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This year marks the opening of the United Nations Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences, an international initiative focused on the rapid changes occurring in glaciers, snow cover, ice sheets, …

Responding to the publication of the Arctic Council’s Romssa-Tromsø Statement, published on May 12th, Dr Sian Prior, Lead Advisor to the Clean Arctic Alliance said: “The Romssa-Tromsø Statement issue

In 2024, annual average global air temperatures surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time, triggering extreme weather events like record-breaking rainfall and floodi

Erosion, sea level rise and melting permafrost will wreak havoc on buildings and communities in the far north, according to the first pan-Arctic risk assessment of coastal threats. The new …

WASHINGTON — A new study has produced the first map of all coastal communities and infrastructure across the Arctic, showing the vulnerability of the built environment to threats from climate …

Following a challenging UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP29) and to mark the UN’s World Sustainable Transport Day, the Clean Arctic Alliance called on Arctic shipping operators and the UN’s Internatio

Following a challenging UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP29) and to mark the UN’s World Sustainable Transport Day, the Clean Arctic Alliance today called on Arctic shipping operators and the UN’s …

Following a challenging UNFCCC Conference of Parties and to mark the UN’s World Sustainable Transport Day, the Clean Arctic Alliance today called on Arctic shipping operators and the UN’s Internationa

Op-Ed: Extreme Maritime Weather Symposium— unprecedented Written by By Roberta Weisbrod, Executive Director of the Worldwide Ferry Safety Association “Unprecedented” was the word most freque