In September 2023, the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law of the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland initiated the first “Inter-Polar Conference: Connecting the Arctic with the Third Pole” in Kathmandu, Nepal, in the heart of the Third Pole.  



The Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. has opened registration for an online seminar presentation entitled Sustainability of Indigenous Communities and Global Change: perspectives from Sakha, NE Siberia.





Are you interested in climate change? Have you thought of applying for a student exchange? CLUVEX (Climate University for Virtual Exchanges) is a multidisciplinary international student exchange week held online. 



Jan Borm, UArctic Chair in Humanities, participated in the conference "The Arctic in Eastern and Central Europe: Knowledge, Perception and Communication,  17th -19th century" where he held a presentation on his paper "The Arctic Voyage of the corvette ‘Reine Hortense’ in 1856: Prince Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte’s meeting with t...

Remembering Barry Scherr

Tue, Sep 17, 2024
Former UArctic Board Officer Barry Scherr passed away September 12, 2024 at the age of 79.

This year's Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change involved over 800 registrants from over 100 nations with nearly 240 languages included. This has been built on from the contributions with GIYSCC-2023, which involved over 1300 registrants representing over 112 nations and communicating with more than 88 languages.