action
Some 18,000 people gathered in central Helsinki to demand action on greenhouse gas emissions, part of a nationwide wave of
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LNG terminal in northwest Russia to be built with Japanese funds
Companies Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) strike deal with Novatek over a LNG reloading
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Internet now same speed across Canada’s Nunavut territory
Northwestel announced at the Nunavut Trade Show that all 25 of the territory’s communities are now connected with the same
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Climate activists block cruise ship in Helsinki
Cruise ship visitors were delayed in Helsinki on Wednesday evening after climate activists blocked the MS Queen Elizabeth at Hernesaari
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Inuit group and NGOs renew calls for Arctic heavy fuel oil ban
An Inuit organization and a coalition of environmental NGOs renewed Wednesday their call for urgent action to ban ships sailing
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Will Canada’s next government pick up the tab for a major northern highway project?
For six decades, it’s been the biggest project on the territory’s to-do list: a 1,500-kilometre highway from the N.W.T’s southern
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Blog – Documentary will show climate change through eyes of pioneering scientist
British filmmaker Cal Murphy Barton is producing a documentary about a scientist who has witnessed five decades of Arctic sea
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Sea level rise to provoke ‘profound governance challenges’ & ‘difficult social choices’ says UN climate report
Climate change in the world’s polar regions is affecting every corner of the planet and urgent action is needed to
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What an ice-free Arctic really means, and why it matters so much
At Earth’s poles, ice and snow is disappearing — and it’s transforming our planet. Snow and ice have long played
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IPCC climate report warns “extreme sea level events” will occur frequently
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns in a new report that the impacts of climate change will
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Whitehorse, northwestern Canada declares climate change emergency
Whitehorse city council voted on Monday to declare a climate change emergency, but shied away from promising a “carbon budget”
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How will Finland become carbon neutral by 2035?
Finland’s international profile as a climate change trailblazer has been enhanced this year by ambitious targets set by the government
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Canada’s telecom regulator asks Northwestel to detail outages across the North
Northwestel has been forced to explain some of the outages northern communities have endured over the last year. The Canadian
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