 Pebble deposit directly north of Iliamna Lake. Source: Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay Brett Veerhusen, February 1, 2016 n the coming decades, Arctic nations are poised for increased mineral development. According to the Fraser Institute’s 2014 Global Mining Survey, the United States (Alaska), Canada and Finland rank in the top 10 in their annual survey of mining executives who score a country’s mineral endowment and favorable policy for attractiveness to mineral development (Jackson et al., 2014). More broadly, however, the mining industry is important to all Arctic countries and the industry provides jobs and economic opportunity to Arctic regions (Bankes et al., 2010). | Conference Join The Arctic Institute for Arctic Business 2016 and the High North Dialogue 2016 in Bodø, North Norway this May. Newsletter Shipments of cargo along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) north of Russia in 2015 show a major decline from previous years of growth, with only 39,586 tons of cargo transiting the route compared to 1.35 million tons in 2013 (IBO). Victoria Herrmann, February 10, 2016 From February 1 to March 18, the 40th session of the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf is taking place in New York City. Early in its session, Russia’s Natural Resources and Environment Minister Sergei Donskoi presented his country’s claim to extend its rights in the Arctic through an extended continental shelf. Russia’s bid to further its sovereignty claims to submarine Arctic territory comes as an addition to a partially revised application made this past August. |
 Analysis Adam Stępień, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, December 10, 2015 The new EU Arctic communication will probably be published in the first months of 2016. |  Analysis 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. | Photo from Le Centre d’Information sur l’Eau Analysis Victoria 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: Deutsch Roemer Podcasts |
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