News & Press Releases
1 June 2016
After a number of years absent from the Northern Forum, the US State of Alaska along with the Finnish region of Lapland have decided to re-join the international organization, which brings together local and regional actors from across the Arctic.
31 May 2016
On May 16th and 17th, a joint Norwegian-Russian international seminar focusing on the reindeer meat industry took place in Moscow as part of a series of events within the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group’s EALLU (Reindeer Youth and Food culture) project.
27 May 2016
The Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) has officially launched the new website for its scientific journal Advances in Polar Science (APS).
26 May 2016
A number of the world's food industry giants and fishing companies - including McDonald’s, Iglo, Birds Eye, Icelandic Seachill, Fiskebåt, the Karat Group, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Marks and Spencer, Espersen, Asda and others - have voluntarily agreed not to expand trawling for cod into previously ice-covered areas of the Barents Sea in the vicinity of the Norwegian Archipelago of Svalbard.
24 May 2016
The Ecologic Institute, a non-profit environmental consulting organisation headquartered in Washington DC and Berlin that conducts environmental research and prepares political analyses for decision-makers, is accepting calls from both professionals and students to take part in the Arctic Summer College 2016 webinar series.
20 May 2016
On Wednesday 18 May, the Norwegian Government officially granted ten exploration licenses to oil and gas companies to operate in the Barents Sea. Norwegian Petroleum and energy minister Tord Lien presided over an official ceremony marking the 23rd Licensing Round in Hammerstein.
18 May 2016
On Thursday May 19th, Mark Brzezinski, Executive Director of the US Arctic Executive Steering Committee, will be giving a live webinar lecture at 12:00 noon EDT (UTC-4) about the activities of the U.S. Arctic Executive Steering Committee and the upcoming White House Arctic Science Ministerial planned for September 28th.
17 May 2016
On Friday May 13th, US President Barack Obama and leaders from Nordic countries visiting Washington DC agreed to apply strict environmental standards and climate change goals to commercial activities undertaken in the Arctic.
9 May 2016
With March 2016 seeing the second lowest Arctic Sea Ice maximum extent since 1979, and with sea ice conditions already at record lows for this time of year, there is already talk that September 2016 may see another record low Arctic sea ice minimum extent.
4 May 2016
The Sea Ice Prediction Network (SIPN) and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory are hosting the third annual Polar Prediction Workshop on 4-6 May 2016 at the Sea Ice Outlook in Palisades, New York, USA.
2 May 2016
On Wednesday 27 April, the European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) released its latest joint communication outlining an integrated EU policy for the Arctic.
28 April 2016
Joint Press Release of the First Trilateral High-Level Dialogue on the Arctic among the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the People’s Republic of China which took place in Seoul in Korea earlier today, April. 28th.
20 April 2016
The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) seeks an Executive Secretary to direct the IASC Secretariat, to guide IASC activities and to manage IASC finances.
15 April 2016
The 4th China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium will take place in Rovaniemi, Finland, from the 6th to 9th of June 2016, under the theme “The Sustainable Arctic - Opportunities and Challenges of Globalization”.
6 April 2016
Hello from Anchorage, Alaska!
The Arctic Economic Development Forum is taking place today, Wednesday, April 6 at The Wilson Center in Washington, DC. This unique event is co-hosted by the Alaska-based Institute of the North and The Wilson Center.
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