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On the beginning of September, the five polar bear range states – Canada, Kingdom of Denmark (Greenland), Norway, Russia, and the United States – have met in Ilulissat (GL) and committed themselves to a 10-year plan that aims to secure the long-term survival of polar bears in the wild.
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On Tuesday 8th September, the Arctic Economic Council (AEC) Secretariat was officially opened in Tromsø by the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Børge Brende. The news has been released on the social media, both by the Norwegian MFA (via Twitter) and both by the Arctic Council (via Facebook), and by the Barents Observer.
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ARCTIC OCEAN — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, homeported in Seattle, arrived at the North Pole Sept. 5, 2015, becoming the first U.S. surface ship to do so unaccompanied. This is also only the fourth time a U.S. surface vessel has ever reached the North Pole, and the first since 2005.
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This weekend in Paris, the United States and Switzerland hosted senior officials from 18 developed countries to discuss our collaborative efforts to scale up climate finance for developing nations, and to provide increased transparency on our progress.
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The Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) Summit, a major event in the further planning of the Year of Polar Prediction, was held from 13–15 July 2015 at WMO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Toronto, Sept. 3, 2015 – The first ever circumpolar action plan to protect polar bears was released yesterday during the Polar Bear Range States meeting in Ilulissat, Greenland.
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A new journal is emerging to be published shortly. The Icelandic Arctic Journal is a non-peer reviewed, interdisciplinary, multi-stakeholder and cross-sectoral platform for those interested and involved in the Arctic.
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The Arctic Energy Summit 2015 will be held in Fairbanks, Alaska, on September 28-30. Registration is open. The Arctic Energy Summit 2015is hosted by the Institute of the North in cooperation with the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Iceland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Last Sunday, August 30th, the Icelandic cargo ship Winter Bay (but flying the flag of St. Kitts and Nevis), arrived in Osaka with about 1,800 tons of fin whale meat.
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The editors of the "Witness the Arctic" publication invite suggestions for articles on Arctic sciences and related topics for the Fall 2015 issue, which will be published in late October.
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On August 21st, the construction of the Norwegian Polarled gas pipeline, which will bring gas from the Norwegian sea to Europe, crossed the Arctic Circle. As Statoil reports, "the 482-kilometre long and 36-inch (91.4 cm) wide pipeline will run from Nyhamna in western Norway to the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea.
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The "Eye on Earth Summit 2015 Informed Decision-Makin for Sustainable Development" will be held in Abu Dhabi next 6-8 October 2015.