Arctic Council

@ArcticCouncil

The official account of the Arctic Council, promoting cooperation & interaction among Arctic States with the involvement of Arctic Indigenous Peoples since 1996

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Joined May 2012

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jun 30

🚨 Early release🎧 Arctic wildfires are reshaping landscapes, threatening communities & impacting the🌍climate 🔥What makes them so devestating 🔥Who's affected 🔥How Indigenous fire practices can be part of a solution Tune into our new podcast This Way Up arctic-council.org/podcast/arctic…

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jun 29

Something's been smouldering...🔥 Announcing:🎧This Way Up, the Arctic Council podcast introducing you to the people & stories shaping a changing Arctic. Tomorrow, a special early-release episode will drop. Learn more & subscribe on your podcast platform: pod.link/1822773340

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jun 27

Benjamin Strong is the new Chair of @EPPR_Arctic! With a paramedic & Coast Guard background, Ben brings with him an expertise in Arctic #SAR & a passion for helping people. Learn about Ben, his ambitions for EPPR & key focus areas for the years ahead: arctic-council.org/news/all-hazar…

ArcticCouncil's tweet image. Benjamin Strong is the new Chair of @EPPR_Arctic! With a paramedic &amp; Coast Guard background, Ben brings with him an expertise in Arctic #SAR &amp; a passion for helping people. Learn about Ben, his ambitions for EPPR &amp; key focus areas for the years ahead: arctic-council.org/news/all-hazar…

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jun 26

Have you seen Pathways - the 2nd edition of the Arctic Council magazine? You'll find stories on: ➡️ The role of Indigenous Knowledge in climate governance ➡️ Preparing for emergencies ➡️ Arctic shipping trends ➡️ & more! Browse the online edition here 👉 arctic-council.org/resources/path…

ArcticCouncil's tweet image. Have you seen Pathways - the 2nd edition of the Arctic Council magazine? You'll find stories on:
➡️ The role of Indigenous Knowledge in climate governance
➡️ Preparing for emergencies
➡️ Arctic shipping trends
➡️ &amp; more!
Browse the online edition here 👉 arctic-council.org/resources/path…

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jul 25

Arctic wildfires aren’t like others. They also burn underground, thaw permafrost, and release ancient greenhouse gases. Edward Alexander warns: if the yedoma thaws, the impacts will be global and irreversible. 📖 Full article in the Pathways magazine 👇 arctic-council.org/news/arctic-in…

ArcticCouncil's tweet image. Arctic wildfires aren’t like others. They also burn underground, thaw permafrost, and release ancient greenhouse gases.

Edward Alexander warns: if the yedoma thaws, the impacts will be global and irreversible.

📖 Full article in the Pathways magazine 👇
arctic-council.org/news/arctic-in…

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jul 24

Zombie fires are just as eerie as they sound, and they're one reason why wildfires in the Arctic are so different than elsewhere 🔥🧟 🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episode “The Arctic on Fire” to learn more about the topic 👇 pod.link/1822773340

ArcticCouncil's tweet image. Zombie fires are just as eerie as they sound, and they're one reason why wildfires in the Arctic are so different than elsewhere 🔥🧟

🎧 Listen to our latest podcast episode “The Arctic on Fire” to learn more about the topic 👇
pod.link/1822773340

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jul 23

🔥 Cultural burning – and the cascading impacts of banning the practice ❌ 🎙️ In our new episode The Arctic on Fire, we look at how banning Indigenous fire practices worsened wildfires, and how they could be part of the solution. 🎧Listen: pod.link/1822773340

ArcticCouncil's tweet image. 🔥 Cultural burning – and the cascading impacts of banning the practice ❌

🎙️ In our new episode The Arctic on Fire, we look at how banning Indigenous fire practices worsened wildfires, and how they could be part of the solution.

🎧Listen: pod.link/1822773340

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jul 22

Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic have long used cultural burning to care for the land—boosting biodiversity & reducing wildfire risk. Suppressing these practices has made the Arctic more vulnerable for wildfires 🔥 ➡️ Learn more in the StoryMap: arcg.is/145X0b0

ArcticCouncil's tweet image. Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic have long used cultural burning to care for the land—boosting biodiversity &amp; reducing wildfire risk. Suppressing these practices has made the Arctic more vulnerable for wildfires 🔥

➡️ Learn more in the StoryMap: arcg.is/145X0b0

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jul 18

Wildfire smoke doesn’t stop at borders. It can travel across continents, harm health, and make evacuation harder by reducing visibility. And smoke is just one way wildfires affect communities. 👉 Explore more in the StoryMap: The Arctic is on Fire 🔥 🔗arcg.is/145X0b0

ArcticCouncil's tweet image. Wildfire smoke doesn’t stop at borders. It can travel across continents, harm health, and make evacuation harder by reducing visibility.
And smoke is just one way wildfires affect communities.

