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A Snapshot: UK-Finland Trade Relations

Helsinki, Finland - Indineo/Pixabay Haroon Faqir Building on our UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory, we have collated a snapshot of the relevant information pertaining to UK-Finnish trade relations, including the most up-to-date figures on current trading information between the two nations. Period: Four

A Snapshot: UK-Sweden Trade Relations

Stockholm, Sweden © Syuqor7/Flickr Helena Roberts Building on our UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory, we have collated this snapshot of information from international news sources and government websites. It provides you with a comprehensive list of the latest and most relevant developments pertaining

A Snapshot: UK-Norway Trade Relations

Bergen, Norway © Jim Trodel/Flickr Helena Roberts Building on our UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory, we have collated this comprehensive list of articles and statistics to provide our readers with relevant information pertaining to UK-Norway trade relations. It ensures your access to

Contextualising the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use

Image by Renaldo Matamoro on Unsplash. Dr Nikolas Sellheim Dr Nikolas Sellheim investigates and evaluates whether the Glasgow Leaders' Declaration on Forests and Land Use is a significant step forward or merely symbolism. This work was originally published here and has been

A Snapshot: UK-Canada Trade Relations

© James Wheeler/pixabay - CN Tower, Toronto, Canada Joe Godbold Building on our UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory, we have pulled together all of the relevant information pertaining to UK-Canada trade relations, including UK government announcements relating to all of the latest

A Snapshot: UK-Russia Trade Relations

Shaan Afzal-Khan Expanding on our UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory, we are now building a collage of all the relevant information pertaining to UK-Russia trade relations – with particular attention on the everyday relationship between the two countries – so all

Livelihood, cruelty, extinction? The recent killings of Atlantic white-sided dolphins in the Faroe Islands

Image by Annie Spratt from Unsplash. Dr Nikolas Sellheim Dr Nikolas Sellheim investigates and evaluates the international outcry in response to dolphin hunting in the Faroe Islands, tracing its history and outlining the Faroese Government's options. This work was originally published here

A Snapshot: UK-Greenland Trade Relations

Shaan Afzal-Khan Expanding on our UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory, we are now building a collage of all the relevant information pertaining to UK-Greenland trade relations – with particular attention on the everyday relationship between the two countries – so all

A Snapshot: UK-Faroe Islands Trade Relations

Shaan Afzal-Khan Expanding on our UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory, we are now building a collage of all the relevant information pertaining to UK-Faroe Islands trade relations – with particular attention on the everyday relationship between the two countries – so

A Snapshot: UK-Denmark Trade Relations

Shaan Afzal-Khan Expanding on our UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory, we are now building a collage of all the relevant information pertaining to UK-Denmark trade relations - with particular attention on the everyday relationship between the two countries - so all

Mining in Greenland – Down, but not out

Mikkel Schøler On November 9, the ruling coalition in Greenland consisting of IA and Naleraq passed legislation banning not only uranium mining but also mining of resources with a uranium content above 100 ppm. The law also grants sweeping rights to

A Snapshot: UK-Iceland Trade Relations

© krismadden/Flickr Mikhail Radkevitch Building on our UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory, we are now compiling all of the relevant information pertaining to UK-Iceland trade relations - and in particular, the existing investment opportunities - so you can have the information you

A Snapshot: UK-US Trade Relations

© Len Radin/Flickr Haroon Faqir Building on our UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory, we have collated a snapshot of the relevant information pertaining to UK-US trade relations, including ongoing trade negotiations between the nations. Period: Four quarters to the end of Q2 2021

Why should Bangladesh seek an observer seat on the Arctic Council?

Prof Kamrul Hossain The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum comprising the eight circumpolar Arctic states – Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States. The Council was founded in 1996 through the Ottawa Declaration, the purpose

A Radioactive Limit - What is next for Greenlandic mineral extraction?

© Mikkel Schøler Mikkel Schøler The Kuannersuit mining project hearing is officially still underway with a September 13 deadline. Still, the project seems dead for the near future, as the current coalition has announced its intention to ban mining of minerals with

Finland's New Strategy for Arctic Policy

Nina Brander, Secretary General of the Arctic Advisory Board in the Strategy Department of the Finnish Prime Minister's Office and a Member of the Board of the Arctic Society of Finland, discusses Finland's new Strategy for Arctic Policy. Nina Brander The Finnish

Setting up a U.S. Consulate in Greenland, Again

Sung W. Choi, pictured, who has served as Consul at the U.S. Consulate Nuuk from June 2020 to June 2021, takes stock of the key milestones in the 12 months since the United States reestablished a permanent U.S. State Department

Russia's Proposed Extended Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean: Science Setting the Stage for Law

Prof Kamrul Hossain On 31 March 2021, Russia lodged two submissions with the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) proposing an extension of its continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. Prof Kamrul Hossain evaluates the status

The Arctic Council Goes Back to Basics

Press Conference of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Icelandic Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarsson [Photo: Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs/Sigurjón Ragnar] Dr Marc Lanteigne After the tumultuous Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Rovaniemi two years ago, which concluded with no unanimous

