by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Feb 13, 2023 | 2023, News, Press Releases
Monday, February 13, 2023 — Real progress on protecting ocean ecosystems requires the full participation of Indigenous Peoples. That message was heard clearly at last week’s Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) in Vancouver,...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Jan 27, 2023 | 2023, Press Releases
New guidelines include recommendations for shipping in Inuit Nunaat London UK – Friday, January 27, 2023 As this week’s deliberations wrapped up at the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) debate on reducing underwater noise from ships, Inuit Circumpolar...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Dec 16, 2022 | 2022, Press Releases
ICC Press Release Friday, December 16, 2022 – London UK – This week under its provisional consultative status at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) partnered with Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to call for...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Nov 23, 2022 | 2022, Press Releases
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back – Gains and losses at COP 27 It took nearly two extra days, but this year’s UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, were saved by a landmark agreement to establish a Loss and Damage...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Nov 7, 2022 | 2022, Press Releases
November 7, 2022 – Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt- The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) is in Egypt for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP27 for the next two weeks. COP27 sees one of the largest Inuit delegations attending an international...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Oct 4, 2022 | 2022, Press Releases
Inuit attend UN meeting in Rome to push for elimination of “Forever Chemicals” in the Arctic October 3, 2022 – Ottawa, Canada – Getting rid of a group of dangerous “forever chemicals” took a step forward last week at a meeting under the United Nations Stockholm...