By Dayanita Ramesh The Arctic Climate Change Emerging Leader (ACCEL) Program is a summer fellowship at the nexus between communication and policy for students and young professionals in North America and Europe. Over the course of the summer, two ACCEL Fellows produced the “Arctic 101” series. “Arctic 101” features a series of articles and educational videos complemented with events, interviews, and

By Libby Leyden-Sussler On September 21, an estimated 400,000 people in New York participated in the People’s Climate Change March, a movement designed to raise environmental awareness. It was one of 2,646 marches that occurred across 162 countries that day. The turnout was unprecedented, and it did not go unnoticed at the New York Climate

By Erica Dingman The Arctic’s indigenous peoples are highly vulnerable to ecological change. In a region that is warming at twice the rate of any other global location, permafrost melt, unpredictable weather conditions, and pollutants created elsewhere affect the daily lives of those that live there. This is but an example of a whole host

By Zach Paikin Canada has a vital interest in securing a workable relationship with Russia in the 21st century. An amicable Russo-Canadian state of affairs is essential to advance multilateral cooperation in the Arctic; and a peaceful Arctic would remove one potential source of confrontation between the world’s major powers. The current diplomatic spat between

By Gianna De Filippis In Part I of “Discovering the Arctic,” we explored the environmental effects of tourism in the Arctic. In Part II, we take a closer look at the economic and cultural effects. Economic Effects While cruise ships pose several environmental threats to the Arctic, they have undeniable economic benefits—particularly for the populations

By Gianna De Filippis The Arctic is by no means a new tourist destination. In fact, since the 1890s, tourists have been taking ship-based trips to see the “land of mountains and glaciers, of splintered peaks and icy bays.” But modern day tourism—mainly in the form of massive, fuel-guzzling cruise ships—requires a critical evaluation. In

By Erica Dingman Climate scientists and artists engaged in chronicling new phenomenon for the purpose of affecting change seem to have a natural affinity for one another’s work. Yet rarely does one come across an artist as attune to the scientific community as Diane Burko. This is evidenced in her ongoing series of paintings exploring

By Edward Struzik On August 5, 2012, an unusually strong storm formed off the coast of Alaska before moving into the central Canadian Arctic. Climate scientists from around the world watched satellite imagery in wonder as the storm churned, breaking up sea ice cover that was already heading to a record low. The storm, formed

This article is an excerpt from the paper “Demystifying the Arctic,” which was originally published by the World Economic Forum. By the members of the WEF Global Agenda Council on the Arctic The Global Agenda Council on the Arctic has highlighted five particularly pervasive myths about the region: Myth No. 1: The Arctic is an

By Thordur Aegir Oskarsson The Arctic Agenda will without a doubt be affected by the political developments currently taking place in Eastern Europe. In fact, certain meetings of the Arctic Council are already affected by the sanctions against Russia. The question becomes now, how will the turn of events affect Arctic cooperation? The main substantive