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<script type="text/javascript" src="/site/templates/scripts/lists.js"></script> <div class='submenu bg-light' id='submenu'><h5><a href='/explore/topics/'>Topics</a></h5><div class='py-1'><a href='/explore/topics/arctic-peoples/' class=''>Arctic Peoples</a></div><div class='py-1'><a href='/explore/topics/biodiversity/' class=''>Biodiversity</a></div><div class='py-1'><a href='/explore/topics/climate/' class='current'>Climate</a></div><div class='py-1'><a href='/explore/topics/ocean/' class=''>Ocean</a></div><div class='py-1'><a href='/explore/topics/pollutants/' class=''>Pollutants</a></div><div class='py-1'><a href='/explore/topics/emergency/' class=''>Emergencies</a></div></div><section class='block block_text bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><div class='bg-transparent depth-0'> <div class='textblock'><p>The temperatures in the Arctic continue to rise at three times the global annual average, driving many of the changes underway in the Arctic. Most prominently, snow and ice are melting at an increasing rate. This impacts both local ecosystems and the global climate system. It contributes to rising sea levels, and is likely to provoke extreme temperature events beyond the Arctic. The effects of a shifting Arctic climate are felt across the high latitudes and beyond – with global environmental, economic, and social implications.</p> <p>While the effects of climate change are pronounced in the Arctic, their causes are often linked to activities taking place outside the region. This underlines the importance of raising awareness of Arctic climate change on a global level, and to integrate Arctic issues in global frameworks and conventions. The Arctic Council and its <a href="/about/working-groups/">Working Groups</a> are therefore collaborating closely with the Council’s <a href="/about/observers/">Observer</a> states and organizations and other stakeholders on addressing the implications of a changing Arctic climate.</p> <p>Acknowledging the scope of the changes taking place and their possible effects on livelihoods, societies, the Arctic environment and economy, the Council’s Working Groups commit to working closely together. Through their ever-growing body of reports and assessments, the Arctic Council serves as knowledge broker and global advocate for Arctic topics.</p></div> </div></div></section><section class='block block_featured bg-dark'> <div class='container'><div class='p-0 breakout'> <div class='row align-items-end'> <div class='col-xl-4 offset-xl-2 p-5 text-xl-right'><h5>Featured</h5><a href='/explore/topics/climate/cryosphere/' class='h3 accent'>Cryosphere</a> </div> <div class='col-xl-6 bg-image featured' style='background-image:url(/site/assets/files/13274/dsc0329.600x300.jpg)' title=''> <a href='/explore/topics/climate/cryosphere/' class='w-100 h-100 d-block'></a> </div> </div> </div></div></section><section class='block block_text bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><div class='bg-transparent depth-0'> <div class='textblock'><h2>How does the Arctic Council address the changing Arctic climate and its effects?</h2></div> </div></div></section><section class='block block_text bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><div class='bg-transparent depth-0'> <div class='textblock'><h3>Climate change and adaptation actions</h3> <p>Understanding how climate change will affect the Arctic climate system and ecosystems is key to adapting livelihoods and to inform decision making on regional, national and international levels.</p> <h3> </h3></div> </div></div></section><section class='block block_featured bg-transparent'> <div class='container'> <div class='row justify-content-center'><div class='col-md'><a href='/projects/understanding-climate-change-impacts-on-arctic-ecosystems-and-associated-climate-feedbacks/' class='block-feature-partial bg-gradient'> <div class='featured bg-dark bg-image bg-zoom' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,48,50,.9) 0%, rgba(51,48,50,.8) 30%, rgba(51,48,50,.1) 60%), url(/site/assets/files/2901/map_background-01-01.480x480.png)'><div class='p-4'><h5>Understanding climate change impacts on Arctic ecosystems and associated climate feedbacks</h5> </div> </div></a></div><div class='col-md'><a href='/projects/climate-cryosphere-meteorology-ecosystem/' class='block-feature-partial bg-gradient'> <div class='featured bg-dark