Arctic Council Repository
The Ottawa Declaration of 1996 formally established the Arctic Council as a high level intergovernmental forum to provide a means for promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, with the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous communities and other Arctic inhabitants on common Arctic issues, in particular issues of sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.
This repository holds reports and assessments produced by the Arctic Council.
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Item ASSR #6 - Small ships in the Arctic(2026)The purpose of this report is to describe the number and types of small ships, defined in this report as below 500 Gross Tonnage (GT), operating in the Arctic as defined in the IMO Polar Code.Item Improving waste management practices on board fishing vessels in the Arctic - Outcome report from PAME Workshop(2026-04)This workshop gathered perspectives from participants across the Arctic region on the current status, challenges and opportunities related to net cuttings from trawling vessels, fishing gear waste management and associated policy frameworks. The findings reflect participant experiences and not verified facts. The workshop was organised by the Netherlands, Iceland, Norway and the Kingdom of Denmark, supported by the PAME Secretariat and SALT.Item Arctic Emergency Management Conference 2025 Evaluation Report(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2026-03)This report presents evaluation and recommendations from the Arctic Emergency Management Conference 2025, including evaluation of the overall conference and planning project goals, feedback and recommendations for the thematic sessions. The thematic sessions included community preparedness, health preparedness, marine environmental response, wildland fires, search and rescue, and radiological and nuclear preparedness. In addition, feedback is provided for the two workshops that took place as a part of the conference, the Indigenous Knowledge Mobilization workshop and the Arctic Oil Spill Research and Development Initiative workshop, and poster and science sessions, demonstrations, as well as practical organization of the conference.Item ACS Annual Report 2025(2026-03)Item Analysis of Potential Radiological Consequences of Selected Emergencies Relevant for the Arctic Region - Factsheet(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2025-05)This factsheet includes the abstract of a project conducted by the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland "Consequence Assessment of Nuclear-Powered Vessel Accidents and Floating Nuclear Power Plant Transit Accidents in the Arctic Region", initially introduced to EPPR in 2021. The project built on the EPPR Radiation Expert Group's project “Radiological/Nuclear Risk Assessment in the Arctic”, that identified scenarios that could lead to a radiological or nuclear emergency in the Arctic region. Nuclear powered vessel accidents and accidents in the transit of a floating nuclear power plant were identified as scenarios with a moderate risk level and with an increasing risk trend. Increasing risk trend was also associated with small modular reactors and with transport of nuclear materials although the risk level for both scenarios was perceived as low. Full report is accessible through a QR-code in the factsheet.
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