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Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
One of the few scientific institutions in the world that is equally active in the Arctic and Antarctic. It coordinates German polar research efforts, while also conducting research in the...
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition
A network of 30+ NGOs that aims to "protect the Antarctic and Southern Ocean’s unique and vulnerable ecosystems by providing the unified voice of the NGO community." It plays a...
Arctic Council
Arctic Council (1996, Tromso, Norway; 15 staff; arctic-council.org) A high-level intergovernmental forum to provide a means for "promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, with the involvement of...
Alliances | Coalitions | Networks, Arctic, Arctic Change and Security, Arctic Futures, Arctic Preservation
Arctic Institute of North America
Arctic Institute of North America (1945; Calgary; 13 staff; arctic.ucalgary.ca) A university research institute based at the University of Calgary. It strives to "advance the study of the North American...
Arctic Methane Emergency Group
“As goes the Arctic so goes the Earth.” The AMEG Declaration of Emergency (revised, Sept 2012) declares that “there now exists an extremely high international security risk of acute climate...
Arctic Portal
Arctic Portal(2006; Akureyri, Iceland; 6 staff; arcticportal.org) A portal that gives a "comprehensive gateway to the Arctic." It provides access to "news, data, information, and organizations across the Arctic." AP...
Arctic Report Card 2019
Report of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Published annually since 2006, these essays involve 81 scientists from 12 countries reporting on the acceleration of ice melting in a...
Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS)
It is Canada’s first and longest-lived Arctic research institute. Their mandate is to "advance the study of the North American and circumpolar Arctic through the natural and social sciences, the...
Arctic Warming: A QuickLook at Concerned Organizations
Arctic climate change. The Arctic is more affected by global warming than any other place on earth, resulting in unprecedented physical, social, economic, and political transformations. Concern for Arctic change...
ArcticNet
Affiliated with the Network of Centers of Excellence of Canada that "brings together scientists in the natural, human health and social sciences with their partners from Inuit organizations, federal and...
Center for Arctic Security and Resilience
A center that provides expertise on "Arctic issues involving U.S. national security, national defense, military, homeland defense, and homeland security." CASR also provides expertise on "Arctic issues involving climate change...
Centre for Polar Observation & Modelling (CPOM)
"Studies the land ice, sea ice, and ice sheets using satellite observations and numerical models of the polar regions". CPOM was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and...
Churchill Northern Studies Centre
A non-profit organization dedicated to researching subarctic environmental issues. Its researchers work on a variety of topics, including polar bears, beluga whales, winter migration, and Hudson Bay ecology. It provides a location...
Clean Arctic Alliance
A global campaign made up of 20 not-for-profit organisations with campaigns dedicated to persuade governments to take action to protect the Arctic, its wildlife and its people. The campaign "is...
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
CAFF is the biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council. It serves as a vehicle to cooperate on species and habitat management and utilization, to share information on management techniques...
Global Choices
An intergenerational platform "working to protect our planetary ecosystems, with an immediate focus on the Arctic and Antarctic." Publications: ResourcesArticlesPress
Global Linkages: A Graphic Look at the Changing Arctic
Produced by GRID-Arendal, a Norwegian foundation cooperating with the UN Environment Program, written by a team of 15 scientists and 12 reviewers. In addition to many maps and charts, the...
Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network
An organization that facilitates "cooperation amongst Icelandic public and private organizations, institutions, businesses and bodies involved in Arctic issues – among other things in research, education, innovation, and monitoring, or...
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Is a research institute dedicated to developing "scientific knowledge of physical and biogeochemical environmental processes at local, regional, and global scales." It applies this knowledge to improve society's awareness and...
International Arctic Science Committee
It's broad interest is in interdisciplinary research involving all countries engaged in Arctic research and in all areas of the Arctic. The Committee has working groups, which support science-led international...