News & Press Releases
19 May 2015
In November 2014, President of the United States, Barack Obama (US) and President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, released the historical "U.S.-China Joint Announcement on Climate Change".
19 May 2015
On the 26-28 May 2015 the 3rd China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium will take place in Shanghai and the conference theme is "Arctic Synergies: Polices and Best Practice". All presentations will focus on Arctic-related issues, within one of the session topics:
18 May 2015
The United States Arctic Research Commission (USARC), the independent agency that advises the President and the Congress of US on domestic and international Arctic research through recommendations and reports, has just released a report unveiling their goals and objectives for Arctic research for 2015-2016.
15 May 2015
According to the Bylaws and Rules of Procedure, the Northern Forum Secretariat and the Chairing region - Sakha Republic (Yakutia) inform you about the upcoming 12th General Assembly to take place in Yakutsk, Russia on November 4-6, 2015.
13 May 2015
Registration is now open for the 2015 Arctic Circle Assembly. The assembly will be held on October 16-18, and for the third year in a row, it will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland.
12 May 2015
The Ministers for Foreign Affairs in Iceland and Norway signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Akureyri, Iceland, which includes several aspects of cooperation in the field of Arctic scientific research, including the establishment of a Nansen Professorship in Arctic Studies at the University of Akureyri.
11 May 2015
An overview of Polar law questions and topical developments was provided in the pioneering 2010 Polar Law Textbook and in the 2013 Polar Law Textbook II, both of which covered a number of topics relevant to the Polar resources debate.
8 May 2015
PAME is one of six Arctic Council working groups. PAME was first established under the 1991 Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy and was continued by the 1996 Ottawa Charter that established the Arctic Council.
7 May 2015
The report Gender Equality in the Arctic: Current Realities, Future Challenges contains summaries and highlights from the international conference held on 30-31 October 2014. The conference was held in Akureyri, Iceland with 150 participants representing various stakeholders from all member states of the Arctic Council: Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland and the Faroe Islands), Iceland, Finland, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden,
6 May 2015
The 11th Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies has organized a Student Conference, "Due North: Next Generation Arctic Research & Leadership" to be held in Calgary, November 5-8, 2015.
5 May 2015
Norden has recently released the following call for "sustainable urban spaces competition":
4 May 2015
On April 27th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation released his official comments on the recently concluded Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting, which was attended by Sergei Donskoi, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation.
30 April 2015
Arctic Science Summit Week 2015 in Toyama, Japan (23–30 April) brought together nearly 700 international scientists, students, policy makers, research managers, Indigenous Peoples and others interested in developing, prioritizing and coordinating plans for future Arctic research.
29 April 2015
Construction began on a massive polar-themed ocean park in the Pudong New Area that is scheduled to open in 2017.
28 April 2015
On April 24th 2015, the Governments of Greenland and Nunavut issued a press release regarding the Revision of the EU Seal Ban Regulation. Regulation 1007/2009, which bans the entry into the EU market of seal products not deriving from "traditional" Inuit hunt, has been for many years one of the thorny issues in the EU-Canada and EU-Greenland relations.
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