Kivalina, a village facing coastal erosion. Image via Flickr. The impacts of rapid climate change are numerous and significant. In
Read more ...Official White House Photo by Pete Souza By Josh Caldon and Andrew Chater On 10 March 2016, President Barack Obama
Read more ...Reggie Joule, former mayor of the Northwest Arctic Borough, was one of the two indigenous representatives on the President’s State,
Read more ...As the ‘Decision 2016‘ article on the regional implications of a Trump Presidency outlined, this November’s election is a seminal moment
Read more ...Donald J. Trump – © Gage Skidmore With less than a month to go before the 2016 Presidential elections, the attention of the
Read more ...Two fishermen working near the front of the Knud Rasmussen glacier in East Greenland. © Mads Pihl – Visit Greenland
Read more ...For the second issue of our bimonthly interview series ‘Polar Matters’, Lana Ollier, Associate at Polar Research and Policy Initiative, spoke to
Read more ...Image via Alaska Science Center / United States Geological Survey A paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience sheds new
Read more ...President Obama looking at the effects of climate change on Bear Glacier, Alaska. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) As
Read more ...Image: Malaspina of the Alaska Marine Highway System © Gillfoto In May 2016, the U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System
Read more ...On June 12, 2009, President Obama sent a memorandum to the heads of executive departments and Federal agencies establishing an Interagency Ocean
Read more ...On 9 March 2016, the White House-led Arctic Executive Steering Committee (AESC) released the 2015 Year in Review—Progress Report on the Implementation
Read more ...In January 2015, President Obama signed Executive Order (E.O.) 13689, Enhancing Coordination of National Efforts in the Arctic, which created a
Read more ...In April 2012, the Alaska State Legislature established the Alaska Arctic Policy Commission to “develop an Arctic policy for the
Read more ...In March 2015, the Obama Administration released a report highlighting progress made by the federal government in the Arctic during 2014. This
Read more ...The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched its Arctic Action Plan in April 2014. This plan provides an overview of NOAA’s Arctic programs and
Read more ...On 4 April 2014, an interagency working group chaired by Interior Deputy Secretary David J. Hayes released a major report
Read more ...Executive Summary The United States is an Arctic nation through the state of Alaska and its surrounding territorial and Exclusive
Read more ...On 10 May 2013, President Obama issued the National Strategy for the Arctic Region. This accompanying Implementation Plan, published in January 2014,
Read more ...In 2013, the US Department of Defense released its first Arctic Strategy. The strategy was unveiled by the then US Defense
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