Arctic Council’s mitigation, adaptation projects continue as U.S. hands over chairmanship

Ministers of the eight Arctic Council member states as well as the Permanent Participant heads of delegation pose for a photo at the 10th Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in Fairbanks, May 11, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Linnea Nordström/Arctic Council Secretariat)
What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic, and vice versa.
That’s the frequent mantra of members of the Arctic Council as they work to document, and come up with ways to mitigate or adapt to the effe