The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and the University of Oslo, with the support of the Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS) project, announce "Living with Climate Change: Are There Limits to Adaptation?" an international conference to be held 7-8 February 2008 at the Royal Geographical Society in...




The United Nations (UN) announces a new website, "Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change," which provides access to climate change information from various agencies of the UN.

Going North: a student's story

Mon, Sep 03, 2007
One could think that there’s nothing more different than a bustling Indian metropolis and a Finnish city located only kilometres away from the Arctic Circle. However, India-born Venkata Gandikota has no trouble feeling at home in Rovaniemi.



IASSA Latest Newsletter Online

Fri, Aug 24, 2007
The latest edition of "Northern Notes," the newsletter of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) is now available online.

The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) has published the August 2007 edition of its newsletter, IASC Progress.


The next UArctic Rectors' Forum is planned to take place at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland on February 27-29, 2008. The meeting will be organized in conjunction with the meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR).

The Council of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) has decided to establish three Regional Offices of Undergraduate Studies. The three offices will be responsible for the distance degree completion delivery of UArctic’s Circumpolar Studies Program within their respective regions: North America, Russia, and the Nordic-Baren...