An Overview of the Arctic Circle Eight Countries Own Land in the Arctic Circle It's Home to Arctic Foxes Murmansk, Russia, Is the Biggest City There's an Arctic Council The Arctic Circle Doesn't Plunge Into Total Darkness The Sun Appears for Months The Antarctic Circle Is Way Colder You C...
Nevertheless, the 1990s saw the start of several cooperative initiatives, from the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) in 1990 to the Arctic Council in 1996. In more recent years, the Asian countries' governments and other Asian actors have grown increasingly interested in the Arctic ...
Finland and Sweden only play a minor role in the Council, which is dominated by large countries like Canada and Russia. The European Union is taking measures to increase its influence. The European Council asked the EU Commission to make proposals by the end of 2015. Although France is not ...
These prospects are, however, gloomy. As the seven other member states of the Arctic Council released a joint statement in early March 2022 to “pause” Council activities and then in June decided to resume activities on a limited scale among the seven Western Council members, Russia’s chairs...
Founders of the Arctic Council count eight countries, including Iceland even though its coastline is predominantly under the Polar Circle. When the Arctic coastal states met in Ilulissat in 2008 on the other hand, Iceland, Sweden and Finland were not invited. The meeting had as an objective the...
(fixed or mobile) or land, ocean, atmosphere, and/or electromagnetic spectrum use for the purpose of economic growth or to improve quality of life; or the application of technology for the production of new goods and services(Arctic Council undated; Arctic Economic Council undated; Wynne Houck...
Arctic black carbon emissions from ships: Patterns, trends, and policy options: Bryan Comer, PhD, Marine Program Lead, International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) The presentations will be followed by an intervention by Árni Finnsson from the Iceland Nature Conservatio...
Norway said Tuesday it supports China's bid for observer status on the Arctic Council despite a diplomatic row over the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. "The areas and the potential for cooperation between our two countries are significant... Norway has supported and still...
What remains not so evident is what Scotland wants from the Arctic in return for its offer in the long run. The policy does not mention the Arctic Council or Arctic Economic Council as mediums for cooperation and Scottish involvement in the Arctic matters. Time will tell the acceptance of th...
We analyze this emerging body of work with a focus on identifying overarching trends (time, countries studied, scale of analysis, specific populations). We also map the themes and topics considered in this literature with a focus on highlighting topics that are prominent and those that are ...