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Co-sponsored by the Canadian Consulate General and the Québec Government Office in New York.

The Arctic has grown in importance as a focal point on international security, environmental protection, and climate change, as well as a new frontier for trade, shipping, and resource exploration. Since the early ’90s, the Arctic Council has served as a major intergovernmental cooperative and has expanded to include indigenous group representatives, government observers from non-Arctic countries, and NGOs. In May 2015, Canada will pass Chairmanship of this diverse group to the United States.

Join CGA Clinical Associate Professor and Academic Director Carolyn Kissane for a conversation on Canadian and U.S. leadership in the Arctic, emerging priorities in the region, and how these developments might affect international energy and environmental policy.

Panelists:

Betsy Baker, Senior Fellow for Oceans and Energy at Institute for Energy and the Environment and Associate Professor of Law, Vermont Law School

Malte Humpert, Executive Director, Center for Circumpolar Security Studies, The Arctic Institute

Joël Plouffe, Fellow, Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute

David Scott, Executive Director, Canadian Polar Commission

Seating is available on a first come first serve basis until we reach capacity. Preregistration does not guarantee entry.

Please register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/fueling-our-future-going-north-leadership-in-the-arctic-tickets-15477471534