Detailed and updated programme for t he International Conference on Climate Change and Melting of the Permafrost that will take place in Yakutsk on 22... News
Detailed and updated programme for t he International Conference on Climate Change and Melting of the Permafrost that will take place in Yakutsk on 22... Women in the Energy Industry
21.03.2023
An interesting article written by Caitlin Ritchie, published on the website Save on Energy (saveonenergy.com) about women in the Energy Industry. Latest News
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International Conference on Climate Change ...
International Conference on Climate Change & Melting of the Permafrost
The International Conference on Climate Change and Melting of the Permafrost will take place in Yakutsk on 22 – 24 March 2023 organized by the Committee of the Russian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. The conference will be organized in a hybrid format both personal attendance[…] -
Anthropology conference 2023 invitation
Anthropology conference 2023 invitation
An event organized under the flagship of APECS Art project group and Arctic Center of the University of Lapland named Appearing of Disappearing: Transformation of the relations in the Arctic societies observed in the visual archives is scheduled to be on 21st March 8:30 - 10 00 GMT[…] -
Call for Nominations: 2023 Arctic Academic ...
Call for Nominations: 2023 Arctic Academic Action Award
Nominations are now open for the 2023 Frederik Paulsen Arctic Academic Action Award. The goal is to further the development of new ideas that could contribute materially to preventing, mitigating, adapting, and reversing the effects of climate change in the Arctic. -
Arctic Circle Japan Forum 2023 - Asia in th...
Arctic Circle Japan Forum 2023 - Asia in the Future of the Arctic
The Arctic Circle Japan Forum starts tomorrow in Tokyo, from March 4 to 6. The Forum will feature over 100 speakers from 20+ countries in more than 50 sessions. Among the participants are ministers, members of the National Diet of Japan, ambassadors, scientists as well as[…] -
Indigenous Leaders Are Meeting with EU Parl...
Indigenous Leaders Are Meeting with EU Parliament Members
On February 27-Mach 2, 2023, three Indigenous leaders are meeting with European Union Parliamentarians in Brussels, Belgium, to bring attention to the impacts the extractive industries including oil, gas, and mining have on Indigenous Peoples’ rights, lands, and environments globally. -
In Search of a High North Hero: "More ...
In Search of a High North Hero: "More Important Than Ever"
Every year, the High North Center for Business and Governance awards the High North Hero Award to someone who has a positive impact in the north. "It is more important than ever to lift up those who contribute to development, cooperation, and the promotion of the[…] -
Call for participation in the conference fo...
Call for participation in the conference for schoolchildren: The Arctic - the territory of cooperation
The Ministry of Education of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) on the premises of the International Arctic School of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in co-operation with its partners is delighted to be hosting the Second Annual All-Russia Scientific and Practical Conference of schoolchildren with international participation[…] -
Urgency of climate change unites scientists...
Urgency of climate change unites scientists in the Arctic
The first Expert-to-Expert initiative’s webinar “Climate change and the Arctic: state of the art and what kind of scientific cooperation is most needed?” took place 15 December 2022. -
ASSW 2023 in progress in Vienna!
ASSW 2023 in progress in Vienna!
Arctic Science Summit Week - ASSW 2023 is being held in Vienna, Austria from 17 - 24 February 2023 and includes -
The UK and the Arctic - New policy paper out!
The UK and the Arctic - New policy paper out!
The UK published the 9th of February 2023 a new Policy paper on the Arctic, Looking North: The UK and the Arctic. The United Kingdom’s Arctic Policy Framework, stating: The Arctic matters to the United Kingdom.
Announcements
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SEVENSEAS Media newsletter for March 2023...
