The 2024 EU Arctic Forum and Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue

The sixth EU Arctic Forum took place in Brussels May 14th-15th, 2024. This was a special event consisting of three parts: the EU Arctic Forum, the Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue, and the first-ever Arctic Youth Dialogue.  The event was livestreamed and you can watch the recordings here. Here is also an overall impression of the sessions and…

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An Interview With Tahnee Prior

An Interview With Tahnee Prior

In this interview, Tahnee Prior speaks about how services developed in the Arctic PASSION project approach gender and the importance of including all stakeholders and rightsholders in the conversation to get a pan-Arctic understanding. Tahnee Prior is the co-lead of NPO Women of the Arctic

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Arctic Science Summit Week/Arctic Observing Summit 2024

Michael Karcher speaking in the panel discussion for the 'White paper session'. Photo: jfdmedia

The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) is organised annually by the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) to provide opportunities for coordination, cooperation and collaboration between the various scientific organisations involved in Arctic research. It was initiated by the IASC in 1999 and has evolved into the most important annual gathering of the Arctic research organisation.…

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DBO community meeting at ASSW2024

March 21st we held our “Community meeting for the pan-Arctic network of Distributed Biological Observatories (DBOs)” in the beautiful St Leonard’s venue. It was the second joint DBO meeting organized* by all four sectors in the pan-arctic network; the Pacific, Siberian, Atlantic and Davis Strait/Baffin Bay DBOs. Together with 54 participants onsite and online, representing 11…

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Perspectives from the Sharing Circle

The Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) and the Arctic PASSION project organized a Sharing Circle for early career professionals and Arctic youth. The weeklong Sharing Circle took place in Sevettijärvi and Inari, Northern Finland on the lands of the Sami in October 2023. Here are some reflections by participants on what they learned…

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