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A commentary on EU’s new Arctic strategy

ArcNet,

Biodiversity and nature,

Central Arctic Ocean Fishing Agreement,

Climate Change,

Communities,

Deep sea mining,

Governance,

Oil and gas

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30 years on, the Arctic Council still matters

Governance,

Pan-Arctic

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Arctic Youth Dialogue policy recommendations 2026

Arctic youth,

Pan-Arctic

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News

Life in the Arctic: when the ice changes, everything changes

Climate Change,

Communities,

Denmark,

Greenland,

Last Ice Area,

Narwhal

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How to strengthen national legal frameworks for the protection of marine areas in the Arctic

ArcNet,

Governance,

Pan-Arctic

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Reports

Two years of the Arctic Youth Dialogue: What we’ve heard and what we’ve learned

Arctic youth,

Pan-Arctic

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News

Improved standards for safe and sustainable shipping in the Arctic and Antarctic

ArcNet,

Arctic blue corridors,

Beluga,

Bowhead whale,

Narwhal,

Pan-Arctic,

Shipping

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How an IMO polar fuels rule will curb the Arctic’s shipping’s black carbon Emissions

Climate Change,

Shipping

News

A milestone for the Central Arctic Ocean, a source of hope for global environmental governance?

ArcNet,

Central Arctic Ocean Fishing Agreement,

Governance

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Caribou futures: migratory tundra caribou in a warmer world

Canada,

Reindeer & Caribou,

Russia,

United States

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THE CIRCLE

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Stories from the latest issue

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Governing the Arctic at the scale of nature

Woman on ship with binoculars looking across icy waters.

Safeguarding the Last Ice Area

Horizon of polar ice landscape with the sun in the middle of the picture.

A year of fieldwork

Getting your hands cold in the Last Ice Area

Surveillance photo of ice ridge

Sea ice dynamics

The Last Ice Area doesn’t stand alone

Underwater image of sea bottom.

A living continuum

Satellite image of Ellesmere Island.

Where partnership meets permanence

Panorama of ice landscape and a small group of people by a lake with sunset in the background

Conservation on Inuit terms

Three polar bears.

Northeast Greenland

New polar bear denning behaviour in the Last Ice Area

Beluga whales.

The High Seas Treaty

A case for protecting the Last Ice Area

Coastal area with boats and mountains and an ice berg in the background.

Inuit knowledge and leadership

Protecting Pikialasorsuaq