1) Russia's invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves through the Arctic. The Arctic Council, the region's key intergovernmental forum, suspended all activities in 2022. Seven Western member states later resumed limited projects without Russia, but critical climate research and Indigenous rights work remain stalled. The future of Arctic multilateral cooperation is deeply uncertain.
#ArcticCouncil #Geopolitics #ArcticDiplomacy #Russia #Ukraine #Indigenous #ClimateResearch #Rorshok #ArcticUpdate
As the Arctic warms up, the race to control the region is growing ever hotter.
Competition between the US, Russia and China is shutting out regional stakeholders and ignoring the interests of Indigenous people.
#Arctic #Greenland #ClimateChange #ArcticCircle #ArcticCouncil #Geopolitics #Europe #NATO
"The Russian attack on Ukraine has had major consequences thousands of miles from the battlefields. Since Russia launched its invasion in 2022, the state that contains around half of the total landmass above the Arctic Circle has been effectively excluded from the field of transnational Arctic cooperation.
Regardless of the merits of temporarily cutting Russia off, it is the Arctic’s indigenous peoples — with longer histories in the region than the states within whose borders they now find themselves — who have suffered most from the decision and from the broader Arctic fallout of the conflict.
During that time, they have been recruited for war, seen connections across state borders severed, and suffered from a “pause” of the Arctic Council, an international forum where they had fought for representation."
https://jacobin.com/2025/03/ukraine-war-arctic-indigenous-russia
The Arctic region is becoming a theater for competition between states over its resources and geopolitical advantages. This is having a deeply harmful impact on the indigenous peoples of the Arctic, whose way of life doesn’t fit in with state borders.
В Москве состоялось первое заседание оргкомитета, занимающегося подготовкой и проведением VI Международного арктического форума «Арктика – территория диалога». Масштабное мероприятие пройдет в Мурманске 26 и 27 марта под лозунгом «На Севере жить!». VI МАФ станет ключевой площадкой, где будут обсуждаться актуальные вопросы социально-экономического развития арктических территорий. Организатором форума выступил
Horrible. This one is also with mangled audio. It starts okay but then the Norwegian Prime Minister as chair of the #ArcticCouncil addresses the panel via video uplink and the recording switches to the audio in the room ffs.
Afterwards, it appears to stay on room audio. Maybe, they realised their mistake later but I turned it off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftSequo4Tso
But their 2024 update is out for reading
https://iccinet.org
I'll be having a look at chapter 4 on permafrost later. I quite liked the report design in previous years, with their tldr chapter introduction and the 4 emission pathways and projection for the particular topic in those.
An interview by #JonathanWatts with #Rahmstorf on his assessment of the AMOC situation.
Nothing new if you follow Rahmstorf. But I'd like to point out this bit: " Some colleagues say we shouldn’t talk about extreme possibilities like an Amoc collapse because it sounds alarmist and might distract people from more certain impacts of global heating "
because it is reminiscent of the outrageous NYTimes event 4 weeks ago where David Wallace-Wells had Rahmstorf on stage with Michael Oppenheimer.
Oppenheimer is an anti-alarmist. And acc to his Wiki article, he shaped the US interface between politics and science since the acid rain issue. Interface = read "filter".
So he is a major reason why the US has not done anything in the past 30 years. And due to huge influence on multi-state bodies like OECD, G7, IMF, World Bank, Oppenheimer is also co-responsible for their failure.
On stage, Oppenheimer said exactly that which Rahmstorf alludes to in the Guardian interview: "Let's not talk about AMOC at all. No politician can hang his hat on those uncertainties. Let's focus adaptation instead!"
Oppenheimer was not corrected by Wallace-Wells. Typical NYTImes failure.
But what do you suggest to adapt to, Oppenheimer? A warming world, a super-heating world, or one with a collapsed AMOC?
And do politicians "hang their hat on" nuclear plants or bridges being built with a 50% risk of a major catastrophe?
Arrogant, smug Dunning-Kruger ass. <shudders>
I feel, the interview in the Guardian is a direct response to that event.
But it isn't really. The interview is part of the news cycle of the letter from 44 Scientists to the governments of the #ArcticCouncil .
I posted about the NYTimes event in the previous toots ⤴️
Today: Let's Talk Polar Policy and Governance - Panel Discussion
@ 30th of April, 6pm CEST
How does one become a scientist involved in polar #policy ? How can you make sure your academic papers reach the #arcticcouncil or #CCAMLR? What kinds of skills are useful for #ECRs looking to get involved? How can you become a delegate? Is there funding?
Registration 👉 https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvcuCvrz0pHtfc8wT_7lyNbrYk_JDmvwNC
A grand finale to a great week - we will get some of our speakers (and some new ones) together to wrap up our polar governance series. You can register for the two mini talks preceding this event here (which are by no means necessary to attend!): Mini Lecture on Arctic Governance: 23rd of April 2024, 18:00 CEST https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/upEoc-mgrj0tEtdwrN2xsGIhhIDvezlvi5Rx Mini Lecture on Antarctic Governance: 25th of April 2024, 18:30 CEST https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvd-Gvpz0sHNe4WTSk41yvt3XTD1Ucqmad
📢 Event alert: How do ❄️polar scientists 🥼 contribute to decision making and policy? (And how do ECRs get involved in this?)
We are hosting three events 🗓️ to give you a crash-course overview of this topic as well as the opportunity to talk to some experts directly. You can attend as many or few of the events as you like, all times are in CEST (Berlin time).
https://apecs-germany.de/lets-talk-polar-policy-and-governance/
#PolarScience #Antarctica #Arctic #SOOS #CCAMLR #ASOC #SCAR #AntarcticTreaty #ArcticCouncil #PolarPolicy
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