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Arctic & Antarctic Harmful Exploitation

Oil & Gas
Deep Seabed Mining
Shipping
Nuclear Weapons Testing & Waste Dumping

Biodiversity

Climate Change in General

Climate Finance

Climate Ethics: Geoengineering

Defense & Arctic Security

Global Commons

Policy & Governance

Ice Crisis

State of the Sea Ice
Impacts of Ice Loss

Innovation & Technology

Oceans

Extreme Weather Events
Ocean Plastics

People

Indigenous Communities
Climate and Gender

CLIMATE CHANGE GENERAL

Explainer: Nine ‘tipping points’ that could be triggered by climate change, Carbon Brief

The Arctic has warmed ‘nearly four times faster’ than the global average, Carbon Brief

8 Places to Save Climate Change, GQ

The State of the Global Climate, WMO

STATE OF THE SEA ICE

Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis. NSIDC

State of the Cryosphere 2023. ICCI

Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Approached Historic Lows. NASA

World’s sea-ice falls to record low, BBC

IMPACTS OF ICE LOSS

What are the impacts of Arctic sea ice loss? NSIDC

Sea ice is losing its cooling power, making the Earth even warmer. earth.com

OIL AND GAS

Underwater noise: we have the way, now we need the political will. WWF

Factbox: What happens when there is an oil spill at sea? Reuters

DEEP SEABED MINING

Out of our depth: Deep seabed mining is not the answer to the climate crisis. Phy.org

Major Companies Join Call For Deep- Sea Mining Moratorium. EcoWatch

Deep-sea mining risks leads study to urge shift to circular solutions. University of British Columbia

SHIPPING

Why Arctic Countries Must Go Further Than the IMO’s Weak Arctic Heavy Fuel Oil Ban. HFO-Free Arctic

Unsustainable Arctic shipping risks accelerating damage to the Arctic environment. Science Daily

‘Black carbon’ threat to Arctic as sea routes open up with global heating. The Guardian

Decarbonizing Arctic shipping: governance pathways and future directions. Frontiers

NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING & WASTE DUMPING

POLICY & GOVERNANCE

30×30: A Blueprint for Ocean Protection. Greenpeace

The Arctic Fisheries Agreement Enters into Force. The Wilson Center
Improving the Polar Code to Better Protect Arctic Waters. WWF
Global Biodiversity Framework. Convention on Biological Diversity
BBNJ Treaty Factsheet. High Seas Alliance
This High Seas Treaty: What Does it Mean for the Arctic? WWF
A call for bold, precautionary governance in the Arctic. WWF

GLOBAL COMMONS

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

Arctic Indigenous Peoples.Arctric Council
Saving the Arctic: the wisdom of the Inuit and the future of the North Pole.The Hill

The value of involving Indigenous people in protecting Antarctica.Independent
‘Nature has ceased to trust us’. The Ecologist
‘Indigenous Insights on Coexistence. Polar Bear International
What climate change means for Indigenous life in the Arctic. BSPR News

CLIMATE AND GENDER

5 Reasons Why Climate Action Needs Women. UNFCCC
Our Voices, Our Environment: The State of Funding for Women’s Environmental Action. GGF
Scope for improvement: Linking the Women, Peace and Security Agenda to climate change. SIPRI
Once Shunned in Antarctica, Female Scientists Are Now Doing Crucial Polar Research. Scientific American

BIODIVERSITY

Climate change could cause sudden biodiversity losses worldwide. Phys.org
Arctic Ocean: climate change is flooding the remote north with light – and new species. The Conversation
Cold fish: the global cooling effect of ocean life. China Dialogue Ocean
Arctic biodiversity at risk as world overshoots climate planetary boundary. Mongabay
Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans. The Guardian

EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS

Extreme Weather Events in the Arctic and Beyond – A Global State of Emergency. CCAG

How Climate Change Fuels Increasing Wildfire Disasters Christensen, T.
Fires in the Amazon forest may melt sea ice in Antarctica ScienceNews
Arctic sea ice loss drives drier weather over California and wetter over Spain and Portugal. Barcelona Inst. for Global Health
Climate crisis has tripled length of deadly ocean heatwaves, study finds. The Guardian

OCEAN PLASTIC

Microplastics may affect how Arctic sea ice forms and melts. The Conversation
Plastic rafting: the invasive species hitching a ride on ocean litter. The Guardian
The Global “Plastic Flood” – Even the High North Arctic Ocean Can’t Escape Microplastic Pollution. SciTechDaily

Arctic sea ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics. earth.com

SECURITY

The History and Future of Arctic State Conflict. The Arctic Institute

As the US and Russia spar over the Arctic, Putin creates new facts on the ground. CNN

Russia on Arctic Council Chairmanship: Wants to Revive the Military Dialogue Between Arctic States. High North News

It Is Time to Negotiate a New Military Security Architecture for the Arctic. Wilson Center

CLIMATE ETHICS: GEOENGINEERING

Could Geoengineering Help Save the World’s Ice? Sierra Club

Sámi join call to cancel a geoengineering technology test in Northern Sweden. Arctic Today

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Technology To Transform Food Production. BioTechniques

How Data Science Can Help Fight Climate Change. DataSciencePrograms.com

The Next Generation of Climate Innovation. BCG

Which roadmap for energy transition? Aspenia

CLIMATE FINANCE

7 Ways Countries Can Restart Their Economies to Fight Climate Change. The Conversation

Why we must pull financial levers to build for a changing climate. The Fifth Estate (Accessed: 08.2020)
The grand unifying theory (and practice) of macroprudential policy – speech by Mark Carney. Bank of England

The broken $100-billion promise of climate finance — and how to fix it. Nature