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The Working Groups’ assessments have been instrumental in bringing Arctic issues to a global arena through policy recommendations and international cooperation.</div> </div> </section> <section class='block block_text bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><div class='bg-transparent depth-0'> <div class='textblock'><h2>The first comprehensive account of Arctic change</h2> <p>The 2005 <a href="https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org/handle/11374/2453">Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA)</a> was a landmark assessment for the Arctic. Some 300 scientists, experts, and representatives for Indigenous Peoples collaborated to develop a comprehensive, multidisciplinary account of climate change in the Arctic. The result is probably one of the most widely read documents focused specifically on the Arctic, and one of the world’s first in-depth regional accounts of climate change impacts. The report was produced by <a href="/about/working-groups/amap/">AMAP</a>, <a href="/about/working-groups/caff/">CAFF</a> and IASC.</p></div> </div></div></section><section class='block block_text bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><div class='bg-transparent depth-0'> <div class='textblock'><h2>Contributions to international frameworks</h2> <p>AMAP has assessed and monitored the effects of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) for more than two decades. POPs are chemicals of global concern. They can travel over long distances, are persistent in the environment, and are able to accumulate in ecosystems, leading to negative effects on human health and the environment. <a href="https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org/handle/11374/922">AMAP’s 2002 assessment report on POPs</a> contributed to the negotiations that eventually led to the Stockholm Convention on POPs.</p> <p><a href="https://www.caff.is/assessments">CAFF's assessments</a> have contributed to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, The African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), and the The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) among others, and has led to decisions from these conventions focused on Arctic biodiversity and requests for reporting from the Arctic Council.</p></div> </div></div></section><section class='block block_text bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><div class='bg-transparent depth-0'> <div class='textblock'><h2>Towards the Polar Code</h2> <p>The <a href="https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org/handle/11374/815">Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment</a>, published in 2009 by the <a href="/about/working-groups/pame/">Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment Working Group (PAME)</a>, presented recommendations on safe shipping in Arctic waters. These recommendations played a key role in moving towards mandatory rules and regulations for ships operating in polar waters. The result is the <a href="/news/environmental-provisions-of-polar-code-adopted/">Polar Code</a> by the International Maritime Organization.</p></div> </div></div></section><section class='block block_projects bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><section><h3 class='text-center'>Featured Projects</h3><section class='recommended mb-5'> <div class='row justify-content-center'><div class='col-md-3 bg-dark bg-image border' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,51,51,1) 0%, rgba(82,82,82,.5) 80%, rgba(82,82,82,0) 100%), url(/site/assets/files/3265/anwr_steve_hillebrand_usfws.480x480.jpg)'><a href='/projects/circumpolar-biodiversity-monitoring-program-cbmp/'><div class='p-4'> <h5>Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP)</h5> </div></a> </div><div class='col-md-3 bg-dark bg-image border' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,51,51,1) 0%, rgba(82,82,82,.5) 80%, rgba(82,82,82,0) 100%), 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