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Date: Monday, April 26, 2021 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Location: Virtual event
There are many challenges in building sustainable and thriving communities in the Arctic while addressing the impacts of a warming landscape due to climate change. As one of eight Arctic nations that comprise the Arctic Council, the United States, under the Biden Administration has called for an increase in international cooperation to address climate change in all facets of its domestic and foreign policy, including the Arctic.
Estonia, a close neighbor of the Arctic applying for Observer status in the Arctic Council, is committed to mitigating the impacts of climate change and advancing sustainable development in the Arctic.
This discussion will offer an exchange of views by experts from the United States and Estonia on ways to promote collaboration to address the critical issues facing the Arctic, especially in the areas of research, environmental protection, and sustainable development.
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Registration is now open for the webinar 'European Perspectives on the Arctic Science Ministerial Process', to be held 10:00-11:30 CEST on Wednesday 28th April. The webinar is organised jointly by the European Polar Board and EU-PolarNet 2.
Since being initiated in 2016, Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM) meetings and their associated activities have provided a key, high-level coordinating platform for global research in the Arctic. We are now approaching the 3rd Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM3), due to be held in May 2021, co-organised by Iceland and Japan. The last year has also been influential with many high-level developments within in European polar research community, such as the development of the new EU Arctic policy, the release of the European Polar Research Program, EU-PolarNet 2, the EU Polar Cluster, and the ESA Polar Science Cluster, among many others. This webinar thus aims to explore a European perspective on the ASM process, including underlining developments since ASM2 and contributions to ASM3. The webinar will further explore how existing structures and entities for coordination of polar research in Europe help to facilitate the activities working towards the aims of ASM, nurturing a strong and cohesive European community for Arctic research.
Speakers from a range of European entities working to coordinate different aspects of Arctic science and research will discuss how these initiatives align with ASM objectives in the context of the four ASM3 Themes: Observe, Understand, Respond, and Strengthen.
Programme and confirmed speakers
Chair: Renuka Badhe, European Polar Board
- Welcome and introduction, Renuka Badhe, European Polar Board
- Introduction to the ASM3 process, Lindsay Arthur, ASM3 Organizing Committee, Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
- The upcoming EU Arctic Policy and Horizon Europe, Ana-Maria Stan, European Commission
- The European Polar Research Programme, Marie-Noelle Houssais, CNRS
- Coordinating and codesigning the European Research Area with EU-PolarNet 2 and the EU Polar Cluster, Nicole Biebow, Alfred Wegener Institute
- The European Polar Board and 25 years of coordination of polar research, Kirsi Latola, EPB Chair, Thule Institute, University of Oulu
- Group discussion and Q&A session
- Summary and closing, Renuka Badhe European Polar Board
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The Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) invites abstract submissions for their 2nd online conference. This conference will take place 8-10 June 2021.
The conference will focus on applications of Earth observation (EO), remote sensing (RS), and geoinformation (GI) in Svalbard. Researchers at all career stages, especially Early Career Researchers (ECRs), are invited to present their work to an international audience of researchers working in Svalbard and the Arctic.
The aim of this online conference is to:
- Review the state-of-the-art EO/RS/GI applications in Svalbard;
- Promote the PhD students, postdocs, researchers, senior scientists, and academics to contribute actively in the SIOS's special issue on EO/RS/GI; and
- Provide social experience to the Svalbard scientific community during the pandemic time.
The conference will be online via Zoom and there will be opportunities to engage with new science through talks, networking, and social events.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 May 2021
For more information and to submit an abstract, go to:
Conference webpage
For questions, contact:
Shridhar Jawak
Email:
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In the fifth edition of Polar Points, Mathieu Boulègue (Chatham House) and Duncan Depledge (Loughborough University) offer recommendations aimed at preventing further military escalation in the European High North. The authors argue that Arctic countries can no longer ignore mounting military pressure in the European Arctic, and that the Biden Administration must address the issue head-on by building proper mechanisms for circumpolar dialogue on hard security.
Polar Points | No. 5: It Is Time to Negotiate a New Military Security Architecture for the Arctic
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Iceland, Greenland, and North America – Investment and Trade Opportunities
This conference will discuss Iceland's chairmanship of the Arctic Council in 2019-2021, the Greenland and Iceland in the New Arctic Report published in January 2021 by the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs, investment opportunities between and within Iceland and Greenland as it relates to Canada and the United States. The conference will as well address Doing Business in the Arctic, status and outlook organized by the Arctic Economic Council.
This conference will also provide the opportunity for attendees to network virtually and meet new connections doing business in the Arctic.
The conference is organized by the Icelandic American Chamber of Commerce in New York in partnership with the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute, Greenland Representation in Washington DC, Embassy of Iceland in Washington DC, Embassy of Iceland in Ottawa, Consulate of Iceland in New York, Consulate of Iceland in Nuuk, and the Arctic Economic Council.
Conference Chair: Ambassador Petur Asgeirsson, Embassy of Iceland, Ottawa