United States Resists Efforts to Have the Arctic Council Make Climate-Related Statement

• Published in: American Journal of International Law
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Rovaniemi; Arctic Council; Climate change
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ajil.2019.60; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0002930019000605

The Arctic Council convened for the eleventh time in early May 2019 in Rovaniemi, Finland, for a two-day conference. On May 7, the Arctic Council released a Joint Ministerial Statement that affirmed the desire of the eight member states to work together to face upcoming challenges but made no substa...