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SDWG Unveils New Arctic Projects

As the Arctic Council’s dedicated working group on the human dimension, the SDWG focuses on how environmental, economic, and cultural systems shape—and are shaped by—huma...

Prioritizing What Matters!

Prioritizing what matters with the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group

The SDWG Welcomes The Kingdom of Denmark's Arctic Council Chairship

As the Arctic Council prepares for the upcoming Chairship transition in May 2025, the Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) extends its warm welcome to the Kingdom...

JOB POSTING: COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP

The Sustainable Development Working Group of the Arctic Council (SDWG) is seeking a Communications Officer to manage website content, social networks, developing effectiv...

JOB POSTING: PROJECT COORDINATOR, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP

The Sustainable Development Working Group of the Arctic Council (SDWG) is seeking a Project Coordinator to assist the Working Group's Secretariat and support the Exe...

SDWG's Social, Economic and Cultural Expert Group Releases First State of Knowledge Report

SDWG's Social, Economic and Cultural Expert Group releases a new State of Knowledge Report focused on Renewable Economies in the Arctic.

SDWG Welcomes new SDWG-IASSA-IASC Fellow, Silja Zimmerman

Silja Zimmerman, PhD Candidate at Utrecht University, is the inaugural SDWG-IASSA-IASC Fellow. This fellowship, offered for the first time for 2022, encourages an early...

Introducing the new SDWG Chair: “It’s necessary to protect Arctic cultures, languages and traditions.”

Abidat Magomedova is the new Chair of the Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG). She serves as Deputy Director of the Department of International Cooperation and T...

Award-winning Arctic Council project brings Indigenous food culture to Arctic Food Festival in Moscow

The EALLU Indigenous Youth, Food Knowledge and Arctic Change project recently won the Gourmand Best of the Best Award and will present the traditional food culture of Ind...

Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group Met in Moscow

The Arctic Council's Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) met in Moscow in a hybrid format.

Time-witness reports: I was dealing with the nuts and bolts

Bernard Funston is one of the architects of key documents that still guide the Arctic Council’s work today. A lawyer by training monitoring the Arctic Environmental Prote...

Quiz: Which 2021 Arctic Council report should you read based on your interests?

In 2021, the Arctic Council's Working and Expert Groups released over 50 new reports on topics including climate change, emergency response, biodiversity, Arctic shi...

Time witness reports: The Council’s informal structure has been important to its longevity and success

Harald Finkler has experienced and captured the evolution of the Arctic Council firsthand – both with his camera and in his interview for this time witness report. For al...

Arctic Council Active launches ‘Anniversary Relay Race’

Learn more about the Arctic Council while logging kilometers in a joint effort to move with our Arctic fox through the Council’s history

Roundtable on Resilience of Indigenous Peoples, Cities and Businesses in the Arctic

The Russian Federation's new Chair of the Social, Economic and Cultural Expert Group (SECEG) hosts a Roundtable on Resilience of Indigenous Peoples, Cities and Busin...