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Iceland, the current chair of the Arctic Council, is getting ready to hand the gavel over to Russia next week, as it prepares for the international forum's ministerial.
The Arctic Council is an international forum made up of the world's eight northern circumpolar countries, and six Arctic Indigen ....
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A file photo of Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney in January 2020. “We are affected by the changes taking place in the Arctic,” Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs says. “These are already affecting our coastal and farming communities. In our view, we are a natural candidate to become observers to the Arctic Council.”(John Thys/AFP via Getty Images) Ireland is ready to bring its marine and scientific expertise to the Arctic Council as an observer state and made its formal application to the international forum on December 21, says the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs. “Ireland not only has the capacity to contribute, but also a strong willingness and enthusiasm from policy makers, the scientific community and other parts of Irish society to engage with the Arctic region, especially through the Arctic Council and its Working Groups,” the department said in emailed comment to Eye on the Arctic. ....
Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 18:06 Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid (pictured here opening the Estonian parliament on April 4, 2019 in Tallinn) says Estonia’s technical and scientific expertise would allow the country to make important contributions to the Arctic Council as an observer state. (Raigo Pajula/AFP via Getty Images) Estonia’s long history of polar research, coupled with its current scientific and technological expertise, would allow it to make important contributions to the Arctic Council as an observer, President Kersti Kaljulaid told an international audience on Thursday. “We, in our way, are seeking to become observers, to become contributors, to work with the scientific community and the political community to make sure that our Arctic is preserved,” Kaljulaid said. ....
The Arctic nations’ foreign ministers, and leaders of the world’s six Arctic Indigenous organizations, put on a united front at the 2019 Arctic Council ministerial in Rovaniemi, Finland despite the U.S. refusal to sign on to a final declaration that included climate language. All eyes are now on the 2021 ministerial where Iceland will hand over chairmanship of the Arctic Council to Russia. (Vesa Moilanen/Lehtikuva/ AP) The last quarter of 2020 has witnessed a flurry of activity in the area of Arctic governance and cooperation, including the recent publication of revised regional white papers by both Norway [ in Norwegian] and Sweden, (with an updated Arctic policy from Denmark soon to follow). As well, it was announced this week that the Arctic Economic Council (AEC), based in Tromsø, would be appointing Mads Qvist Frederiksen, formerly of the Confederation of Danish Industry, as its new director. ....