Ice-Blog: Translating COP21 from intent into action… is time running out?
After all the hype surrounding the Paris Climate Agreement in December, there is a real danger of anti-climax, of feeling
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Russia declares another indigenous group ‘foreign agent’
Russia’s Ministry of Justice has included the UN-related indigenous peoples’ development fund “Batani” in the list of NGO’s declared as
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Indigenous rights under fire says Finnish Saami leader
Sámi National Day is celebrated on Saturday; in an atmosphere of what some would say is waning respect for Europe’s
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Sweden backs EU climate line for Paris
Sweden’s minister for the Environment Åsa Romson joined EU environmental ministers in Brussels last week ahead of the United Nations Climate
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What Obama’s Arctic visit might mean for Paris
All eyes were on the U.S. state of Alaska last week, where a major Arctic conference was underway. The international event
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Sami demand rights as indigenous people
Sweden’s indigenous Sami people no longer want to be considered a national minority. Instead the Sami Parliament calls for the
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UN Secretary-General to visit Norwegian Arctic
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit the the Arctic next week as part of a trip to Norway.
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Russia to give indigenous peoples priority in Barents chairmanship
“We are in dialogue, not confrontation,” says Aleksandr Zelenov from the Foreign Ministry in Moscow. A regional indigenous peoples summit
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Russia to follow Denmark with Arctic shelf claim in March 2015
Russia will file a claim with the UN by the end of March 2015 to expand the boundaries of its continental shelf
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Sweden’s environment minister positive on Lima deal
Sweden’s environment minister is pleased with the climate change summit in Lima, despite that the agreed-upon goals stopped far short
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Denmark claims North Pole
Scientific data shows Greenland’s continental shelf is connected to a ridge beneath the Arctic Ocean, says Denmark’s Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard.
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Push back on Baltic dumping ban criticized in Sweden
Some countries are pushing back on a ban that would forbid cruise ships from dumping sewage waste in the Baltic
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Sweden could lead way on climate: environment minister
As the IPCC releases its latest report, Sweden’s environment minister and vice prime minister Åsa Romson says Sweden could lead the
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Territorial expansion on Arctic agenda for Russia
Russia eyes huge new territories in the Arctic after comprehensive mapping of the North Pole area. Speaking onboard Russia’s top
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Ice-Blog: The Arctic on the UN agenda
To those of us who deal with the Arctic on a regular basis, the significance of the melting ice for
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