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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 Switzerland was one of seven new Arctic Council Observers admitted in at the 10th Arctic Council Ministerial meet… https://t.co/BhgcEr57Se

About 3 hours ago

Arctic Council .@EPPR_Arctic is at work on a training video on pollution response principles for small communities. It's part of t… https://t.co/YVzzp87bFj

About 8 hours ago

Arctic Council .@PAMESecretariat is hosting a workshop on Arctic marine litter in Akureyri, Iceland this week. Find out what's on… https://t.co/lBHhnA68WV

June 4, 2018

SAO Chair Tweets

Aleksi Härkönen Congratulations to @ArcticCouncil @ReindeerHerding EALLU team for winning the Gourmand International Cookbook Award. Impressive work!

May 26, 2018

Aleksi Härkönen RT @ArcticCouncil: The Arctic Council marks a special occasion on 23 May 2018 as the "Agreement on Enhancing International Arctic Scientif…

May 23, 2018

Aleksi Härkönen RT @PolarTaskForce: FM Czaputowicz met with @saochair today The main topics included Finland 🇫🇮 priorities in @ArcticCouncil & bilateral…

May 11, 2018