2011 | Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada

Inuit Deeply Concerned about Canada’s Decision to Withdraw from Kyoto

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:45:00 +0000

15 December, 2011 –Ottawa, Canada – Inuit are Deeply Concerned About Canada’s Decision towithdraw from Kyoto. ICC Canada’s President, Duane Smith, said, “The news that Canada has withdrawn from Kyoto comes as a great disappointment to Inuit in Canada and the circumpolar world. In the past, Canada was seen as a global leader on many […]

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Circumpolar Inuit to Global Leaders in Durban: Don’t Abandon Kyoto

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:45:34 +0000

06 December, 2011 – Ottawa, Canada – The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), representing Inuit from Greenland, Canada, Alaska, and Chukotka, Russia, released a document today addressed to global leaders assembled for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meetings in Durban. The Inuit Call to Global Leaders highlights the importance of strong commitments from […]

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Shipping & indigenous languages among initiatives at Arctic Council meeting in Northern Sweden

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:47:10 +0000

Luleå, Sweden – 9 November 2011 – The Senior Arctic Officials (SAOs) ended their 2-day meeting today endorsing several initiatives important to Inuit. The president of the Canadian office of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) said he was pleased that two of the projects, which will be headed by Inuit, had strong support. Duane Smith […]

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No consensus on atmospheric mercury emissions at UN negotiations

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:46:05 +0000

Wednesday November 9, 2011 – Ottawa, Canada – The Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee (INC) under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) met in Nairobi last week (October 31st to Nov 4th) to discuss the development of a legally-binding agreement on mercury. This meeting was the third meeting of the INC. Negotiations started in 2010, and are […]

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Circumpolar Inuit to Develop Declaration on Responsible Resource Development in Arctic Regions

Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:48:01 +0000

Thursday February 24, 2011 – Ottawa, Canada – Inuit leaders from Greenland, Alaska, Russia, and Canada concluded a two-day Summit on Resource Development today in Ottawa. The summit was held in compliance with article 20 of the Nuuk Declaration, mandated by the delegates to the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) General Assembly held in Nuuk, Greenland […]

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