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Additional work related to analyses and assessments. Includes the background documents for the Arctic Rescue project series.
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Item International Cooperation on Aerial Maritime Surveillance(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2025) Arctic Council Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) Working GroupThe International Cooperation on Aerial Surveillance Maritime Project (ICAMS) is an EPPR project co-lead by Canada, Kingdom of Denmark, Norway, and the United States. The project’s objective is to enhance understanding of the capacity and capabilities of aerial surveillance programs and activities across the Arctic to improve responses to emergencies and prevent pollution. This project aims to bring together experts from the Member States within the Arctic Council to enhance international cooperation of aerial surveillance programs over contiguous waters.Item Arctic Emergency Management Conference Summary Report 2025(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2025-05-12) Andreassen, Natalia; Elvegård, RuneThe inaugural Arctic Emergency Management Conference 2025 (AEMC) was an international event that focused on a comprehensive approach on emergencies in the Arctic. Held in Bodø, Norway, the conference brought together more than 200 participants in person and over 130 online attendees from across the Arctic and beyond. The event facilitated discussions, information exchange, and collaboration on emergency management in the Arctic, emphasizing the importance of interconnectedness in emergency prevention, preparedness, and response.Item Circumpolar Wildland Fire Operational Baseline Report(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2025-05-12) Emergency Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (EPPR)The Arctic is experiencing unprecedented ecosystem changes and warming, and subsequently, extreme wildfire events in all eight Arctic states. Wildland firefighting resources and information are often shared between some Arctic States such as Canada and the United States. However, a forum by which all eight Arctic states can collaborate for the purposes of wildland fire preparedness, mitigation, and response is conspicuously absent and offers an opportunity to fill this initial research gap. The impacts of wildland fires are a shared northern problem for both the Arctic States and the Permanent Participants. Issues ranging from carbon release and permafrost degradation to smoke impacts increasingly represent cross-border challenges facing many stakeholders, including Arctic states and Permanent Participants of the Arctic Council. The research goal of this report is to determine a baseline understanding of operational capabilities and information sources for wildland fire response available in each Arctic State.Item Emerging Risks in the Arctic(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2025-05-12) Emergency Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (EPPR)This report identifies key emerging risks, reviews existing response measures, and explores options to safeguard the Arctic’s unique ecosystems, and support its communities in the face of rapid environmental and socio-economic change.Item Arctic Wildland Fire Sharing Circle Summary Report(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2022-03) Arctic CouncilThe Arctic Wildland Fire Sharing Circle, held in November 2021, brought together multiple Working Groups, diverse participants, and a range of projects active and planned for the Arctic in an innovative way to learn, share, and discuss. It fostered a spirit of inclusiveness, and was unique in looking across borders and Working Groups to bring a truly circumpolar lens to wildland fire in the Arctic.