International impetus for Swedish Arctic research

Sweden is now well and truly part of the international policy and research arena on the future of the Arctic, as the conference ‘The Arctic – Hot or Cold’, held in Washington DC in May, made clear.

‘Sweden has entered the Arctic arena, and the other stakeholders have expectations of us. We were late in joining, but are now involved in all the international processes and feel that this gives a strong impetus to our work,’ says Peter Sköld, programme director of Mistra Arctic Sustainable Development at Umeå University.

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