Convened in the margins of the 73rd session of the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee, this discussion examined Indigenous perspectives on Polar North shipping and a ban on heavy fuel oil in the Arctic. Lord Hannay of Chiswick gave opening remarks and Dr Sian Prior of the Clean Arctic Alliance chaired the panel.
The event poster lists PRPI alongside Pacific Environment, Friends of the Earth United States, Stand.earth and WWF.
Other participants
- Lord Hannay of Chiswick – opening remarks
- George Edwardson, President, Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope; board member, Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska
- Delbert Pungowiyi, President, Native Village of Savoonga
- Eduard Zdor, former Director, Chukotka Marine Mammal Hunters Association
- Verner Wilson, Friends of the Earth
- Representatives of Inuit Circumpolar Council Greenland and the Saami Council
- Dr Sian Prior, Lead Advisor, Clean Arctic Alliance – Chair
