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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UNGA: Finland’s President talks North Korea nuclear threat, peace mediation and climate change
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö delivered Finland’s national statement at the General Debate of the 72nd Session of the United Nations
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Strong regional focus, including on Arctic, key for next IPCC report say climate experts
MONTREAL – Extreme weather events, and the warming polar regions, make understanding climate change on a regional level more important
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Global cooperation stressed as international climate experts gather in Montreal, Canada
MONTREAL – International collaboration is key to tackling global temperature change and crafting successful adaptation strategies, Canada’s Minister of Environment
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Ice-Blog: Deciding Arctic future in Fairbanks and Bonn
It is hard to tell where the most influential conversations on the future of the Arctic are being held right
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Treatment of Sami people among Swedish shortcomings : Amnesty International report
Sweden is once again criticized by Amnesty International for its treatment of Romani and Sami peoples and its tightening of
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Sweden launches UN Security Council presidency with a New Year’s resolution
Sweden’s UN ambassador Olof Skoog said Tuesday that he has urged his Security Council colleagues to make a New Year’s
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Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge can help us prevent climate changes says Ban Ki-moon
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges governments to ensure that Indigenous Peoples’ rights and contributions remain central when ways to
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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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