Arctic research conference is held in the Arctic for first time
Holding ArcticNet conference in Iqaluit makes it more comfortable for Inuit to participate, says organizer A national Arctic research conference is taking place in Iqaluit this week, marking the first time in the academic conference’s 19-year history that it’s being…
Canada and Greenland Sign Letter of Intent on Arctic Marine Conservation
Recently, Canada and Greenland signed a letter of intent concerning conserving a marine area between their two territories, according to Eye on the Arctic. The area is called the North Water Polynya, known as Pikialasorsuaq in Greenland and Sarvarjuaq in Nunavut, and is an…
Battle for Arctic territory pits US against China and Russia
Democrats and Republicans in Washington are finding unity in a mutual concern over China’s and Russia’s rush to take control of the Arctic region. Several thousand miles north of the U.S.-Canada border, off the Alaskan coast, Chinese and Russian entities are attempting to expand their…
Tromsø Will Be the First Arctic European Youth Capital
Tromsø in Northern Norway has been awarded the title of European Youth Capital 2026 with the concept “True North”. “We will show that young people from the Arctic are of key strategic importance for Europe,” says Luna Drecker, leader of…
What the 14th Five-Year Plan says about China’s Arctic Interests
In March 2021, during the annual session of the National People’s Congress in Beijing, the Chinese leadership formally adopted the 14th Five-Year Plan,1) marking the first time that one of China’s five-year plans directly mentions the Arctic.2) The plan, cumbersomely titled the…
Norwegian Government Criticized for Failing to Support Joint Climate Statement
Storting representative for the Norwegian Socialist Left Party, Lars Haltbrekken, questions what he calls “Norway’s lack of support” for a joint climate statement during the One Planet Polar Summit in Paris recently. During Wednesday’s oral Question Time in the Norwegian parliament,…
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Norway to gain first-hand insight into the country’s management of diversity
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov visited Norway from 6 to 10 November 2023. In Oslo, Abdrakhmanov met Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide to discuss issues pertaining to his mandate, the situation within the OSCE and ways to…
One Planet – Polar Summit: The first Summit devoted to the preservation of glaciers and poles
This first international Summit devoted to glaciers and poles aims to strengthen international cooperation to preserve the cryosphere and glacial and polar biodiversity. The major representatives of the international scientific community along with political leaders and representatives, including French President…
Norway reluctant to ban deep sea mining in the Arctic
Thirty-one countries have pledged to stop all deep-sea mining in polar regions at the One Planet Polar Summit, which ended in Paris on Friday (10 November), in a deal that Norway still needs to sign amid criticism of its recent…