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Exemptions to possible Arctic HFO ban denounced by Indigenous orgs, environmental groups

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 21, 2020 at 15:51
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The International Maritime Organization’s sub-committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) meeting wound up in London on Friday, with agreement

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IMO to tackle possible Arctic heavy fuel oil ban starting Monday

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, February 14, 2020 at 15:41
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The International Maritime Organization will be tackling the thorny question of a heavy fuel oil ban in the Arctic when

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Inuit in Canada, Alaska and Greenland found international business association

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 15:26 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 15:38
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A new alliance made up of Inuit business representatives from across North America has formed to create the International Inuit

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Inuit leaders applaud UN move to designate International Decade of Indigenous Languages

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, December 20, 2019 at 15:16
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International Inuit leaders applauded the UN move on Wednesday to proclaim 2022-2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. “We,

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International Inuit leaders demand decisive action on climate change amidst COP25 breakdown

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, December 16, 2019 at 08:35 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at 14:15
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Just before the COP25 climate conference went into overtime in Madrid this weekend, international Inuit leaders renewed their call for

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International Inuit leaders and youth take climate message to COP25 in Madrid

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 16:24 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 11:17
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A group of international Inuit leaders will be attending the COP25 climate conference in Madrid, and is calling on Arctic

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Canada’s Inuit look forward to working with newly appointed ministers

Mathiew Leiser, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 18:05
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Canada’s national Inuit organization, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), and the Canadian section of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) have indicated

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International Inuit Day is an occasion to affirm Inuit voices across the circumpolar world, leader says

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 01:01 — Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2019 at 15:56
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Thursday is International Inuit Day, a celebration set up to acknowledge and celebrate Inuit culture and contributions, but most importantly

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Sea level rise to provoke ‘profound governance challenges’ & ‘difficult social choices’ says UN climate report

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 14:44 — Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2019 at 13:34
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Climate change in the world’s polar regions is affecting every corner of the planet and urgent action is needed to

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Utqiaġvik, Alaska to host 2018 Inuit Circumpolar Council assembly

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 13:15 — Last Updated: Friday, March 9, 2018 at 11:54
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The Arctic Alaskan city of Utqiaġvik will host the 2018 general assembly of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, the organization announced this week.

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Food insecurity in Alaska

Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 09:34 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:37
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In the far north, where wild fish, game and plants are dietary staples and where store-bought foods are sometimes prohibitively expensive,

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Arctic missing from Paris climate agreement

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, December 21, 2015 at 13:34 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:34
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While the United Nations climate change agreement was praised when it was reached this month, the omission of the word

Food security is an issue in communities across the North. Here, Pauline Kadjuk, 1, is carried in a Amautik by her mother Brittany Ikulik, middle, while paying for groceries at the Northern store in the small town of Baker Lake, Nunavut. (Nathan Denette / The Canadian Press)

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Inuit Circumpolar Council discussing food security in Arctic

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Posted: Monday, April 14, 2014 at 11:31
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The Inuit Circumpolar Council is holding a meeting in Nome, Alaska this week. The topic is food security, and the

The Nunavut legislative building in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. Nunavut officially became Canada's newest territory April. 1, 1999. Nunavut is the product of the largest land claim settlement in Canada's history. (Kevin Frayer / The Canadian Press)

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BLOG: The exceptionality of Inuit diplomacy

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at 09:32
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This month marked the 20th anniversary of the passing of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, the largest land claim

An Arctic oil rig. Canadian Inuit leaders say development brings jobs and opportunities desperately needed by people in the North. (The Canadian Press)

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‘Yes’ to development but on our terms, say Canada’s Inuit

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 17, 2013 at 11:19
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Indigenous leaders from several regions around the world released a declaration this week calling for an end to Arctic resource development. The