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Politics Politics (USA) RCI USA 

Inuit org says term “local communities” undermines Indigenous rights on international stage

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 10:33 — Last Updated: Friday, October 30, 2020 at 11:11
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The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) says the use of the term “local communities” by UN member states, as well international

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Canada Society Society (Canada) 

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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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

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 Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Earth set to warm 3.2 C by 2100 unless efforts to cut emissions are tripled: UN report

Nicole Mortillaro, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 09:44
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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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Environment Environment (Norway) General Norway 

Norway’s rising oil production not compatible with climate efforts, UN report warns

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 10:05
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Over the next four years, Norway’s petroleum production will increase by 40 percent. A new report from the UN Environment

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General Norway Society Society (Norway) 

UN sustainable development goals translated into North Saami

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 25, 2019 at 15:01
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The United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) have now been translated into the North Saami language, the most widely spoken

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General Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Russia 

Russia says new data supports its claims to extended continental shelf in Arctic Ocean

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, October 21, 2019 at 11:48
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The Russian Ministry of Defense says it has obtained comprehensive new proof that supports its claims on the Arctic shelf.

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General 

Climate change doc from Arctic Canadian teens to be shown at UN conference

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 14:17 — Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2019 at 13:23
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A group of seven teenagers from Tuktoyaktuk, northwestern Canada, has been invited to show a documentary they made on climate

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

“It’s important to be aggressive about our human rights,” international Inuit leader tells Montreal conference

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, October 4, 2019 at 15:45 — Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2019 at 10:28
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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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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

IPCC climate report warns “extreme sea level events” will occur frequently

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 11:48 — Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 11:53
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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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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Finnish president Niinistö to meet Donald Trump in Washington next month

Yle News
Posted: Friday, September 20, 2019 at 10:54 — Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2019 at 13:56
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Finnish President Sauli Niinistö will meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump during a working visit in early October. The

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Environment Environment (Iceland) General Iceland 

Nordic PMs sign climate declaration at Iceland meeting

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at 14:25 — Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2019 at 11:44
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A meeting of Nordic Prime Ministers ended in Reykjavik, Iceland on Tuesday with the signing of a joint declaration on

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Canada General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Senate committee passes bill to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada

John Paul Tasker, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 14:29 — Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 15:22
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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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General Politics (Canada) Science 

Canada files submission to establish continental shelf outer limits in Arctic Ocean

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, May 24, 2019 at 16:35 — Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 08:48
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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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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Finland has a ‘big responsibility’ for biodiversity loss, says researcher

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 11:15
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With one million species at risk, the devastating impact humans have had on nature was revealed in an extensive UN

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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