bg-image bg-zoom' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,48,50,.9) 0%, rgba(51,48,50,.8) 30%, rgba(51,48,50,.1) 60%), url(/site/assets/files/5726/photo_of_neal.480x480.jpg)'><div class='p-4'><h5>Climate Issues: Cryosphere, meteorology, ecosystem impacts</h5> </div> </div></a></div><div class='col-md'><a href='/projects/circumpolar-local-environmental-observer-network-cleo/' class='block-feature-partial bg-gradient'> <div class='featured bg-dark bg-image bg-zoom' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,48,50,.9) 0%, rgba(51,48,50,.8) 30%, rgba(51,48,50,.1) 60%), url(/site/assets/files/3625/image_-_observations_in_the_north_2019-2021.480x480.png)'><div class='p-4'><h5>Circumpolar Local Environmental Observer Network (CLEO)</h5> </div> </div></a></div></div></div></section><section class='block block_text bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><div class='bg-transparent depth-0'> <div class='textblock'><h3>Green energy solutions</h3> <p>The development and application of practical Arctic green energy solutions enables communities to reduce emissions and improve air quality. The Arctic Council promotes knowledge exchange and supports small and remote Arctic communities in transitioning to sustainable energy.</p></div> </div></div></section><section class='block block_featured bg-transparent'> <div class='container'> <div class='row justify-content-center'><div class='col-md'><a href='/projects/arctic-remote-energy-networks-academy-arena/' class='block-feature-partial bg-gradient'> <div class='featured bg-dark bg-image bg-zoom' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,48,50,.9) 0%, rgba(51,48,50,.8) 30%, rgba(51,48,50,.1) 60%), url(/site/assets/files/4442/arena-logo.480x480.png)'><div class='p-4'><h5>Arctic Remote Energy Networks Academy (ARENA)</h5> </div> </div></a></div><div class='col-md'><a href='/projects/arctic-renewable-energy-atlas-area/' class='block-feature-partial bg-gradient'> <div class='featured bg-dark bg-image bg-zoom' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,48,50,.9) 0%, rgba(51,48,50,.8) 30%, rgba(51,48,50,.1) 60%), url(/site/assets/files/7540/map_1300x480.480x480.png)'><div class='p-4'><h5>Arctic Renewable Energy Atlas (AREA)</h5> </div> </div></a></div></div></div></section><section class='block block_text bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><div class='bg-transparent depth-0'> <div class='textblock'><h3>Resilience</h3> <p>Resilience is the capacity of communities and systems to recover and restore themselves from crises and disturbances. The Arctic region is changing rapidly, and the speed of ongoing change makes adaptation extremely challenging. Governments, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, researchers, and businesses are therefore working together to build resilience to the social-ecological changes that are underway in the Arctic – and it is a cross-cutting theme across the Arctic Council’s Working Groups.</p></div> </div></div></section><section class='block block_featured bg-dark'> <div class='container'><div class='p-0 breakout'> <div class='row align-items-end'> <div class='col-xl-4 offset-xl-2 p-5 text-xl-right'><h5>Featured</h5><a href='/explore/topics/arctic-peoples/our-changing-home/' class='h3 accent'>Our changing home</a> <p>Perspectives on Arctic climate change from the people who live there.</p> </div> <div class='col-xl-6 bg-image featured' style='background-image:url(/site/assets/files/8556/andy_baltensperger_-_arctic_council.600x300.jpg)' title=''> <a href='/explore/topics/arctic-peoples/our-changing-home/' class='w-100 h-100 d-block'></a> </div> </div> </div></div></section><section class='block block_featured bg-transparent'> <div class='container'> <div class='row justify-content-center'><div class='col-md'><a href='/projects/arctic-resilience-action-framework-araf/' class='block-feature-partial bg-gradient'> <div class='featured bg-dark bg-image bg-zoom' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,48,50,.9) 0%, rgba(51,48,50,.8) 30%, rgba(51,48,50,.1) 60%), url(/site/assets/files/4280/istock-154966533.480x480.jpg)'><div class='p-4'><h5>Arctic Resilience Action Framework (ARAF)</h5> </div> </div></a></div><div class='col-md'><a href='/projects/resilience-and-management-of-arctic-wetlands/' class='block-feature-partial bg-gradient'> <div class='featured bg-dark bg-image bg-zoom' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,48,50,.9) 0%, rgba(51,48,50,.8) 30%, rgba(51,48,50,.1) 60%), url(/site/assets/files/4497/caff-wetland.480x480.jpg)'><div class='p-4'><h5>Resilience and management of Arctic wetlands</h5> </div> </div></a></div></div></div></section><section class='block block_text bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><div class='bg-transparent depth-0'> <div class='textblock'><h3>Black carbon</h3> <p>Black carbon, or soot, both damages human health and contributes to climate change. Arctic Council projects seek to reduce black carbon at its source and improve understanding its impacts on Arctic inhabitants.