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SHANGHAI: China's biggest shipping company COSCO intends to launch regular services through the Arctic Ocean to Europe, a spokeswoman said Tuesday (Oct 27), as global warming makes the route viable and Beijing steps up its northern ambitions.
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Polar Data Forum II will build on successes of the first International Polar Data Forum in October 2013 in Tokyo, Japan that—alongside other international and national meetings—identified priority themes and key challenges in the domain of polar data management (Polar Data Forum Communiqué).
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Press release by Arctic Council
Representatives from the eight Arctic States and the Permanent Participants (six organizations representing Arctic Indigenous peoples) met in Anchorage, Alaska on October 20-22, 2015 to advance the work of the Arctic Council.
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The Final Report bythe Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) has been just released.GCOS is a joint undertaking of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Council for Science (ICSU), which goal is toprovide comprehensive information on the total climate system, involving a multidisciplinary range of physical, chemical and biological properties, and atmospheric, oceanic, hydrological, cryospheric and terrestrial processes.
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The annual Arctic Futures Symposium will take place on Tuesday 17 November and Wednesday 18 November, at the Residence Palace conference centre, located in the European District of Brussels, Belgium.
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Last Friday, Japan's first comprehensive Arctic policy was presented both in Tokyo and at Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik.
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The World Ocean Council (WOC) is bringing together the shipping industry’s sustainability and environmental performance initiatives at the Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS), Singapore, 9-11 November, to explore possible synergies for better serving the shipping industry and better delivering results.
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The Arctic Yearbook 2015 was launched on Friday, October 16, 2015 during the US Arctic Circle Reception, hosted by the US embassy in Iceland. The event took place during the third Arctic Circle Assembly (Reykjavik, 16-18 October 2015).
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On the second day of the Arctic Circle Summit in Reykjavik, a very expressive show with music, dance and food from South Korea, was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea.
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President of FranceFrançois Hollande has visited Iceland and attended the Arctic Circle Conference 2015 in preparation for theParis Climate Conference (COP21).
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After the welcoming speech given by President of Iceland Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, the stage was handed toH.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, for the first time present in person at the assembly.
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President of Iceland,Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, has welcomed today more than 1900 attendees from about 50 different nationalities to the third edition of the "Arctic Circle", the annual Arctic-event held in October at theHarpa Conference Center and Conference Hall in Reykjavík, Iceland.