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Northernmost “Plastic in a Bottle” launched to gain insight on Arctic plastic pollution

Launched at 84 degrees north, the capsule will enable the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment to track how plastics travel in and out of Arctic waters

Interview with Ole Kristian Bjerkemo, EPPR Chair

Ole Kristian Bjerkemo may be the newest Chair of the Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response Working Group (EPPR), but EPPR is no stranger to him. Ole Kristian ha...

Interview with Inga Nyhamar, SDWG Chair

People living in the Arctic are top of mind for Inga Nyhamar, the new Chair of the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG). While we can all admire ...

The Arctic Council’s “clean-up crew”: An interview with ACAP Chair Patrick Huber

The Arctic Contaminants Action Program (ACAP) is welcoming back Patrick Huber from the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency for his second term as Working Group...

Interview with Solveig Rossebø, Norway’s Senior Arctic Official

Solveig Rossebø brings a career full of Arctic and Russian experiences to her new role as Norway’s Senior Arctic Official. As Norway is chairing the Arctic Council, she i...

Interview with Robert Sinclair, the Canadian Senior Arctic Official

Robert Sinclair comes to the role of Senior Arctic Official (SAO) with a background in legal issues, security, and human rights – as well as with a key diplomatic skill: ...

Norwegian Chairship Launches Initiative to Address Wildland Fires in the Arctic

The Chairship Wildland Fires Initiative aims to increase circumpolar collaboration, knowledge sharing and partnership on wildland fires to tackle this urgent climate issu...

Interview with Eric Carlson, the United States' Senior Arctic Official

Eric Carlson has close to 30 years of experience with the U.S. Foreign Service and got to know the Norwegian Arctic well when he was assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Oslo....

Register Now: Managing Marine Ecosystems in a Rapidly Warming Arctic

The third International Conference on Ecosystem Approach to Management in the Arctic Large Marine Ecosystems will take place in Tromsø, Norway, on 16-18 April 2024.

Norwegian Chairship meets with Indigenous Permanent Participant Organizations

The meeting facilitated discussions on plans during the Norwegian Chairship of the Arctic Council (2023-2025), the status of the Arctic Council and resumption of work at ...

Three months into the Norwegian Chairship: A status update with SAO Chair Morten Høglund

The Norwegian Chairship has been referred to as ‘probably the most important Chairship in the history of the Arctic Council’. Assuming the leadership of the intergovernme...

Save the date: Third International Conference on Ecosystem Approach to Management in the Arctic Large Marine Ecosystems

The third International Conference on Ecosystem Approach to Management (EA) will take place in Tromsø, Norway, on 16-18 April 2024.

Norwegian Chairship hosts first meeting with Working / Expert Group Chairs and Secretariats

From 13-15 June 2023, the Norwegian Chairship hosted a first meeting with the Chairs and Secretariats of the Council’s six Working Groups (WGs) and the Expert Group on Bl...

Working and Expert Groups, Arctic Council SAO Chair to meet in Tromsø

The Norwegian Chairship team is hosting an in-person meeting with the Chairs and Executive Secretaries of the six Working Groups and the Expert Group on Black Carbon and ...

The secretariat question – and its long-winded answer

The story of how the Arctic Council got a standing secretariat.

Two special internships

The Arctic Council Secretariat (ACS) has been offering internships to students and early career professionals for the past decade. Kiira Keski-Nirva, one of the first int...

Q&A with Morten Høglund, the new Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials

An update on the Arctic Council and ambitions during the Norwegian Chairship

Arctic States and Indigenous Permanent Participants convened for the 13th Arctic Council meeting and issued statement

The meeting marked the conclusion of the Russian Chairmanship and beginning of the Norwegian Chairship.

A new format to strengthen Arctic wildland fire cooperation

The Arctic Wildland Fire Sharing Circle brought together diverse voices to share projects, tools and research to start new conversations and build networks to tackle Arct...

Assessing the state of biodiversity in Arctic rivers and lakes

The freshwater experts of the Arctic Council’s Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Working Group (CAFF) have just released the largest compilation and assessment of Ar...