SEVENSEAS Media newsletter for March 2023 is out
SEVENSEAS Media just released a newsletter for the month of March 2023 Newsletter includes 2023 Event Planning Toolkit & Action Focus for World Ocean Day New Research Paper Reveals There’re More Than 170 Trillion Pieces of Plastic Afloat in The World’s Oceans Climate Change[…] -
Webcast: America’s Energy Future
Webcast: America’s Energy Future
When: Mar. 29, 2023 , 2:30pm – 3:30pm ETWhere: 5th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center and Online For the past 12 months, global energy markets have been roiled by geopolitical conflict and instability, rising post-COVID demand, and efforts by many developed countries to speed their transition to[…] -
NSIDC Seminar: Climate Warming Impacts on...
NSIDC Seminar: Climate Warming Impacts on Permafrost in Alaska and the Western Canadian Arctic
Dr. Thian Gan, University of Alberta When: 22nd March 2023, 11:00 am - 12:00pm The Arctic, dominated by continuous and discontinuous permafrost, which occupies about 22 million km2 of exposed NH land areas, has been warming much faster than the rest of the world, commonly[…] -
Event: Arctic Development Expo 2023
Event: Arctic Development Expo 2023
When: 12th - 14th June 2023 Where: Inuvik Northwestern Territories Canada The Arctic Development Expo welcomes all researchers, Indigenous leaders, circumpolar Governments, scientists, industry experts and passionate individuals to join us in 2023. The Arctic Development Expo takes place in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada as[…] -
Polar online lessons in March 2023
Polar online lessons in March 2023
The EDU-ARCTIC program will be hosting 3 online lessons in March: Arctic hydrology on 15 March 10.00 UTC by Tomek Wawrzyniak How do humans (including polar researchers) cope with cold on 17 March 9.30 UTC by Anna Wielgopolan Plants adaptations to the Arctic climate[…] -
Webinar: OCEAN:ICE Introductory Webinar
Webinar: OCEAN:ICE Introductory Webinar
When: Mar 23, 2023 03:00 PM in Brussels Where: Online event This webinar is the first in a series introducing the EU-funded OCEAN:ICE project. This webinar will include an overview of the project, its goals, and the partners involved. This webinar series is facilitated[…] -
Webinar: SO-CHIC WP7: Data management and...
Webinar: SO-CHIC WP7: Data management and connection to climate services
When: Mar 16, 2023 10:30 AM in Brussels Where: Online event Work Package 7 will enable discovery, open access, view and download of the data generated and collected during the SO-CHIC project. Data management will be developed in coordination and collaboration with already existing[…] -
UArctic Member Bulletin for March 2023
UArctic Member Bulletin for March 2023
UArctic member bulletin for the month of March 2023 has just been released. Lead story UArctic Assembly 2023: Registration is now open! We are pleased to invite all UArctic members to attend UArctic Assembly 2023 held in Quebec City, Canada on 22-26 May.[…] -
Online Event: The Russian Maritime Arctic...
Online Event: The Russian Maritime Arctic: Region of Great Change in the 21st Century
When: 11:00AM-12:00PM MST Where: Online Event The Russian North and the maritime Arctic are critically important to the future of the Russian state. This vast, cold region should be viewed from three key perspectives: national security, environmental change, and economic development. Russia's long, open border[…] -
Webcast: The Changing Geopolitics of Crit...
Webcast: The Changing Geopolitics of Critical Minerals and the Future of the Clean Energy Transition
When: 9th March 2023 9:00am – 10:30am ET Where: Online Event & 5th floor Woodrow Wilson Center The relationship between China and the US is commonly portrayed in terms of geostrategic competition, often leading to pessimistic accounts of international cooperation. This, in turn,[…] -
Event: 5th European Conference and Expo B...
Event: 5th European Conference and Expo Biogas PowerON 2023
When: 27th - 28th September 2023 Where: Hamburg, Germany Among other renewables, biogas is gaining more popularity than ever. It’s one of the results of recent energy crisis and dispute about Europe’s energy independence & security. Coming years will be a turning point for[…]
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Rášša project meeting in Kautokeino
Rášša project meeting in Kautokeino
Last week participants of the Rášša project: Governing, producing, and negotiating reindeer landscapes – towards fair and sustainable use of land gathered in Kautokeino for a 2 days’ workshop. -
New APECS staff members
New APECS staff members
The APECS International Directorate has doubled in size this winter! -
UVSQ's International Colloquium on Travel writing in ...