👉 Explore more in the StoryMap: The Arctic is on Fire 🔥
🔗arcg.is/145X0b0

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jul 17

Many people don’t picture the Arctic when they think of wildfires 🔥 But the Arctic is burning and the consequences reach far beyond the North. 🎙️ In The Arctic on Fire podcast episode, we explore why Arctic wildfires matter to all of us. 🎧 Listen now: pod.link/1822773340

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jul 16

🔥 Arctic wildfires are getting more intense —threatening lives & the homelands of Indigenous Peoples. Arctic communities must be empowered to lead and contribute in fire management, as they experience fires firsthand. 🎧 Listen to The Arctic on Fire 🔗 pod.link/1822773340

ArcticCouncil's tweet image. 🔥 Arctic wildfires are getting more intense —threatening lives &amp; the homelands of Indigenous Peoples.
Arctic communities must be empowered to lead and contribute in fire management, as they experience fires firsthand.
🎧 Listen to The Arctic on Fire
🔗 pod.link/1822773340

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jul 15

For millennia, Arctic Indigenous Peoples used cultural burning to care for land & prevent wildfires. 🎧 Listen and learn how cultural burning could be a key solution in wildfire management today in the new podcast episode: The Arctic on Fire 🔥 🎙️ pod.link/1822773340

ArcticCouncil's tweet image. For millennia, Arctic Indigenous Peoples used cultural burning to care for land &amp; prevent wildfires.
🎧 Listen and learn how cultural burning could be a key solution in wildfire management today in the new podcast episode: The Arctic on Fire 🔥

🎙️ pod.link/1822773340

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jul 11

🎙️The new Arctic on Fire podcast episode is out! It explores: 🔥 What's fueling Arctic wildfires 🔥 Global ripple effects 🔥 How Indigenous fire practices could be key to solutions 2025 is already a brutal fire year. Hear why this matters now: 🎧 pod.link/1822773340

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jul 10

The Wildland Fires Initiative, led by Edward Alexander & Morten Høglund, brought together Indigenous Knowledge holders, scientists & policymakers to address the urgent issue of Arctic wildfires, as they've become a global threat. 📑 Read the new report: hdl.handle.net/11374/3374

ArcticCouncil's tweet image. The Wildland Fires Initiative, led by Edward Alexander &amp; Morten Høglund, brought together Indigenous Knowledge holders, scientists &amp; policymakers to address the urgent issue of Arctic wildfires, as they've become a global threat.

📑 Read the new report: hdl.handle.net/11374/3374

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jul 9

🔥 Arctic wildfires are different — in scale, behavior, and environmental impact. But why does it matter? Discover their full impact, from the environment to people and communities, in the Arctic is on Fire StoryMap👇 🔗 arcg.is/145X0b0

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jul 8

🌡️ The Arctic isn’t just warming — it’s on fire. And those wildfires affect the whole planet. 🌍 From record-breaking fires to underground "zombie fires," the Arctic is changing fast. 🎙️Listen to “The Arctic on Fire” to learn why it matters to us all. 🔗 pod.link/1822773340

ArcticCouncil's tweet image. 🌡️ The Arctic isn’t just warming — it’s on fire. And those wildfires affect the whole planet. 🌍
From record-breaking fires to underground "zombie fires," the Arctic is changing fast.

🎙️Listen to “The Arctic on Fire” to learn why it matters to us all.
🔗 pod.link/1822773340

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jul 7

⏰ It's time to rethink fire management. Indigenous leaders & climate scientists reflect on Arctic wildfires and why they're so devastating, not only in the Arctic - but the whole world 🔥 🎧 Listen to the new podcast episode "The Arctic on Fire" 👉 pod.link/1822773340

ArcticCouncil's tweet image. ⏰ It's time to rethink fire management.
Indigenous leaders &amp; climate scientists reflect on Arctic wildfires and why they're so devastating, not only in the Arctic - but the whole world 🔥

🎧 Listen to the new podcast episode "The Arctic on Fire" 👉 pod.link/1822773340

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jul 3

Want to keep up with the Kingdom of Denmark's Chairship of the Arctic Council? Be sure to follow @KoDArctic for the latest on events, initiatives and more!

ArcticCouncil's tweet image. Want to keep up with the Kingdom of Denmark's Chairship of the Arctic Council? Be sure to follow @KoDArctic for the latest on events, initiatives and more!

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Arctic Council@ArcticCouncil · Jul 2

🎙️New podcast episode: The Arctic on Fire🔥 Tune in to learn: 🔥What makes Arctic fires so devestating 🔥Cultural burning practices in the Arctic 🔥How restoring Indigenous fire practices can be a solution Tune into early-release episode 1 of This Way Up: pod.link/1822773340

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Kingdom of Denmark in Arctic Council@KoDArctic · Jun 26

“The inclusion of indigenous knowledge is at the heart of work of the @KoDArctic Chairship”. Kenneth Høegh, SAO Chair. At the 🇪🇺Arctic Forum, Kittilä, Finland.

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