News & Press Releases
7 August 2014
The registration has opened for 2nd Arctic Circle General Assembly that will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland 31st – 2nd of November 2014.
6 August 2014
The Institute of the North is excited to announce the next Arctic Energy Summit (AES) to be held fall of 2015 in Fairbanks, Alaska.
5 August 2014
10th International Youth Eco-Forum "Clean City – Clean Planet" under the auspice of the Northern Forum has started its work in Yakutsk, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia.
1 August 2014
Yesterday, Nordic Summer University, ended their annual session which this year took place in Sauðakrókur, northern Iceland. This year's event gathered number of participants interested in sharing their intellectual thoughts.
29 July 2014
Second voyage of "The Arctic Floating University - 2014" will go through the Northern Sea Route.
24 July 2014
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Arctic has just published its call for evidence. The call for evidence, sets out a number of questions which the Committee would like to receive written submission on.
23 July 2014
The Institute of the North is excited to release the first 2014 Arctic Resource Governance Network research project. This project reviews and discusses the impact of electrical grid connectivity on social and economic development. This white paper explores the current electrical capacity in five communities—Anadyr, Hammerfest, Iqaluit, Nome, and Reyðarfjörður—in the circumpolar north, as well as the subsequent effects on local economic and social well-being.
21 July 2014
The biannual conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics will be hosted by the University of Iceland 13 - 15 August 2014. The theme of the conference will be Well-being and Equity within Planetary Boundaries.
18 July 2014
The 26th Annual European Association for International Education (EAIE) Conference will take place 16 – 18 September 2014 in Prague, Czech Republic. The theme of the event is: "Stepping into the new era", marking the significant transformations of the international education field.
17 July 2014
This year, students from Russia, United States, Norway, Germany, Italy, China and United Kingdom, have been spending part of July, researching and studying the effects of permafrost thaw on Russian cities.
15 July 2014
Last month, June 2014, the launch of "UNEP Year eBook 2014 update: Rapid Change in the Arctic" took place at the United Nations Environment Assembly that gathered in Nairobi, Kenya.
14 July 2014
The Final Report from Arctic Energy Summit is now available through the Arctic Portal website.
11 July 2014
1st International Conference Endogenous activity of the Earth and bio-social processes (GeoBio2014) will take place 5 – 7 November 2014 in Moscow, the capital city of Russia.
10 July 2014
The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna invites all interested individuals to participate in photography competition "Through the Lens".
9 July 2014
The Arctic Council Working Group CAFF has recently announced a major milestone in scientific cooperation in the Arctic – a signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to guide national mapping organizations from the Arctic states toward production of a harmonized map, covering the entire Arctic region, with data on climate, biodiversity and other themes.
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