Mining, the Arctic Council & Russian LNG–Arctic roundup 2023 with Heather Exner-Pirot
As we approach the year’s end, Eye on the Arctic is reflecting on the past 12 months in northern news.
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Arctic Council
Arctic litter-monitoring project launches northernmost GPS capsule in Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Council working group behind the “Plastic in a Bottle” project to track marine litter, launched its northernmost capsule
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Blog: The death of Arctic exceptionalism
While climatic tipping points have received significant attention from scientists, geopolitical tipping points in the Arctic are little examined. Yet
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Norway launches Wildland Fires Initiative as part of Arctic Council chairship
With multiple northern nations experiencing a surge in wildfires in recent years, Norway has introduced a Wildland Fires Initiative as
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Arctic ice melt could put 1.5 million UK properties at flooding risk: report
The escalating contributions to sea level rise from a warming Arctic could place up to 1.5 million UK properties at
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Arctic Council continues steps towards resuming expert group work
The Arctic Council has taken another step towards resuming work, with a meeting this month with the body’s six Indigenous
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Arctic Council charting way forward to resume work says Norwegian SAO
Norway remains committed to restarting the work of the Arctic Council, with a focus on reactivating its expert teams, according
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U.S. set to open sole diplomatic post above Arctic Circle—Location? Tromso, Norway
The U.S. will establish a diplomatic post in the Arctic Norwegian city of Tromso, something that will “deepen [U.S.] engagement
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Blog: And in Between, There Are Doors’—Europe, the Arctic, and shared spaces
Although it has long been commonplace to refer to the Arctic as a single region, given similar geography, climate conditions,
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Blog: As Norway takes over the Arctic Council, will members uphold its principles?
Will the Arctic 7, the Permanent Participants, and Observers promote and uphold the Arctic values implicit within the 1996 Ottawa
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Norway committed to keeping Arctic Council as leading forum on North says ambassador
OTTAWA—Norway says it’s committed to ensuring the Arctic Council remains the leading forum for northern issues despite the ongoing disintegration
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Blog – Arctic Exceptionalism is Over. Who Will Tell the Diplomats?
Today the Arctic Council, the main regional forum of the eight Arctic states, transferred its Chairmanship from Russia to Norway.
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Future of Arctic Council in doubt after end of Russian chairship
Russia’s two-year term as chair of the Arctic Council came to an end Thursday, leaving the future of the council’s
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Russia’s growing dependence on China altering dynamics in Arctic, UK committee hears
Russia’s growing dependence on China in the wake of western sanctions, rupture to Arctic Council cooperation and the ongoing conflict
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Russia’s revised foreign policy document aims at “neutralization” of unfriendly action in Arctic
Russia’s place in the world has changed fundamentally since the country adopted its last Foreign Policy Framework Policy in 2016. Back
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