Climate crisis tops agenda as parliamentarians meet ahead of Arctic Council ministerial
They were supposed to meet in Tromsø, northern Norway, but for pandemic reasons, the conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic
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Cold weather perfect to pioneer electric aviation says Finnair
The Swedish-developed 19-seater ES-19 electric aircraft for short-haul routes could be ready for take-off with passengers by 2026. With zero-emissions,
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Climate change driving food insecurity in First Nations communities while Canada stands by, report says
Human Rights Watch criticizes ‘inadequate’ government response to issue, calls for stronger climate targets The federal government is not doing
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Swedish MEP ‘extremely happy’ with EU vote to cut emissions by 60 percent
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to cut Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent in the next decade, a decision hailed
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Finland’s highest vehicle emissions down south, oldest cars up north
Finland’s car population continues to age, even as government considers ways to get motorists to switch to newer, more fuel-efficient or electric
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Finnish Lapland municipality estimated to have lowered emissions by 121 percent
For the first time, comparable data ranks greenhouse gas emissions for all Finnish municipalities. According to figures released by the
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Battery-powered tour buses come to Arctic Norway
The travel industry goes green and the north is no exception when tour-busses aims for zero emission. It is the
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Finland far behind climate goals, think tank says
Finland’s carbon emissions are dropping far too slowly to reach the country’s climate goals, according to a fresh report from the Research
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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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Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin stresses climate action in New Year message
Marin said that society’s strength can’t be measured by the wealth of its most affluent members. In her Prime Minister’s
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Finnish climate panel: Electric cars cheaper in the long run
The Finnish Climate Change Panel estimates that electric cars emit 60-70 percent lower lifetime emissions than standard cars with combustion
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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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Earth set to warm 3.2 C by 2100 unless efforts to cut emissions are tripled: UN report
Without drastic action, our planet is headed toward warming of 3.2 C in less than 100 years, according to a
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Canada’s Yukon territory aims for 30% greenhouse gas reduction by 2030
A Yukon, northwestern Canada government draft strategy released Thursday to deal with what it labels a “climate change emergency” suggests
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Northern Finland’s tourism industry divided over flight tax proposal
Lapland (Arctic Finland) tourism players are divided over a proposal to mitigate carbon emissions by introducing a flight tax. On
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