The arctic region and its native peoples will soon be able to count on support from the EU to tackle climate change and focus on sustainable development, said EU Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Commissioner Karmenu Vella in Tromso, Norway, on Monday 23 January, where he was attending the eleventh Arctic Frontiers conference.
He was speaking in a panel session on the blue-green arctic economy, where he unveiled the EU’s April 2016 strategy for an integrated policy covering the...