New report criticises Sweden’s climate policies
Sweden’s climate policy must focus more on really reducing greenhouse gas emissions worldwide than on ‘cleaning its own backyard’. The
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No take off for flight-shaming in northern Norway, but northern Sweden sees fall in air passengers
With 2019 being the year when ‘Flight shame’ was introduced as a social movement aimed at boycotting air travel to
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Questions raised as two species of Arctic seal are spotted in southern Ireland
Two species of seal, whose ranges are typically restricted to the Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic, unexpectedly showed up on
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Northern Swedish airports get compensation for fall in travellers linked to climate change
The government will pay out 67 million SEK to make up for a drop in passengers airports in the north
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Sweden to make all laws follow its climate targets
The government has presented Sweden’s first ever ‘climate policy action plan’ which describes how they will work over the next
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Norway considers size limitation on passenger ships sailing to Svalbard
The initiative, along with a ban on heavy fuel oil, is welcomed by both locals in Longyearbyen and Arctic expedition
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Blog – Is this the end of the Arctic Council and the Arctic governance as we know it?
For a long time, many of us observing Arctic affairs have been using the term Rovaniemi Arctic spirit when we
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Finns favour nuclear power to fight climate change, poll says
Nearly half of all respondents to an Yle poll said they consider nuclear power to be a sustainable form of
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Compilation: Russia’s increasing investment in the Arctic
Russia has made reaffirming its military presence in the Arctic its top priority amid an intensifying international rivalry over the
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Could millions of wind-powered pumps slow sea ice retreat in Arctic?
The idea of using millions of of wind-power pumps throughout the Arctic to facilitate sea-ice formation was first floated by
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The North sees little mention in Canadian federal throne speech
In a promise to fight climate change, “walk the road of reconciliation,” and to keep Canadians healthy, Gov. Gen. Julie
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Arctic Canada: label ringed seals a species of concern, wildlife advisers tell feds
Ringed seals in Nunavut are facing changes in their habitats because of climate change, says a group of wildlife advisers.
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2019 shaping up to be the second or third warmest year on record, says WMO provisional report
The WMO Provisional Statement on the State of the Global Climate in 2019, released this week, says the global average
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Arctic Council wants to up youth engagement on North
The importance of upping youth engagement on northern issues was one of the focus topics at the recent Arctic Council,
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‘This is positive’: global carbon emissions set to grow slowly in 2019
Global carbon emissions rose only 0.6 percent in 2019 due to a decline in the worldwide use of coal, according
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