News & Press Releases
3 December 2015
An Inuit delegation has gone to Paris, to the COP21, to deliver the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) position paper on climate change.
2 December 2015
The deadline for submission of abstracts for ICOP2016 as well as for applications for young researcher travel grants and workshop participation has been extended to 20 December 2015.
1 December 2015
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21)is taking place (30 November to 11 December 2015) at the Paris-Le Bourget site.
30 November 2015
Following the 5th Forum of the European Marine Board (EMB), which took place in Brussels on October 21st 2015, a video summary and the "Ocean Nexus Consensus Statement" have been released.
27 November 2015
Arctic Frontiers: Industry and Environment will be held in Tromsø, Norway, on 24-29 January 2016
26 November 2015
As energy companies retreat from exploration in the Arctic, Italy’s Eni SpA outlines the final preparation of the Goliat platform, the world’s largest and most sophisticated circular FPSO, which is well under way in the Barents Sea. Eni is set to begin pumping at its Goliat platform before the end of this year. It would open a flow that will eventually reach 100,000 barrels a day and place Eni among a select group of oil producers in the region.
25 November 2015
On November 20th, during a regular press conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei addressed key geopolitical issues as the relation with Japan and the US about the South China Sea, China's role in Syria, EU's concerns over China’s detention of lawyers, and China's participation in Arctic affairs.
24 November 2015
The 11th International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP 2016) will be held in Potsdam, Germany, 20-24 June 2016. The conference aims at covering all relevant aspects of permafrost research, engineering and outreach on a global and regional level.
23 November 2015
A global re-assessment of polar bears highlights loss of sea ice habitat due to climate warming as the single most important threat to the long-term survival of the species, according to the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ released today by IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature.
20 November 2015
On November 19-21, Moscow hosts the Arctic Days in Moscow Federal Arctic Forum. The Federal Arctic Forum “ARCTIC DAYS in MOSCOW” is a successor of the Arctic Days Festival that has been held since 2010.
19 November 2015
Representatives of the US Coast Guard and other critical representatives of partners in the region testified on Arctic operations before a joint subcommittee hearing held on Tuesday, discussing how the Department of State is working to advance US security and economic interests in the Arctic.
18 November 2015
Statoil is optimizing its exploration portfolio and has decided to exit Alaska following recent exploration results in neighbouring leases.
17 November 2015
Over the past few years, Akureyri, a municipality located in Northern Iceland with about 18.000 inhabitants, has being establishing itself as the place for Arctic cooperation in Iceland. Now, "Arctic Akureyri" has a new website gathering all relevant information and to make the variety of Arctic related institutions and companies located in Akureyri visible and accessible.
16 November 2015
For the first time since 1997, the 12th Northern Forum General Assembly was held in Yakutsk (November 4-6, 2015).
13 November 2015
While COP 21 is inaugurating a new phase of commitment on climate, the Ocean Climate Platform disclosed the content of its advocacy at the November 12th 2015 press release- in the presence of Ségolène Royal, French Minister of Ecology- in order for ocean and coastal zones related issues to be gradually taken into consideration via specific measures and included in the various axes of negotiation.
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