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 Joint Advisory from the Arctic Regional Hydrographic Commission and the Arctic Council’s Working Group on the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment(2026-04-22)Joint Advisory from the Arctic Regional Hydrographic Commission and the Arctic Council’s Working Group on the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment entitled "Caution Required When Navigating in Arctic Waters". This 2026 advisory serves as a critical update to the original cautionary note issued by the ARHC in 2017. The updated note reflects significant shifts in the region, specifically addressing the challenges posed by a rapidly changing Arctic, the emergence of new maritime routes, and a steady increase in vessel traffic.Item Arctic Oil Spill Research and Development Workshop Report 2025(2026-02)On behalf of the program committee for the Arctic Emergency Management Conference, in Bodø, Norway, in March 2025, the EPPR Arctic Oil Spill Research and Development Initiative (R&D Initiative) co-chairs planned and facilitated a hybrid Oil Spill R&D Workshop. The workshop was an arena for updates, discussion and dialogue related to oil spill response research and development in Arctic and sub-Arctic environments.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.
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