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COVID-19 stimulus packages have negative impact on the Arctic
Arctic countries are injecting US$3.5 trillion into COVID-19 fiscal stimulus programs, but little of that money appears to support Arctic communities according to a new study released today ...27 January 2021
Open Letter on the SAO Marine Mechanism to the Arctic Council
Dear Einar Gunnarsson: On behalf of WWF’s Arctic Programme, I congratulate the Icelandic Chairmanship on arranging the first-ever SAO Marine Mechanism webinar series. These webinars were a...16 November 2020
IMO must close loopholes to stop world’s dirtiest fuel polluting Arctic waters
Ottawa, Canada – Huge loopholes in a proposed international shipping agreement means vulnerable marine ecosystems and the livelihoods of Arctic peoples will continue to be threatened by sp...15 October 2020
Disappearing glaciers, Arctic heatwaves and extreme fires
SROCC’s chilling predictions are all around us one year later.16 September 2020
Summer wildfires in the Arctic Circle set new emissions record
Summer wildfires in the Arctic exceeded last year’s records for CO2 emissions, according to scientists from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS). The wildfires that raged a...3 September 2020
WWF launches twitter campaign to #SaveTheIceEdge
The future health of some polar bears and bowhead whales in the Barents Sea is being decided by Norway’s politicians before the end of the month. The Norwegian parliament will either follo...6 May 2020
Arctic lifeline could be cut by expanding off-shore oil drilling
Not long ago, bowhead whales in the Barents Sea, between the Norwegian and Russian Arctic, were thought to be extinct because of whaling activities. But scientists discovered that a small nu...27 April 2020
COVID-19 Open Letter to Leaders
Dear Mr Þórðarson: I reach out to you and the Arctic Council through this open letter at a defining moment in our lives. The extensive and sudden loss of life in the past few months from ...21 April 2020
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