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ICC Advances Indigenous-Led Mercury Monitoring and Collaboration at Minamata Convention COP-6
14 November 2025— ICC attended the 6th Conference of the Parties (COP-6) of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, held from 3 – 7 November 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. The ICC delegation comprised Herb Nakimayak (ICC Vice Chair), Gerald Lennie Inglangasuk (Board member,...
From the Arctic to the Amazon: Urgent Action Is Needed, States Must Commit to Bold Climate Action at COP30
10 November 2025— Travelling from the Arctic to the Amazon, Inuit delegates will bring their experience, knowledge and leadership to COP30, where they will urge Parties to maintain persistent and stable climate policies and actions, even as political landscapes shift....
From the Arctic to the Amazon: Inuit call on states to accelerate climate commitments at UNFCCC COP30
APPROVED OCTOBER 2025 The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) is an Indigenous Peoples’ organization founded in 1977 to promote and celebrate the unity of 185,000 Inuit from Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Chukotka in the Russian far east. As the international voice of...
Inuit Women’s Summit concludes with a historic declaration
Women are pillars of strength in their communities; safeguarding our languages, traditions and transmitting the values that sustain Inuit societies and ways of life. (Inuit Women’s Summit Declaration, October 2025) Sisimiut, October 2025 - Inuit Circumpolar Council...
Inuit Circumpolar Council Will Convene the First Inuit Women’s Summit in Sisimiut, Kalaallit Nunaat
October 20, 2025 — Inuit Circumpolar Council will convene its first Inuit Women’s Summit in Sisimiut from October 27 - 29, 2025. The Summit will bring together over 50 Inuit practitioners, change-makers, rights-holders and leaders from Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland),...

International Maritime Organization
This year Inuit Circumpolar Council became the first Indigenous Peoples Organization to gain permanent participant status at the International Maritime Organization.
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The Weather is Changing
The Weather is Changing, highlights how Inuit have been leaders, for decades, in the fight against climate change. The video looks at the past, present, and future of ICC’s advocacy in the climate change space.

