Climate change doc from Arctic Canadian teens to be shown at UN conference
A group of seven teenagers from Tuktoyaktuk, northwestern Canada, has been invited to show a documentary they made on climate
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“It’s important to be aggressive about our human rights,” international Inuit leader tells Montreal conference
With international interests increasingly active in the Arctic, it’s more important than ever that Inuit stand up for their human
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IPCC climate report warns “extreme sea level events” will occur frequently
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns in a new report that the impacts of climate change will
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Finnish president Niinistö to meet Donald Trump in Washington next month
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö will meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump during a working visit in early October. The
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Nordic PMs sign climate declaration at Iceland meeting
A meeting of Nordic Prime Ministers ended in Reykjavik, Iceland on Tuesday with the signing of a joint declaration on
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Senate committee passes bill to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada
The Senate’s Aboriginal peoples committee has passed a bill that will implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
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Canada files submission to establish continental shelf outer limits in Arctic Ocean
Canada filed its Arctic continental shelf submission with the U.N. Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf on Thursday,
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Finland has a ‘big responsibility’ for biodiversity loss, says researcher
With one million species at risk, the devastating impact humans have had on nature was revealed in an extensive UN
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Indigenous leaders at UN meeting push for decade dedicated to language revitalization
Indigenous leaders are calling for the UN’s year of Indigenous languages to be expanded to a decade in speeches at
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Finland still the happiest country in the world, UN report says
Finland has once again been ranked as the happiest country in the world. The Nordic nation received the accolade for
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Inuit leaders call on Canada to go “beyond symbolic gestures” for Indigenous language preservation
Inuit leaders from across Canada issued a joint statement on Friday calling on the federal government to do more to
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UN Committee blasts Finland over electorate ruling for Sami Parliament
The UN has criticised Finland’s administrative courts for adding 93 people to the electoral register for the Sami parliament against
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Ice-Blog – Former UN climate chief speaks out against Arctic drilling
One good thing about people no longer being in office is they are freer to come out with their own
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Ice-Blog – While Arctic melts, sweltering Germany hosts UN climate talks
It’s been a scorcher of a week here in Bonn, Germany. Delegates to the UNFCCC climate talks (one of the interim meetings
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Sweden sends US climate whistleblower to UN talks
Joel Clement resigned from his US government job in protest against the change in climate policy. Now Sweden is paying
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