As global warming and habitat degradation accelerates, people indigenous to the Arctic circle say they have much to teach the world about how to adapt, survive, and thrive

OPINION: Norway’s Foreign Minister will not participate when EU's foreign affairs chief and seven European Foreign Ministers today meet for informal talks about EU's neighbourhood policy at the remote ski-resort Saariselkä in Finnish Lapland, just some few kilometres from the border to Russia in the north.

The Foreign Ministers of the Nordic Countries will meet in Copenhagen on Thursday to discuss joint foreign- and security cooperation.

Russia has too much fossil fuels available at too low prices to make the country big on alternative energy.

A new report by a leading European think-tank says China is “paying increasing attention to the consequences of the melting of the ice in the Arctic” and positioning itself for an influential role in the emerging realm of polar geopolitics, says vancouversun.com The “groundbreaking” study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, partly funded by the Norwegian government, also revealed that Canada has already engaged in bilateral meetings with the Asian superpower to confront potential issues arising from the recent record-setting retreat of Arctic sea ice, which has raised the prospect of increased shipping and oil development in the region.

A number of public hearings on the development of the Shtokman project will start this spring.

As Arctic sea ice melts at unprecedented rates, opening new shipping routes, it is time for Alaskans to demand a seat at the table for planning coastal infrastructure. It is no longer a question of if but when the increasing marine traffic will affect our lives. But policymakers making decisions today about our coastal future are in Washington, D.C., New York, Beijing, and other commercial capitals of the world, not to mention Siberia, where Russia is developing the competitive western shores of the Bering Strait.

The melting Arctic ice-cap changes the geopolitical map in the north. Now, China is preparing for the Arctic being navigable during summer months, according to a report released this week.