News & Press Releases
20 December 2021
This weekend the China Global Television Network, America (CGTN-America) aired a news program Full Frame: Melting Iceland on the issues on climate change, its affect on Iceland, and how Icelanders are at the forefront of efforts to fight global warming.
16 December 2021
Video about International workshop on the Arctic Council SDWG EALLU on "Indigenous youth, Food Knowledge and Arctic Change", which was held November 29 - December 03, 2021 in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District (Russia), in the framework of the Senior Arctic Officials' Committee meeting and the Arctic Council plenary meeting in Salekhard.
15 December 2021
A seminar on small aircraft aviation in the Arctic was held in Moscow within the framework of the action plan of Russia’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the operator being the Roscongress Foundation.
14 December 2021
Explore Yamal, a volunteer expedition to the Yamal tundra, will take place from 10 to 14 December, bringing together 20 volunteers from the Arctic Council member countries. The event is part of the plan for Russia's chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021–2023.
8 December 2021
On 10-11 December 2021 Moscow will host the Taste of the Arctic International Gastronomic Festival of northern cuisine within the frames of Russia’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council.
6 December 2021
The National Weather Services of Denmark, Iceland, Ireland and The Netherlands are joining forces to jointly operate a new supercomputer and to bring significant advancements to short-term weather forecasting services.
3 December 2021
Salekhard, 2 December 2021. The first Senior Arctic Officials’ (SAO) plenary meeting during the Russian Chairmanship has just concluded in Salekhard and on screens across Arctic States and Observer countries.
3 December 2021
Due to unprecedented circumstances of COVID-19, the Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries is going to have a live-streaming conference this year, and all the sessions will be streamed live on YouTube.
1 December 2021
Experts and officials from Russia and other Arctic countries will gather in Moscow on 2–3 December 2021 for a seminar on developing light aviation in the Arctic. The event aims to improve the route network in the Arctic region, develop air transport, develop Arctic tourism, introduce the use of unmanned aircraft, and coordinate search and rescue between Arctic countries.
24 November 2021
A meeting of senior officials for coordinating scientific research in the Arctic took place in Moscow. The meeting was held as part of the plan of major events associated with the Russian Chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2021-2023, which is being operated by the Roscongress Foundation.
23 November 2021
The Arctic Yearbook 2021, is now available on the Arctic Portal or at www.arcticyearbook.com.
The publication of the Arctic Yearbook is lead by the excellent team of editors, Lassi Heininen, Justin Barnes & Heather Exner-Pirot, with the support of the AY editorial board, technically and graphically supported and hosted by the ArcticPortal.org with exceptional contribution from its qualified team members Aevar and Fanney - https://arcticyearbook.com/about.
19 November 2021
The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS) announces a call for nominations for our Board of Directors election. There are four seats up for election in a vote of the ARCUS Membership Council that will take place in December. Terms will be three years and begin in January 2022.
18 November 2021
Halldór Jóhannsson, the general director of Arctic Portal was in a panel interview on China Global Television Network (CGTN) Friday November 12 talking about the COP26. In the interview, he mentioned the importance of activating and educating young people on climate and environmental issues, how to reach out to policymakers, and the conversion of knowledge from science to policy as per the Arctic Risk Platform by the Arctic Basecamp which the Arctic Portal team is a partner in.
16 November 2021
COP26 Declaration
We, the Clydebank Declaration signatories:
Recall the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
6 November 2021
Young and old are lining up by the thousands in Glasgow at the COP26 despite rain and drizzel getting ready to marge together to urge world leaders to transfer talks to real Climate Change preventing actions!
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