Ice-Blog: Arctic Economic Council – and the environment?
I would like to share my thoughts with you on the founding meeting of the Arctic Economic Council, taking place
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Canada’s foreign affairs minister talks Arctic, Ukraine with Norway
Arctic issues and Russia’s actions in Ukraine took centre stage as Canada’s foreign affairs minister John Baird wrapped up a
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Papp draws on long U.S. Coast Guard experience to guide Arctic policies
For former U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Robert Papp, newly appointed as the government’s top Arctic envoy, leading American circumpolar policy
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International Inuit meeting wraps up in Arctic Canada
The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) general assembly wrapped up in Canada on Thursday with the naming of a new Chair
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Blog: Sanctions on Russia – Helping or hindering the Arctic environment?
Many in the Arctic have vowed that tensions outside the region between Russia and the West would not affect circumpolar
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Blog: ICC General Assembly 2014 – Arctic governance
There was an interesting session Tuesday morning at the Inuit Circumpolar Council General Assembly in Canada’s Northwest Territories concerning Arctic
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Blog: USA steps up Arctic game with appointment of Papp as special representative
Since 2006, eleven different states have appointed Arctic Ambassadors/Envoys, and last week the United States became the twelfth, with Secretary
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Blog: Inuit Circumpolar Council General Assembly kicks off in Arctic Canada
Just a quick note to remind everyone that the the Inuit Circumpolar Council general assembly is now underway in the
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Ice-Blog: Ukraine’s shadow on Arctic cooperation
When a meeting of the Senior Arctic Officials of the Arctic Council scheduled to take place in Canada in June
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U.S.-Russia tensions create worries for Arctic scientists
For a week in June, about 20 Russian emergency-management experts and scientists and their U.S. counterparts were planning to tour
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Eye on the Arctic – 2013 Year in Review
2013 was another big year for Arctic news, especially in Canada. Earlier this year, Canada took over chairmanship of
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BLOG: The elephant in the room – Mental health in Arctic communities
It probably won’t surprise many readers to learn that northern Canada has one of the highest rates of suicide in
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Blog: Local vs Global – Dualism in Arctic Policy Development
For those readers who just arrived to this blog from a 1981 deLorean, the Arctic has in recent years become
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‘Yes’ to development but on our terms, say Canada’s Inuit
Indigenous leaders from several regions around the world released a declaration this week calling for an end to Arctic resource development. The
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Swedish foreign minister defends Arctic oil stance
Sweden’s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has rejected criticism from environmentalists and indigenous groups over Sweden’s failure to push for an
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