Arctic Council News
Focus on: Arctic Frontiers 2020 conference
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Meet the Arctic Council at Arctic Frontiers
The Arctic Frontiers is an annual conference held in Tromsø, Norway, at the end of January. This year’s conference will focus on the theme “Power of knowledge” and takes place from 26-30 January 2020. Arctic Frontiers has a pan-arctic perspective and builds new partnerships across nations, generations and ethnic groups. Located in the hometown of the Arctic Council Secretariat, the Arctic Council has an active presence at the conference, including a side event on blue bioeconomy, a movie screening of THE GRIZZLIES, and a media tour. Here is a list of Arctic Council related events during Arctic Frontiers.
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Events organized by the Arctic Council
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Media tour through the Fram Centre
Journalists attending the Arctic Frontiers Conference 2020 in Tromsø, Norway, are invited to an exclusive tour of the FRAM - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, and a selection of the institutions located within the Fram Centre building – including the Arctic Council Secretariat, the Arctic Contaminants Action Program, and the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme. We offer two theme-based tours, which align with the topics of Arctic Frontiers: “A changing Arctic” and “A sustainable Arctic Ocean”. Learn more about the media tour and register.
Date: Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 January 13:00-15:00
Location: Fram Centre
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Side event: A source for Arctic optimism - The Blue Bioeconomy
The blue bioeconomy has the potential to be a major contributor to achieving sustainable development in the Arctic and beyond. This interactive side event will amongst other aspects explore what can modern businesses can learn from traditional livelihoods of inhabitants of the Arctic, and how blue bioeconomy in the Arctic can serve as a model for other regions. The second part of the event will engage participants in a world café workshop to foster discussion and allow participants to provide direct input into the Blue Bioeconomy in the Arctic Region project. Learn more about the event.
Date: Tuesday, 28 January 16:15-17:45
Location: Clarion The Edge, SkyBar
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Side event: Indigenous Leaders’ Vision for the Arctic
Organized by the Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat and the Arctic Council Permanent Participants
The side event will begin with a summary of the 6th Arctic Leaders’ Summit (ALS), which took place in November 2019 and provide a panel of Indigenous leaders introducing their vision for the future of the Arctic. There will be interactive discussions and opportunity for questions from the audience. The ALS is a high-level political gathering in which Indigenous Peoples from across the Arctic meet to identify their priorities and discuss the future of their Arctic homelands, including cooperation, language and culture, environmental changes, living conditions, economies and sustainable development. Learn more about the side event.
Date: Tuesday, 28 January 18:15-19:15
Location: Clarion Hotel The Edge
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THE GRIZZLIES - Movie screening and panel discussion
The Arctic Council, its Sustainable Development Working Group and Global Affairs Canada are pleased to host a screening of the movie THE GRIZZLIES, which was shown as part of this year’s Tromsø International Film Festival. The drama is based on a true story and depicts a youth lacrosse team that was set up to engage and motivate young people in the community of Kugluktuk, Nunavut – a community suffering under an epidemic of youth suicides. In addition to the screening of THE GRIZZLIES, SDWG will host a panel discussion on suicide prevention and mental health in the Arctic after the movie. Learn more about the screening.
Date: Wednesday, 29 January 17:30-20:00
Location: Fram Centre Auditorium
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Events with Arctic Council involvement
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Arctic Frontiers side events with Arctic Council involvement
Arctic Resilience Side Event and Panel
Arctic countries and their northern communities are facing rapid changes and disruptions driven by political, natural and economic forces. There is wide variability among these changes across different regions in the Arctic, and resilience and adaptation have been extensively explored by the Arctic Resilience Report and Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic reports in the Arctic Council, resulting in a number of recommendations for adaptation to change. The Arctic Resilience Action Framework (ARAF) was subsequently adopted by the Arctic Council to help Arctic stakeholders track progress on resilience and adaptation actions in the Arctic, but there is no Arctic-wide resource or consortium to help develop or inform adaptive capacity or actions. Learn more about the side event.
Convened by Joel Clement and Alf Håkon Hoel, with involvement of the Sustainable Development Working Group
Date: Monday, 27 January 16:15-17:45
Location: Clarion Hotel The Edge
Side event: Arctic Cities and New Partnerships For Sustainable Development
The peoples, cities and communities of the Arctic face many challenges, but also new opportunities. The impact of climate change is in some places existential in character. At the same time the melting of the Polar ice represents prospects for economic diversification, innovation and local value-creation. The UN Sustainable Development Agenda represents an important frame for Arctic societies in order to adapt and transform to the new reality of climate change and globalisation more generally - be it in the Russian, North American or European Arctic. The objective of the side event is to convene mayors from the Arctic, global stakeholders and civil society to highlight some of the challenges and opportunities in the Arctic seen from the point of view of mayors. The purpose is also to facilitate dialog and possible future cooperation between the UN Human Settlements programme (UN Habitat), the Arctic Council and the Arctic Mayors’ Forum. More about the side event.
Organized by the Arctic Mayor's Forum and Habitat Norway, with involvement of the Sustainable Development Working Group
Date: Monday, 27 January 18:15-19:15
Location: Clarion Hotel The Edge
Side event: The Use of Arctic Science – The Case of the Arctic Council
To understand how international cooperation in the Arctic works, we need to understand the Arctic Council. All the Arctic states describe the Council as the most important international forum for dialogue and cooperation on Arctic challenges and opportunities, and as a significant arena for developing knowledge and learning about a changing region. However, knowledge of this forum, how it works, and its potential has remained limited and fragmented. More information about the side event.
Organized by the Fridtjof Nansen Institute
Date: Monday, 27 January 18:15-19:15
Location: Clarion Hotel The Edge
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Indigenous languages exhibition
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Ságastallamin – Telling the story of Arctic Indigenous languages
More than 40 Indigenous languages are spoken in the Arctic. Learn more about linguistic diversity in the region by viewing the exhibition "Ságastallamin – Telling the story of Arctic Indigenous languages", displayed at the Fram Centre in January and February 2020. This exhibition was designed by UiT – The Arctic University of Norway Library and the Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat in 2019. Learn more about the exhibition on its dedicated website.
Date: January - February 2020, weekdays 08:00-16:00
Location: Fram Centre
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Meet us in the Arctic Frontiers exhibition area
Keep an eye out for the Arctic fox in the lobby area of The Edge, the conference hotel. Here you will find the Arctic Council booth. Come by and learn more about the Council, its Permanent Participants and Working Groups.
Date: Monday 27 - Thursday 30 2020 during conference hours
Location: The Edge lobby
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