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CLIMATE CHANGE GENERAL

Explainer: Nine ‘tipping points’ that could be triggered by climate change, Carbon Brief (Accessed: 06.2020)
Arctic warming three times faster than the planet, report warns, Phys.org (Accessed: 06.2021)
The Razor’s Edge of a Warming World – 8 Places to Save Climate Change, GQ (Accessed: 04.2022)
The State of the Global Climate 2021, WMO (Accessed: 05.2022)

STATE OF THE SEA ICE

NSIDC: Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis, (Updated Daily)
What are the impacts of Arctic sea ice loss?, NSIDC (Accessed: 12.2020)
Both of the planet’s poles experience extreme heat, and Antarctica breaks records. NPR (Accessed: 04.2022)

IMPACTS OF ICE LOSS

OIL AND GAS

Factbox: What happens when there is an oil spill at sea? Reuters (Accessed: 05.2021)
Why Drilling the Arctic Refuge Will Release a Double Dose of Carbon. e360 Yale (Accessed: 06.2021)
Arctic oil and gas: the wrong solution to the world’s energy crisis. The Barents Observer (Accessed: 04.2022)

DEEP SEABED MINING

Out of our depth: Deep seabed mining is not the answer to the climate crisis. Phy.org (Accessed: 01.2021)
Major Companies Join Call For Deep- Sea Mining Moratorium. EcoWatch (Accessed 05.2021)
One Ocean Summit: UNESCO pledges to have at least 80% of the seabed mapped by 2030. UNESCO (Accessed: 04.2022)

SHIPPING

Why Arctic Countries Must Go Further Than the IMO’s Weak Arctic Heavy Fuel Oil Ban. HFO-Free Arctic (Accessed: 06.2021
Unsustainable Arctic shipping risks accelerating damage to the Arctic environment. Science Daily (Accessed: 09. 2021)
‘Black carbon’ threat to Arctic as sea routes open up with global heating. The Guardian (Accessed: 04.2022)

NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING & WASTE DUMPING

Radioactive pollution in water: A global concern for human health. DownToEarth (Accessed: 02.2022)
Russia Tests Nuclear ‘Doomsday’ Torpedo in Arctic, Expands Military. Business Insider (Accessed: 05.2021)
Tackling dumped nuclear waste gets priority in Russia’s Arctic Council leadership. The Barents Observer (Accessed: 06.2021)

30×30: A Blueprint for Ocean Protection, Greenpeace. (Accessed: 05.2020)
The Arctic Fisheries Agreement Enters into Force, The Wilson Center. (Accessed: 06.2021)
Improving the Polar Code to Better Protect Arctic Waters , WWF. (Accessed: 04.2022)
Global Biodiversity Framework. Convention on Biological Diversity (Accessed: 05.2023)
BBNJ Treaty Factsheet. High Seas Alliance (Accessed: 07.2023)

POLICY & GOVERNANCE

GLOBAL COMMONS

Elinor Ostrom’s 8 Principles for Managing A Commons. On the Commons (Accessed: 05.2020)
The Tragedy of the Commons: How Elinor Ostrom Solved One of Life’s Greatest Dilemmas. Evonomics (Accessed: 05.2020)
The Opportunity of the Commons, Global Environment Facility. (Accessed: 05.2020)
Stockholm+50: Protect the Global Commons for the prosperity of all. Global Commons Alliance (Accessed: 04.2022)

Arctic Indigenous Peoples, Arctic Council. (Accessed: 05.2021)
Food Insecurity: Arctic Heat Is Threatening Indigenous Life. e360 Yale (Accessed: 04.2020)
Saving the Arctic: the wisdom of the Inuit and the future of the North Pole. The Hill (Accessed: 07.2020)
The value of involving Indigenous people in protecting Antarctica. Independent (Accessed: 07.2021)
‘Nature has ceased to trust us’. The Ecologist (Accessed: 09.2021)

