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* Featured * Canada Countries Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Many Northern communities were warmer than usual in 2022

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 at 16:28
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From flooding, to very hot temperatures and some odd winters, all three territories saw a variety of unusual climate events over

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Warming climate poses challenge to Arctic animals — and those who hunt them

Liny Lamberink, CBC News @linylamberink
Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 11:10
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When David Kuptana looked out the window of his home in Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., and across the Beaufort Sea last Friday,

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Large areas of Arctic seabed damaged by trawlers

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 15:38
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The Norwegian marine researchers that set out on an Arctic expedition this summer expected to find large areas of untouched

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Finland) News Politics Politics (Finland) RCI 

Environmental specialists: Proposed border fence will affect Finland’s bear, wolf populations

Yle News
Posted: Monday, November 28, 2022 at 14:26
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The proposed construction of a fence along sections of the border with Russia will result in fewer wolves, bears and

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Yukon can expect more rain and snow as climate changes, gov’t report says

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 14:59 — Last Updated: Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at 15:28
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By Virginie Ann · CBC News Report highlights changes expected over the next 50 years Yukoners can expect to see a significant

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* Featured * Blog Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Finnish Defence Forces to use biofuels on land, at sea

Yle News
Posted: Friday, November 18, 2022 at 15:50
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Solar panels have also been installed on Defence Forces facilities all the way up into Lapland, where one building at

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Blog: COP27—‘loss & damage’ is on the agenda, but where do Arctic communities fall?

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 15:52
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Discussions of compensating Arctic communities for loss and damage are not on the table at COP27, whose focus is on

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* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Iceland Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Climate, integration & Arctic among priorities in Iceland’s Nordic Council of Ministers program

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 15:48
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Supporting a green translation, ensuring a competitive Nordic region, and addressing climate challenges in Arctic communities will be among Iceland’s

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Norway ups climate ambitions…and boosts its fossil fuels

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, November 7, 2022 at 11:34
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Ahead of COP27 climate talks in Egypt, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre makes clear that national emissions will be cut

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Russia high on agenda at Nordic Council meeting

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 14:17
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was high on the agenda as Nordic leaders were gathered in Helsinki on Tuesday.  “The Nordic

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Blog: Wildfires and ice – heatwaves put spotlight on the Arctic

Irene Quaile
Posted: Friday, July 29, 2022 at 15:14 — Last Updated: Friday, July 29, 2022 at 16:52
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Rarely have I heard the Arctic being mentioned so often in the media as in this hottest of summers. I

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* Newsroom Picks * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) General News Newsroom Picks • zone 3 RCI 

In Canada’s north, environment-minded Pope gets climate change close-up

Thomson Reuters
Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 11:10 — Last Updated: Friday, July 29, 2022 at 16:57
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Pope Francis’s visit to Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut draws attention to a focal point for global climate change, with

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* Featured * Countries Featured • Zone 3 Finland General News Society Society (Finland) 

Greta Thunberg donates prize money to Finnish Sámi youth organisation

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 11:36
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The Finnish Sámi Youth (SSN) organisation said it was surprised by the news that Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg would

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* Featured * Countries Environment Environment (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General Sweden 

Sweden’s climate policies closer to reaching goals

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 09:23
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The outlook for Sweden to achieve its climate goals looks better now than it did a year ago, according to

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Canada releases plan for a 40 per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2030

John Paul Tasker, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 15:32
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Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault today released the government’s plan to dramatically curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next eight years

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