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Co-Production of Knowledge in the Arctic: Bridging Indigenous and Scientific Perspectives

The Saami Council shares case studies of successful knowledge co-production

The Importance of the Arctic Council for Indigenous Peoples

How the Council’s Permanent Participants bring their perspectives and knowledge to the table

Salmon Peoples of the Arctic

How the salmon crisis is affecting Indigenous Peoples across the circumpolar North

Resilient Root: Safeguarding Indigenous cultures, identities, and livelihoods in the Arctic

Woven From the Bonds of Cultural Cooperation

For Indigenous Peoples, culture is viable, central and fundamental to their lives

Arctic in Flames

Circumpolar efforts addressing an Arctic on fire

The Important Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Global Climate Governance

Indigenous Knowledge Holders Met to Discuss Climate Change at Arctic Regional Gathering

Wildland Fires Initiative highlights Arctic Indigenous Fire Management at COP29

Session by Norwegian Chairship of the Arctic Council and Arctic Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations to emphasize Indigenous fire management’s role in climate mitigation and...

Arctic Youth High on the Agenda during Norwegian Chairship meeting with Indigenous Permanent Participant Organizations

Updates were exchanged on the status of the Norwegian Chairship of the Arctic Council (2023-2025) and Permanent Participants’ activities. Other important topics include y...

Arctic Council events at COP26

The Russian Chairmanship, Arctic Council Working Groups and Permanent Participants at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland - (re)watch the sessions here and get more background inf...

Introducing the new ACAP Chair: “The Arctic becomes a part of you”

Patrick Huber is a specialist in some of the planet’s most pressing challenges: environmental and energy issues. As the new Chair of the Arctic Contaminants Action Progra...

Covid-19: The Arctic Experience

Covid-19 is a global pandemic, a shock with wide-ranging implications. The longer-term implications remain unclear. However, we’ve already learned that we are not all imp...

How Arctic Indigenous Peoples negotiated a seat at the table

The status of “Permanent Participants” is unique in international cooperation. The Arctic Council was the first (and so far only) intergovernmental forum to accredit Indi...

Tackling waste pollution in the Arctic with community empowerment

How the Saami Council engaged with communities to remove waste and reclaim land

Gender equality for a sustainable and prosperous Arctic

Assessing gender issues in the Arctic is a challenging and important step towards gender equality.

The impact of Covid-19 on Indigenous peoples in the Arctic

Permanent Participants on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on their communities

On track with the regional plastic action plan for the Arctic

In October 2019, the Belfer Center’s Arctic Initiative and the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute co-hosted a workshop on Policy and Action on Plastic in the Arctic Ocean wi...

Coronavirus in the Arctic: We have no one to lose

Interview with Christina Henriksen, the President of the Saami Council

Behind the scenes of Frozen 2: How Sámi representatives cooperated with Disney

We spoke to Christina Henriksen from the Saami Council about Sámi elements in Frozen 2, how Sámi culture was represented in an appropriate way and what is means to a Sámi...

The Arctic Council at Arctic Frontiers

This year’s conference will focus on the theme “Power of knowledge” and takes place from 26-30 January 2020.