</p></div> </div></div></section><section class='block block_featured bg-transparent'> <div class='container'> <div class='row justify-content-center'><div class='col-md'><a href='/projects/community-based-black-carbon-and-public-health-assessment-ipcap/' class='block-feature-partial bg-gradient'> <div class='featured bg-dark bg-image bg-zoom' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,48,50,.9) 0%, rgba(51,48,50,.8) 30%, rgba(51,48,50,.1) 60%), url(/site/assets/files/5776/black_carbon_olli0815-istock-1126074101.480x480.jpg)'><div class='p-4'><h5>Community-based black carbon and public health assessment</h5> </div> </div></a></div><div class='col-md'><a href='/projects/mitigation-of-black-carbon-and-methane-emissions-from-apg-flaring-in-the-arctic-zone-of-the-russian-federation/' class='block-feature-partial bg-gradient'> <div class='featured bg-dark bg-image bg-zoom' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,48,50,.9) 0%, rgba(51,48,50,.8) 30%, rgba(51,48,50,.1) 60%), url(/site/assets/files/5786/ik5ditfg_1110x410.480x480.jpeg)'><div class='p-4'><h5>Mitigation of black carbon and methane emissions from APG flaring in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation</h5> </div> </div></a></div><div class='col-md'><a href='/about/working-groups/acap/home/projects/arctic-black-carbon-case-studies-platform/' class='block-feature-partial bg-gradient'> <div class='featured bg-dark bg-image bg-zoom' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,48,50,.9) 0%, rgba(51,48,50,.8) 30%, rgba(51,48,50,.1) 60%), url(/site/assets/files/3795/istock-1147760679.480x480.jpg)'><div class='p-4'><h5>Arctic Black Carbon Case Studies Platform</h5> </div> </div></a></div><div class='col-md'><a href='/projects/expert-group-in-support-of-implementation-of-the-framework-for-action-on-black-carbon-and-methane-egbcm/' class='block-feature-partial bg-gradient'> <div class='featured bg-dark bg-image bg-zoom' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,48,50,.9) 0%, rgba(51,48,50,.8) 30%, rgba(51,48,50,.1) 60%), url(/site/assets/files/8550/black_carbon_olli0815-istock-1126074101.480x480.jpg)'><div class='p-4'><h5>Expert Group in support of implementation of the Framework for Action on Black Carbon and Methane (EGBCM)</h5> </div> </div></a></div></div></div></section><section class='block block_text bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><div class='bg-transparent depth-0'> <div class='textblock'><h3>Wildfires</h3> <p>Wildfires and wildland fires are an emerging topic across Arctic Council Working Groups. As the Arctic environment and communities in the circumpolar North have been affected by unprecedented wildfires over the past few years, <a href="/about/states/">Arctic States</a> and <a href="/about/permanent-participants/">Permanent Participants</a> provide specific expertise for a holistic approach on how to tackle future wildfire seasons.</p></div> </div></div></section><section class='block block_featured bg-transparent'> <div class='container'> <div class='row justify-content-center'><div class='col-md'><a href='/projects/circumpolar-wildland-fire/' class='block-feature-partial bg-gradient'> <div class='featured bg-dark bg-image bg-zoom' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,48,50,.9) 0%, rgba(51,48,50,.8) 30%, rgba(51,48,50,.1) 60%), url(/site/assets/files/5766/istock-1165853494.480x480.jpg)'><div class='p-4'><h5>Circumpolar Wildland Fire</h5> </div> </div></a></div><div class='col-md'><a href='/explore/topics/climate/wildland-fire/' class='block-feature-partial bg-gradient'> <div class='featured bg-dark bg-image bg-zoom' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,48,50,.9) 0%, rgba(51,48,50,.8) 30%, rgba(51,48,50,.1) 60%), url(/site/assets/files/8347/istock-1165853494.480x480.jpg)'><div