Arctic Accord
U.S. REFUSES TO SIGN ARCTIC ACCORD OVER CLIMATE CHANGE LANGUAGE
05/13/2019
Update Volume
49
Update Issue
13

On May 7, the United States refused to sign an agreement with seven other nations—Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden—addressing challenges in the Arctic due to climate change language. The meeting of the Arctic Council in Finland was supposed to frame a two-year agenda to balance the challenge of climate change in the region with sustainable development of mineral wealth.

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