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Impacts of Short-lived Climate Forcers on Arctic Climate, Air Quality and Human Health. Summary for Policy Makers
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Circumpolar Local Environmental Observer Network: Full report and Summary for Policymakers
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05)The Circumpolar LEO initiative has helped spur steady growth in LEO membership, a significant increase in contributions from observers in the Arctic, and major improvements to the online platform that have strengthened ... -
Black Carbon from the Oil and Gas Sector
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05)On September 27-28, 2020, the Arctic Council’s Arctic Contamination Action program (ACAP) Working Group held a webinar on Black Carbon and Methane from the Oil and Gas Sector, arranged in cooperation with the Ministry of ... -
POPs And Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern - Summary for Policymakers
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05)Influence of climate change. -
Arctic Climate Change Update 2021: Key Trends and Impacts - Summary for Policy-makers
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Arctic Resilience Forum 2020
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05-20)The ARF2020 was a series of interactive virtual events over the course of ten weeks. Each session addressed a thematic area of concern and included speakers and participants from across the Arctic. -
Expert Group on Black Carbon and Methane - 3rd Summary of Progress and Recommendations
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2021-05)The Expert Group on Black Carbon and Methane has assessed that Arctic States have reduced their collective black carbon emissions by 20% in 2018, compared to 2013, and are on track to achieve ... -
Expert Group on Black Carbon and Methane Summary Of Progress And Recommendations 2019
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2019-05)Black carbon and methane are air pollutants and short-lived climate pollutants. Exposure to fine particulate matter, including black carbon, has long been linked to premature deaths and a variety of other public health ... -
Arctic Resilience Action Framework (ARAF) 2017 – 2019 Implementation Project Final Project Report
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2019-05)The Arctic is warming shockingly fast, twice as fast at the rest of the planet, and this warming is bringing dramatic transformation around the circumpolar region. Arctic communities are adapting where possible, but the ... -
Arctic Climate Change Update 2019 - An Update To Key Findings Of Snow, Water, Ice And Permafrost In The Arctic (Swipa) 2017
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2019-05)Drawing and building on the findings of AMAP’s Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017 assessment, this document provides updated observations, information from other recent assessments, and conclusions ... -
Sustainable Management and Resilience of Arctic Wetlands Scoping Study: Phase 1 Report and Appendices
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2019-05)The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Working Group of the Arctic Council (www.caff.is) is undertaking an initiative on enhancing engagement at all levels (technical, policy, etc) in relation to the roles and ... -
Fact Sheet - Establishing a Circumpolar Local Environmental Observer (CLEO) Network 2018 Update
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Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic: Perspectives from the Barents Area
(Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), 2017-10)This report presents the results of the 2017 AMAP Assessment of Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA): Perspectives from the Barents Area. This is one of the three pilot study regions included in the AACA project. ... -
Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA) - Baffin Bay/Davis Strait Region Overview Report
(Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), 2017-05-11)In 2011, the Arctic Council requested AMAP to: "produce information to assist local decision makers and stakeholders in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change ... -
Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA) - Bering/Chukchi/Beaufort Region Overview Report
(Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), 2017-05-11)In 2011, the Arctic Council requested AMAP to: "produce information to assist local decision makers and stakeholders in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change ... -
Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA): Climate Change and the Cryosphere.
(Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), 2011-11-01)"This report presents the findings of the Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA): Climate Change and the Cryosphere assessment performed by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) in close ...