UVSQ's International Colloquium on Travel writing in modern Europe
The University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) is organising an international colloquium on travel writing in modern Europe on 23 and 24 March 2023: "Penser et écrire le voyage en Europe du XVéme au XVIIIème siècle" (in French). -
Call for reviewers: Sharing Circle for Early Career Profession...
Call for reviewers: Sharing Circle for Early Career Professionals & Arctic Youth
APECS is affiliated with the EU Project Arctic PASSION and is cooperatively calling for applicants for the Sharing Circle, announced above. The APECS International Directorate also organizes the application review process for the APECS & Arctic PASSION Sharing Circle for Early Career Professionals and Arctic Youth and invites anyone who did not or will not apply for the Sharing Circle to help as a reviewer. The APECS office[…] -
Call for interest in an APECS special collection in PLOS Climate
Call for interest in an APECS special collection in PLOS Climate
Image credit: PLOS APECS is working with the journal PLOS Climate to create a bespoke collection produced by APECS. We are looking for authors who would like to publish opinions and reviews that address a variety of thematic topics within the polar and alpine sphere that are connected with climate and that discuss experiences and the role of early career researchers (ECRs) in polar science. -
Knowledge about the Arctic in early modern Poland - Guest lecture
Knowledge about the Arctic in early modern Poland - Guest lecture
Joanna Kodzik, Junior Professor at MIARC, has been invited to give an on-line lecture entitled “Humans, Nature and the Climate: Interest in the Arctic in Poland in the 18th century“ by the Centre for Research on Climate Change and the Department of Literature, Culture and Media of the German Countries at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland). -
Focus on Paul Gaimard and La Recherche at the University of Ic...
Focus on Paul Gaimard and La Recherche at the University of Iceland
The University of Iceland organized a session dedicated to Paul Gaimard and La Recherche during the Annual Humanities Conference of the University of Iceland. -
Report from the Arctic Action Plan Marine Working Group Worksh...
Report from the Arctic Action Plan Marine Working Group Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark November 15-17 2022
Ten members of the IASC Marine Working Group (MWG), including three early career researchers (ECR), and the IASC Secretariat met at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in Copenhagen for a 3-day workshop (Nov 15-17, 2022) to draft and develop a strategic research plan for Arctic marine research that can guide the MWG in the coming years. -
IASC Activity Report: The Importance of Within-Species Diversi...
IASC Activity Report: The Importance of Within-Species Diversity in Arctic systems Workshop
Global biodiversity loss is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. However, in research, policy, and public understanding, biodiversity is often treated in an overly simplistic manner. This approach often emphasises species diversity over all other diversity measures, and also focuses on patterns of diversity over the processes which generate and maintain biodiversity into the future. This workshop brought together 25 international and[…] -
Indigenous youth occupy Norwegian energy office to protest ill...
Indigenous youth occupy Norwegian energy office to protest illegal wind farm
"We cannot be sacrificed in the name of the green transition." Indigenous Sámi youth and dozens of environmental activists in Oslo, Norway shut down the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on Monday, with many chaining themselves to the building. The action is part of a human rights campaign that demands the Norwegian government close an onshore wind energy complex that the country’s supreme court says was[…] -
New GEF project on Reindeer Herding and Resilience at
New GEF project on Reindeer Herding and Resilience at
Last week ICR and WRH had the startup meeting in UN environment in Geneva with director Ersin Ersen to develop a new global management of landscapes and pastures. The management of reindeer pastures globally is broken and have to be fixed. All available knowldge also female reindeer herders traditional knowledge will be used in the new four years GEF project: Reindeer Herding and Resilience