class='p-4'><h5>The changing nature of Arctic fires</h5> </div> </div></a></div><div class='col-md'><a href='/projects/the-arctic-wildland-fire-ecology-mapping-and-monitoring-project-arcticfire/' class='block-feature-partial bg-gradient'> <div class='featured bg-dark bg-image bg-zoom' style='background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(51,48,50,.9) 0%, rgba(51,48,50,.8) 30%, rgba(51,48,50,.1) 60%), url(/site/assets/files/7111/istock-alaska_fire_a_and_j_photos_968815298.480x480.jpg)'><div class='p-4'><h5>The Arctic Wildland Fire Ecology Mapping and Monitoring Project (ArcticFIRE)</h5> </div> </div></a></div></div></div></section><section class='block block_projects bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><section><h3 class='text-center'>All Arctic climate 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/3625/image_-_observations_in_the_north_2019-2021.480x480.png)'><a href='/projects/circumpolar-local-environmental-observer-network-cleo/'><div class='p-4'> <h5>Circumpolar Local Environmental Observer Network (CLEO)</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%), url(/site/assets/files/3690/istock-473633322.480x480.jpg)'><a href='/projects/arctic-black-carbon-case-studies-platform/'><div class='p-4'> <h5>Arctic Black Carbon Case Studies Platform</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%), url(/site/assets/files/4280/istock-154966533.480x480.jpg)'><a href='/projects/arctic-resilience-action-framework-araf/'><div class='p-4'> <h5>Arctic Resilience Action Framework (ARAF)</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%), url(/site/assets/files/4442/arena-logo.480x480.png)'><a href='/projects/arctic-remote-energy-networks-academy-arena/'><div class='p-4'> <h5>Arctic Remote Energy Networks Academy (ARENA)</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%), url(/site/assets/files/7918/smoking-chimneys--yellowknife_-182409526_4256x2832.480x480.jpeg)'><a href='/projects/air-pollution-with-a-focus-on-short-lived-climate-forcers-slcfs/'><div class='p-4'> <h5>Air pollution, with a focus on short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs)</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%), url(/site/assets/files/7540/map_1300x480.480x480.png)'><a href='/projects/arctic-renewable-energy-atlas-area/'><div class='p-4'> <h5>Arctic Renewable Energy Atlas (AREA)</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%), url(/site/assets/files/5726/photo_of_neal.480x480.jpg)'><a href='/projects/climate-cryosphere-meteorology-ecosystem/'><div class='p-4'> <h5>Climate Issues: Cryosphere, meteorology, ecosystem impacts</h5> </div></a> </div><div class='col-md-3 bg-dark bg-image border' 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url(/site/assets/files/8550/black_carbon_olli0815-istock-1126074101.480x480.jpg)'><a href='/projects/expert-group-in-support-of-implementation-of-the-framework-for-action-on-black-carbon-and-methane-egbcm/'><div class='p-4'> <h5>Expert Group in support of implementation of the Framework for Action on Black Carbon and Methane (EGBCM)</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%), url(/site/assets/files/9343/permafrost_erosion_usgs_-_m__torre_jorgenson.480x480.jpg)'><a href='/projects/advancing-arctic-resilience/'><div class='p-4'> <h5>Advancing Arctic Resilience</h5> </div></a> </div></div> </div> </section></section></div></section><section class='block block_pubthumbs bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><h3><a href='https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org/collections/011c910d-3361-41d7-a631-331a8ecbd9d3'>Arctic Council Climate 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Network: Full report and Summary for Policymakers</small> </div><div class='col-6 col-md-2'> <a href='https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org/items/093e649d-ba18-4703-9397-eaec8f4de428' class='d-block'> <img src = 'https://oaarchive.arctic-council.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/2fc85b7a-b631-445d-83f0-a3b30634eaf9/content' class='border w-100' alt='thumb'> </a> <small>Impacts of Short-lived Climate Forcers on Arctic Climate, Air Quality and Human Health. 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Learn more with this timeline of our history.