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Arctic Council

A high level intergovernmental forum to provide a means for promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, with the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous communities and other Arctic inhabitants...

Members

The Arctic Council is made up of eight Member States, six indigenous Permanent Participant organizations, six Working Groups, two Task Forces, an Expert Group, and Observers…

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Working Groups

Many of the Arctic Council's activities are conducted in six working groups. Their work covers a broad field of subjects, from climate change to emergency response...

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Task Forces

The Arctic Council currently has two active Task Forces working on different issues, such as the Arctic marine environment and telecommunications...

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Black Carbon EG

Arctic States and observers are acting together to reduce emissions of black carbon and methane with the ambition to slow Arctic warming in the near to medium term...

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Events

Senior Arctic Officials meet twice a year and Arctic Ministers meet every other year. Visit our calendar for a list of upcoming events...

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Arctic Council Tweets

Arctic Council PAME’s Desktop Study on Marine Litter in the Arctic is the first circumpolar compilation of marinelitter reports… https://t.co/ju4gJ3eZ0z

About 4 hours ago

Arctic Council RT @saochair: Scouting for future meetings of the Senior Arctic Officials. https://t.co/qnkrBnR27Q

About 9 hours ago

Arctic Council "A big part of the plastic that we find in the Arctic today is coming from outside. That is why it's important th… https://t.co/30rGDCs4U4

About 23 hours ago

SAO Chair Tweets

Einar Gunnarsson Scouting for future meetings of the Senior Arctic Officials. https://t.co/qnkrBnR27Q

About 20 hours ago

Einar Gunnarsson RT @ArcticCouncil: Application deadline is approaching for 4 interesting positions at the Arctic Council Secretariat: 👉@EPPR_Arctic execu…

August 6, 2019

Einar Gunnarsson 🔥Fire has long been a useful land management tool, even in the North, but wildfires in the Arctic are a more recen… https://t.co/1GXEOy8JMG

August 1, 2019