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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, 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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Arctic Council Tweets

Arctic Council The Arctic Council's projects, research, and agreements are all products of collaboration among the eight Arctic S… https://t.co/BUahO6wH4t

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Arctic Council Indigenous communities in the Arctic region are typically hours away from major disposal facilities, and hazardou… https://t.co/Tws7P2ZSbd

About 11 hours ago

Arctic Council The Expert Group on Black Carbon and Methane will meet this week to assess the progress of the implementation of th… https://t.co/oGti5WO751

September 18, 2018

SAO Chair Tweets

Aleksi Härkönen RT @FIArctic: Arctic Parliamentary Conference in Inari: https://t.co/wBpZMo4TQq? fiarctic @SuomenEduskunta Photo: Sámi Parliament https:…

September 17, 2018

Aleksi Härkönen RT @Rene_Soderman: Welcome to ⁦@ArcticCouncil⁩ family Norway SAO ⁦@SvendsenBard⁩! Happy to have you in Helsinki ⁦@Ulkoministerio⁩ FIArc…

September 13, 2018

Aleksi Härkönen Congratulations @uarctic for the successful UArcticCongress2018! Closing session with the keynote speech by… https://t.co/0MN19qLtAG

September 7, 2018