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A working group, appointed by the Icelandic Minister of the Environment, Energy and Climate, has published a report including 50 proposals for ways to improve energy use and energy procurement in Iceland, thus supplying at least 3,800 GWh of additional energy annually by 2040.
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At the conclusion of the Nordic Defence Ministers' meeting in Þórshavn today, a new long-term strategy for Nordic defence cooperation (NORDEFCO) until 2030 was officially signed. Alongside this pivotal agreement, discussions centered on the ongoing support for Ukraine and the evolving security dynamics in the North Atlantic and the Arctic. Notably, representatives from the governments of the Faroe Islands and Greenland participated in the meeting for the first time.
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Yesterday, April 24. 2024, fittingly on the officially last day of winter in Iceland, 27 year old Japanese World Cup titan ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi took advantage of the amazing mountain, weather and snow conditions in mount Hlidarfjall above the town of Akureyri in Iceland for the longest ever ski jump in history.
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Dr. Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir has been appointed rector of the University of Akureyri as of July 1st.
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The Third Russian-Chinese Arctic School “Anthropogenic impact on Arctic ecosystems: in search of new approaches to Arctic management” was held from April 1st to 6th in St. Petersburg and Petrozavodsk, Russia. This article was written by Ekaterina Serova and first published in the Acentury.
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Landsvirkjun, the Icelandic National Power Company, has this winter been forced to curtail the supply of electricity to its customers due to insufficient water resources in its reservoirs to drive production at full capacity.
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March 2024 has solidified its place in history as the tenth consecutive month to claim the title of the hottest on record, according to the latest data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). This remarkable streak, spanning from April 2023 to March 2024, underscores a troubling trend of escalating temperatures worldwide.
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UArctic and the Arctic Circle welcome nominations for the 2024 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award until April 30, 2024.
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Arctic Security Conference will take place 23-24 April 2024 at Scandic Sluseholmen, Copenhagen, Denmark. The Conference is organized by Defence iQ which is the world's largest defence events and media organization.
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The program for the Arctic Congress Bodø 2024 was released today. The congress will take place from 29 May to 3 June 2024 in Bodø, Norway, hosted by Nordland Research Institute and Nord University.
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The China-Nordic Arctic Research (CNARC) is preparing to launch its Fellowship Program for the year 2024. The Fellowship Program has enjoyed a decade of success since its inception in 2014-2015, albeit with a pause due to the pandemic.