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The Participants of the Northern Forum Regional Coordinators Committee Meeting planted trees as part of the Garden of Friendship International Action during the XIII International IT Forum and the XIX Save and Preserve International Ecological Action on June 6, 2022 in Khanty-Mansyisk.

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The works of the winners of the International Competition-exhibition of children’s creativity “The Red Book through the Eyes of Children” were presented at the Northern Forum Regional Coordinators Committee Meeting in Khanty-Mansyisk.

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Drilling in Arctic waters off northern Norway has revealed up to 50 million barrels of recoverable oil at Snøfonn Nord, near the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea.

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SC "Admiralty Shipyards" has started factory sea trials of the ice-resistant self-propelled platform "North Pole". The Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation Alexander KOZLOV took part in the formal procedure.

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The summer meeting of the Committee of Regional Coordinators will be held on June 6-7 on the eve of and within the framework of the International IT Forum with the participation of the SCO and BRICS countries and the IV International Conference "Information and Communication in the Digital Age: Explicit and Implicit Impacts" under the auspices of UNESCO in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra.

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As part of the preparation of the events of the Northern Forum in Khanty-Mansiysk on June 5-8, Vladimir Vasiliev, Executive Director of the Northern Forum, had a productive conversation with Senator Grigory Ledkov, President of the Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East.

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On May 25, Savina Alekseeva presented the Arctic Startup Expedition at the X technology conference Startup Village Skolkovo, which is taking place these days in Moscow.

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Mikhail Uksusov, Russia's Youth Envoy for International Cooperation in the Arctic for the period of the Russian Federation's chairmanship in the Arctic Council 2021-2023, met with Vladimir Vasiliev, Executive Director of the Northern Forum.

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A new, ambitious five-point plan to jump-start the transition to renewable energy – the “low-hanging fruit” of climate action – was announced by UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the launch of WMO’s State of the Global Climate 2021 report.

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Geneva, 18 May 2022 (WMO) - Four key climate change indicators – greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification – set new records in 2021.

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A discussion on arctic marine conservation cooperation will be held on May 24th, 3 PM GMT by the Arctic Circle and Co-hosted by the WWF Arctic Programme.

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Source: Press service of the Head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

 

In the conditions of the economic crisis and sanctions, the Arctic is a promising market for canned products.