by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Oct 12, 2007 | 2007, Press Releases
Anchorage, October 12, 2007 The former Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC), Sheila Watt-Cloutier, jointly nominated for her work on climate change with Al Gore just missed winning the award earlier today. Although it was widely speculated that Ms....
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Sep 25, 2007 | 2007, Press Releases
New York, 25 September 2007 Yesterday, almost 80 heads of state accepted the invitation of the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, to attend the UNs first-ever high level climate change summit. Mr. Ban also invited a few others from specific sectors of...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Sep 21, 2007 | 2007, Press Releases
Friday September 21, 2007 – Ottawa, Ontario Inuit oppose plans by the Canadian Navy to change practices regarding the dumping of food and other waste into the Arctic Ocean. “We call on the Canadian Navy, and other ships, to exercise restraint in changing...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Aug 21, 2007 | 2007, Press Releases
21 August 2007, Inuvik The President of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Canada, Duane Smith, is concerned that USA President Bush and Canadas Prime Minister Stephen Harper are making important decisions about the fate of Arctic sovereignty without consulting Inuit...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | May 24, 2007 | 2007, Press Releases
UN Chronicle 24/05/2007 Duane Smith The United Nations Environment Programme characterizes the circumpolar Arctic as the worlds climate change barometer. The 160,000 Inuit who live in northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska, and Chukotka in Russia have for almost 20 years...
by Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada | Feb 8, 2007 | 2007, Press Releases
Thursday, February 8, 2007, Ottawa, Ontario Mary Simon, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), and Duane Smith President of Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada), today urged the Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development to recommend changes...