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COP21: View from Canada’s Northwest Territories

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 23:52 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:36
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On the occasion of the United Nations climate change conference in Paris (November 30- December 11), Eye on the Arctic has

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Blog Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

The Arctic & COP21:Week in Review

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Monday, December 7, 2015 at 14:34 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Swedish PM underlines importance of COP21

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, November 30, 2015 at 15:38 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has arrived in Paris for the start of the UN climate conference aimed at agreeing a

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General Special Features 

COP21: View from Yukon, Canada

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2015 at 21:27 — Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2018 at 11:37
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In the run up to the United Nations climate change conference in Paris (November 30- December 11), Eye on the

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Traffic outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Electric car sales are weak in the country, especially compared to places like neighbouring Norway. (Sven Nackstand / AFP)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Special Features Sweden 

Will Sweden be 1st fossil-free welfare state?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, September 28, 2015 at 13:56 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at 19:24
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Addressing the United Nation’s General Assembly on Saturday, Swedish Prime Minster Stefan Löfven said his nation would work toward becoming one

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The Sami flag. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
General Politics Politics (Sweden) Special Features Sweden 

Sami demand rights as indigenous people

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 16:20
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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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The Mir-1 mini-submarine as it places a Russian state flag at the bottom of the Arctic ocean underneath the North Pole on August 2, 2007. ( NTV / AFP)
General Politics Politics (Russia) Russia Special Features 

Russia submits claim for North Pole

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 13:05 — Last Updated: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 15:45
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The Russian continental shelf stretches beyond the North Pole, the Russian government asserts. The country this week submitted its renewed

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Sweden's 'outdoor access rights' have been translated into several languages to encourage immigrants to explore nature. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

Swedish environmental groups disappointed by climate agreement

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, November 25, 2013 at 09:59
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Swedish environmental groups are disappointed at the results of the UN climate change talks in Warsaw, which ended yesterday. Speaking

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Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver was in London yesterday responding to a European Union fuel directive that paints Alberta's oilsands bitumen as much more highly polluting than conventional sources. Oliver says the oilsands represent 0.1 per cent of global emissions. (from CBC.ca)
Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Canada’s climate change stance ‘de-motivating’ say critics

The Canadian Press
Posted: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 15:37
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Anyone wondering why Canada, with its minuscule global carbon footprint, attracts so much international ire from environmentalists these days should

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Dene National Chief Bill Erasmus says Canada has the wrong strategy in trying to deal with violence against aboriginal women. (CBC)
Canada Society Society (Canada) 

Northern leaders decry violence against aboriginal women in Canada

CBC News
Posted: Monday, September 23, 2013 at 15:17
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First Nations leaders in the North are criticizing Canada’s position on a recent report on violence against aboriginal women. The

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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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