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Changes in Norwegian law give possibilities to open the world´s northernmost plant for fish landing on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

A leading Russian expert on polar bears is dismissed after criticizing his country’s construction of a military base in the middle of an Arctic nature reserve.

Norwegian Government hopes for new innovation. Coal mining in Svea and Lunckefjell will be halted temporarily.

PARIS. Indigenous people have been recognized by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as central to the solution of climate change, notably by providing traditional knowledge. Yet the Sami people have struggled to be heard during the ongoing climate negotiations in Paris at COP21.

The rapid changes in the Arctic have long been the key evidence of climate change and are identified as an area where significant adaptation to the new climate will be necessary. Yet the Arctic region is largely neglected on the international climate agenda and the upcoming conference in Paris (COP21).

Economic depression and western sanctions will not keep Russia from developing its Arctic, says Minister Sergey Donskoy.

Russia’s Arctic capital is this week the epicenter in Norwegian-Russian relations.

With two weeks left until the global climate conference, the world is ready to take action. This is where our ambitions for the future of the planet will be confirmed, activists from northern Scandinavia say.