Arctic Council prepares for Ministerial meeting in Fairbanks

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, three Task Forces, one Expert Group, and 32 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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New Observer: West Nordic Council

11 September 2017 09:36

At the 10th Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska in May of 2017, the West Nordic Council was one of seven new Observers admitted by Ministers. Get to know the West Nordic Council and its Arctic connections in the interview below.

Anna Degteva to be new Executive Secretary of the Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat

04 September 2017 13:09

Anna Degteva, who belongs to the Veps indigenous people of Russia, has been hired as the new Executive Secretary of the Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat. -----

Anna Degteva to be new Executive Secretary of the Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat

Interview: Renée Sauvé, Chair of PAME

28 August 2017 09:50

Renée Sauvé chaired the Arctic Council Working Group PAME during the U.S. Chairmanship (2015-2017), and has stayed on as the group’s Chair for the Finnish Chairmanship (2017-2019). In the interview below, read some of her thoughts as she looks back to...

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