</p> </div> </div><div class='listItem'><div class='list-text'> <a href='/about/jobs/'>Jobs</a> </div> </div></div> </div></div><div class='col-md'><div class='bg-transparent p-4 depth1'> <div class=''></div> <div class='listContainer list-work plain'><div class='listItem'><div class='list-text'> <a href='/explore/work/cooperation/'>Agreements and cooperation</a> <p class='list-summary'>The establishment of the Arctic Council was considered an important milestone enhancing cooperation in the circumpolar North. In the Ottawa Declaration, the eight Arctic States established the Council as a high-level forum to provide means for promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States – including the full consultation and full involvement of Arctic Indigenous communities and other Arctic inhabitants.</p> </div> </div><div class='listItem'><div class='list-text'> <a href='/explore/work/arctic-knowledge/'>Data and knowledge</a> <p class='list-summary'>At any given time the Council’s subsidiary bodies – the Working and Expert Groups – are engaged in close to 100 projects and initiatives.</p> </div> </div><div class='listItem'><div class='list-text'> <a href='/explore/work/monitoring/'>Monitoring</a> <p class='list-summary'>As the Arctic continues to experience a period of intense and accelerating change it has become increasingly important to have better information on the status and trends of the Arctic environment.</p> </div> </div><div class='listItem'><div class='list-text'> <a href='/explore/work/assessments/'>Assessments</a> <p class='list-summary'>Through the ever-growing body of assessments produced by its six Working Groups, the Arctic Council serves as knowledge broker and global advocate for Arctic topics. The Working Groups’ assessments have been instrumental in bringing Arctic issues to a global arena through policy recommendations and international cooperation.</p> </div> </div><div class='listItem'><div class='list-text'> <a href='/explore/work/policy-recommendations/'>Recommendations</a> <p class='list-summary'>The strong knowledge base produced by the Arctic Council’s Working Groups and other subsidiary bodies feeds into recommendations for informed decision-making.</p> </div> </div></div> </div></div><div class='col-md'><div class='bg-transparent p-4 depth1'> <div class=''></div> <div class='listContainer list-topics plain'><div class='listItem'><div class='list-text'> <a href='/explore/topics/arctic-peoples/'>Arctic Peoples</a> <p class='list-summary'>The Arctic is home to almost four million people today – Indigenous people, more recent arrivals, hunters and herders living on the land, and city dwellers.</p> </div> </div><div class='listItem'><div class='list-text'> <a href='/explore/topics/biodiversity/'>Biodiversity</a> <p class='list-summary'>The Arctic is home to more than 21,000 known species of highly cold-adapted mammals, birds, fish, invertebrates, plants and fungi and microbes.</p> </div> </div><div class='listItem'><div class='list-text'> <a href='/explore/topics/climate/'>Climate</a> <p class='list-summary'>The temperatures in the Arctic continue to rise at three times the global annual average.</p> </div> </div><div class='listItem'><div class='list-text'> <a href='/explore/topics/ocean/'>Ocean</a> <p class='list-summary'>The Arctic States hold a responsibility to safeguard the future development of the region and to develop models for stewardship of the marine environment.</p> </div> </div><div class='listItem'><div class='list-text'> <a href='/explore/topics/pollutants/'>Pollutants</a> <p class='list-summary'>The Arctic environment carries the traces of human-induced pollution – from soot to plastics, from methane to pesticides.</p> </div> </div><div class='listItem'><div class='list-text'> <a href='/explore/topics/emergency/'>Emergencies</a> <p class='list-summary'>Harsh conditions and limited infrastructure in much of the Arctic increase risks and impacts and hinder response activities.</p> </div> </div></div> </div></div></div></div></section><section class='block block_code bg-transparent'> <div class='container'><div class="text-center"> <small> © <script type="text/javascript">document.write(new Date().getFullYear());</script> Arctic Council Secretariat | <a href="/privacy-policy/">Privacy policy and disclaimers</a> </small> </div></div></section> </footer>  <div class="bg-secondary p-3 cookie-banner" style="display: none"> We use cookies to save your language preference and better understand how visitors use the site. 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