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

CLIMATE AND GENDER

5 Reasons Why Climate Action Needs Women. UN Climate Change. UNFCCC (Accessed: 05.2020)
Our Voices, Our Environment: The State of Funding for Women’s Environmental Action. GGF (Accessed: 07.2020)
Scope for improvement: Linking the Women, Peace and Security Agenda to climate change. SIPRI (Accessed: 06.2020)
Once Shunned in Antarctica, Female Scientists Are Now Doing Crucial Polar Research. Scientific American (Accessed: 12.2021)
Earth Day: Women Refugees Lead on Climate Action. USA for UNHCR (Accessed: 04.2022)

UN: #YouthStats: Environment and Climate Change. (Accessed: 05.2020)
We Can Still Save Antarctica, Youth Climate Activists Insist After 10-Day Trek. Global Citizen (Accessed: 04.2022)
A year of resistance: How youth protests shaped the discussion on climate change. The Conversation (Accessed: 05.2020)
The Power of Inclusive, Intergenerational Climate Activism. YES! (Accessed: 06.2021)

YOUTH & INTERGENERATIONAL ACTION

BIODIVERSITY

Climate change could cause sudden biodiversity losses worldwide. Phys.org (Accessed: 04.2020)
Arctic Ocean: climate change is flooding the remote north with light – and new species. The Conversation (Accessed: 03.2021)
Cold fish: the global cooling effect of ocean life. China Dialogue Ocean (Accessed: 07.2021)
Arctic biodiversity at risk as world overshoots climate planetary boundary. Mongabay (Accessed: 09.2021)
COP15: Key outcomes for nature loss and climate change from UN talks in Geneva. Carbon Brief (Accessed: 04.2022)

Arctic ice melt is changing ocean currents. Science Daily (Accessed: 05.2020)
In 5 charts: natural catastrophes in a changing climate. Swiss Re (Accessed: 07.2021)
Climate change: Arctic warming linked to colder winters. BBC (Accessed: 09.2021)
Extreme Weather Events in the Arctic and Beyond – A Global State of Emergency. CCAG (Accessed: 03.2022)

EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS

OCEAN PLASTIC

Microplastics may affect how Arctic sea ice forms and melts. The Conversation (Accessed: 01.2020)
Plastic rafting: the invasive species hitching a ride on ocean litter. The Guardian (Accessed: 07.2021)
The Global “Plastic Flood” – Even the High North Arctic Ocean Can’t Escape Microplastic Pollution. SciTechDaily (Accessed: 04.2022)
Arctic sea ice algae heavily contaminated with microplastics. earth.com (Accessed: 04.2023)

CLIMATE LITERACY

SECURITY

Could Geoengineering Help Save the World’s Ice? Sierra Club (Accessed: 11. 2020)
Sámi join call to cancel a geoengineering technology test in Northern Sweden. Arctic Today (Accessed: 04.2021)
Geoengineering: A worst-case Plan B? Or a fuse not to be lit? Yale Climate Connections (Accessed: 09.2021)
The Paris Agreement and Climate Geoengineering Governance: The Need for a Human Rights-based Component. CIGI (Accessed 04.2022)

CLIMATE ETHICS: GEOENGINEERING

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Technology To Transform Food Production. BioTechniques (Accessed: 05.2020)
Regenerative Agriculture Can Change the Fashion Industry—And the World. But What Is It? Vouge (Accessed: 05.2020)
The Next Generation of Climate Innovation. BCG (Accessed: 04.2022)

7 Ways Countries Can Restart Their Economies to Fight Climate Change. The Conversation (Accessed: 05.2020)
Why we must pull financial levers to build for a changing climate. The Fifth Estate (Accessed: 08.2020)
The grand unifying theory (and practice) of macroprudential policy – speech by Mark Carney. Bank of England (Accessed: 05.2020)
$100bn in climate finance is coming. How and where will it be used? euronews.green (Accessed: 01.2022)
The broken $100-billion promise of climate finance — and how to fix it. Nature (Accessed: 03.2022)

CLIMATE FINANCE

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