The New Fish Wave: The Iceland Ocean Cluster turns 10

Dr Thor Sigfusson Today, 24 May, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Iceland Ocean Cluster (IOC). Ever since its establishment, the IOC has emphasised building bridges between people in the blue economy, and, by that, creating value and jobs in

Arctic Stewardship in Reaching Net Zero – Carbon Capture Solutions

Secretary of State Antony J Blinken and Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson tour the Hellisheidi Geothermal Plant - the site of the original Carbfix project - in Reykjavik, Iceland, on 18 May 2021. (Image: Ron Przysucha/US Department of State) Hilmar

The Geopolitics of Rebuilding New Zealand's Scott Base in Antarctica

(Image: Scott Base in Antarctica © Dr Alan Hemmings) On 20 May 2021, the New Zealand Government announced its 2021 Budget, committing funding for the redevelopment of Scott Base in Antarctica. What rationales may be in play behind this announcement? Dr

A RARE Opportunity: How Greenland came to be central to the Biden Presidency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Greenlandic Minister of Foreign Affairs, Business, Trade, and Climate Pele Broberg; Faroese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Culture Jenis av Rana; and Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod in Copenhagen, Denmark on 17 May 2021. [Image:

How will Finland's Arctic Strategy change?

Prof Timo Koivurova looks at how Finland's new Arctic Strategy, currently in the process of finalisation, differs from the previous strategy adopted in 2013. Prof Timo Koivurova Research Professor Arctic Centre, University of Lapland The new strategy rightly places the fight against climate change

The Case for a Five Eyes Critical Minerals Alliance: Focus on Greenland

Nearly 500 news outlets feature PRPI's Five Eyes-Greenland Report and Election Coverage

Over the course of March and April 2021, the Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) report The Case for a Five Eyes Critical Minerals Alliance: Focus on Greenland, authored by PRPI Director Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes and launched on 4

Launch of Report: The Case for a Five Eyes Critical Minerals Alliance focusing on Greenland

New report by PRPI Director Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes calls on the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to develop a Five Eyes Critical Minerals Alliance partnering in, and with, Greenland. Today, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) launches its

UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory

Greenwich Park, with the City of London in the background. Project Lead: Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes Project Team: Mikhail Radkevitch, Helena Roberts, Shaan Afzal-Khan, Haroon Faqir, Joe Godbold First published: 18 February 2021 Last updated: 30 November 2021 On the occasion of its fifth anniversary since its

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Greenland (Greenland APPG)

© gags9999/Flickr Title: All-Party Parliamentary Group for Greenland (Greenland APPG) Purpose: To strengthen the UK-Greenland relationship on matters political, economic, social, cultural and scientific. To raise greater awareness about Greenland within the UK and promote closer cooperation with the Greenlandic

Greenland’s Foreign Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister address UK MPs and Peers in historic meeting

Greenland's Foreign Minister Steen Lynge (left) and Deputy Foreign Minister Kenneth Hœegh (right) London, 28 January 2021 The first ever UK parliamentary group dedicated to Greenland has taken a huge step forward in building links with its Arctic neighbour. On 26 February 2021,

World first as UK Parliament establishes cross-party group dedicated to Greenland

London, 16 November 2020 The UK Parliament has become the first in the world, outside the Kingdom of Denmark, to create a special group specifically focussing on Greenland. Last Friday (13 November), Parliamentarians from across the UK political spectrum including the three largest

Livelihood, cruelty, extinction? The recent killings of Atlantic white-sided dolphins in the Faroe Islands

Image by Annie Spratt from Unsplash. Dr Nikolas Sellheim Dr Nikolas Sellheim investigates and evaluates the international outcry in response

Livelihood, cruelty, extinction? The recent killings of Atlantic white-sided dolphins in the Faroe Islands

Contextualising the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use

Mining in Greenland – Down, but not out

UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory

Coronavirus Observatory: Tracking the Pandemic in the Arctic and the Antarctic

Why should Bangladesh seek an observer seat on the Arctic Council?

A Radioactive Limit – What is next for Greenlandic mineral extraction?

Finland’s New Strategy for Arctic Policy

Russia’s Proposed Extended Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean: Science Setting the Stage for Law

The Arctic Council Goes Back to Basics

The New Fish Wave: The Iceland Ocean Cluster turns 10

Arctic Stewardship in Reaching Net Zero – Carbon Capture Solutions

The Geopolitics of Rebuilding New Zealand’s Scott Base in Antarctica

A RARE Opportunity: How Greenland came to be central to the Biden Presidency

How will Finland’s Arctic Strategy change?

Launch of Report: The Case for a Five Eyes Critical Minerals Alliance focusing on Greenland

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Greenland (Greenland APPG)

Greenland’s Foreign Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister address UK MPs and Peers in historic meeting

The Arctic Circle Road: The Road to Freedom?

World first as UK Parliament establishes cross-party group dedicated to Greenland

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