 Photo from Arctic Centre; Peter Prokosch (GRID-Arendal,grida.no); Wikipedia Commons The new EU Arctic communication will probably be published in the first months of 2016. It is expected that there will be a clearer differentiation between the two Arctic policy spaces in which EU operates, namely the European Arctic and the Circumpolar Arctic. These are associated with different sets of issues and are managed by different EU services, but so far they have been confounded in EU policy statements. The EU should go one step further and devise a two-tier policy: on one hand, a general policy referring to the Circumpolar Arctic, on the other, a concretized strategy dealing with specific challenges for the European Arctic. While still brought under the umbrella of one document, these general policy and specific strategy tiers could be drafted through partly separate processes led by different EU services and the European Commission’s directorates general, with participation of different stakeholders. | Fundraiser Support TATW for 2016! Newsletter BP announced that it’s making significant cuts to its workforce in Alaska (PN). The energy giant said it plans on laying off about 13% of its Alaskan employees, or roughly 270 people, by the spring of 2016 (AJOC). Kabir Taneja, December 4, 2015 As week one of the 21st UN Climate Summit, India has emerged as a key player in reaching a binding universal agreement on greenhouse gas emissions. While India has an important role to play in the global negotiations, it also has a growing importance in the circumpolar region as an observer state of the Arctic Council. The Arctic Institute asked Kabir Taneja, a journalist and researcher specializing in South Asian foreign affairs in the Arctic, his take on COP21, the Arctic, and India’s considerations in the region. |
 Photo from Le Centre d’Information sur l’Eau COP21 and the Arctic: Adaptation, Damage, and the Work to be DoneVictoria Herrmann, December 2, 2015 Yesterday, Okalik Eegeesiak, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council and representative of the Arctic indigenous delegation at COP21, addressed world leaders, civil society, and global Indigenous peoples at the opening of the International Indigenous Peoples Pavilion. |  Photo: Deutsch Roemer Analysis Ingrid A. Medby, November 26, 2015 On the ten-year anniversary of Norway’s High North Strategy, Jonas Gahr Støre - Norway’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs and current Labour Party leader – returned to Tromsø to present his views on Norway’s Arctic endeavours over the last decade and into the future. |  Graphic: The Arctic Institute Analysis Victoria Herrmann, November 30, 2015 Beginning today, 40,000 state leaders, advocates, and experts will convene in Paris to seek a binding solution to climate change at the 21st UN Climate Summit, COP21. |
 Photo: © Ida Jahr Analysis Ragnhild Groenning, November 23, 2015 In just one week, the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP21, will be held in Paris, France from November 30 to December 11. Bringing together heads of state, indigenous representatives, researchers, and activists, the objective of COP21 is, for the first time since the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. |  Photo of International Forum of Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change in Cancun, 2010: OXFAM Analysis Mieke Coppes, November 15, 2015 Gone are the days where many people are on the fence about climate change. Today, many state leaders and ordinary people not only recognize that climate change is an issue. |  Photo: Deutsch Roemer Podcasts By Marc Jacobsen and Andreas Raspotnik |
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