 A new Arctic Communication from the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign and Security Policy is supposed to set the stage for an “integrated EU Arctic policy.” If taking the common understanding of the word “integrated” - making the policy more than just a sum of its many parts -, this policy is not delivering. (...) We scrutinize the new Joint Communication in three installments. Part I analyses the very meaning of an “integrated EU Arctic policy,” highlighting limitations and signs of progress. Part II discusses the most visible aspects of this progress: the EU’s approach towards the European Arctic and proposals for better coordination of EU Arctic affairs. Part III contextualizes the Communication in the broader circumpolar setting of Arctic cooperation and the Union’s upcoming Global Strategy. Read Part II tomorrow (29 April 2016) and Part III next week. | Conference Join The Arctic Institute for Arctic Business 2016 and the High North Dialogue 2016 in Bodø, North Norway this May. TAI Event Newsletter More than 165 countries signed the Paris Accord on Earth Day. No other similar agreement has garnered as much support in a single day (Yle). But signing a document is just the first step; actions must still be taken to deal with the changing climate (EOTA). Analysis Victoria Herrmann, April 26, 2016 Climate change is about more than just carbon emissions. Globally, methane (CH4) is the second most emitted greenhouse gas. |
 Photo:Kris Krüg, Flickr Analysis Daria Shapovalova , April 21, 2016 Black carbon has been high on the political agenda of the Arctic Council, and for good reasons. It is believed that immediate reductions of black carbon (BC) emissions might slow the Arctic warming in the next decades and ‘buy’ the international community some time to come up with more effective CO2 mitigation measures. |  Photo: U.S. Coast Guard Analysis Ryan Uljua, April 4, 2016 Following a sly piece of last-minute legislative maneuvering, the US Congress is now widely expected to fund a ninth National Security Cutter (NSC) for the Coast Guard. The ninth NSC will join the originally planned eight ships, six of which have already been built. |  Photo:Will Greaves Analysis Wilfrid Greaves, March 22, 2016 Environmental changes in the Arctic are driving complex physical and social processes that place circumpolar states and peoples on the frontline of global environmental insecurity. Humanity’s collective impacts on the global biosphere have led to a new geological era... |
 Photo: Bali Epoch Youth Perspective Series Bali Epoch, April 14, 2016 After I was sexually assaulted in Nunavut, a mental health worker grabbed a textbook off her shelf, opened it, and began reading me questions. Before I walked out, I told her I could read a list myself on the internet — before remembering I didn’t have internet because of the outrageous price. |  Photo: Facebook Arctic Winter Games 2016 Nuuk 2016 Analysis A few days before the opening ceremony of the 2016 Arctic Winter Games (AWG) in Nuuk, Greenland, weather reports looked bleak. A spring blizzard was on its way and expected to peak the day prior to the opening ceremony. |  Photo: Deutsch Roemer Podcasts |
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