Top Five U.S. Policy Priorities for the Arctic in 2016

By Luke Coffey, Daniel Kochis and Brian Slattery 2016 will be an important and challenging year for the Arctic region. It marks the final year of the

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2016-01-11

Arctic policies: Statements of intent

Italy and Poland are not new to the Arctic. A clear understanding of what they hope to get out of being there is December 23, 2015 - 4:29pm - By Kevi

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2015-12-28

Historic climate pact adopted at COP21, China vows to undertake obligations

PARIS, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The historic Paris agreement on climate change was finally adopted with no objection on Saturday by the 196 Parties of the

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2015-12-13

Meeting On High Seas Fisheries In The Central Arctic Ocean: Chairman's Statement

Chairman's StatementIntroductionDelegations from Canada, the People’s Republic of China, the Kingdom of Denmark, the European Union, Iceland, Japan,

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2015-12-07

COP21 and the Arctic: The forgotten canary in the coal mine

In President Obama’s opening remarks to the UN Climate Summit this week, he spoke of his firsthand experience with climate change impacts in Alaska, “

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2015-12-07

COP21 and the Arctic: Adaptation, Damage, and the Work to be Done

Yesterday, Okalik Eegeesiak, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council and representative of the Arctic indigenous delegation at COP21, addressed world

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2015-12-07

Closing Week One at COP21: India, the Arctic, and Reaching an Agreement

As leaders and the publics they represent end week one of negotiations at COP21, The Arctic Institute is publishing articles, infographics, and interv

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2015-12-07

COP21 and the Arctic: What's at Stake?

Beginning today, 40,000 state leaders, advocates, and experts will convene in Paris to seek a binding solution to climate change at the 21st UN Clima

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2015-11-30

Arctic, non-Arctic nations hold talks on fishing limits at top of the world

Canada and Arctic coastal countries are to hold talks with non-Arctic nations Monday about imposing a fishing moratorium in seas at the top of the wor

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2015-11-30

Bill McKibben: What the Paris conference on climate change can do for planet Earth

Starting Monday, diplomats and scientists, activists and heads of state at the 2015 U.N. climate change conference in Paris will scramble to reach the

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2015-11-30