Supporting a green translation, ensuring a competitive Nordic region, and addressing climate challenges in Arctic communities will be among Iceland’s top priorities when the island nation takes over presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers next year. Iceland presented their program, “The Nordic Region—A Force for Peace” in Helsinki at the 74th Ordinary Session of the Nordic Council that wrapped up Nov. 3. “There is widespread support for Nordic cooperation and for generations of people in the Nordic Region, this is how it has always been,” Jakobsdottir and Gudbrandsson said. “Nordic co-operation requires time and effort and should not be taken as a given,” Jakobsdottir and Gudbrandsson said. “The most visible aspect of climate change effects is in the Arctic region and in the Northern Hemisphere, and thus in the Nordic Region,” the program says.

Source: CBC News November 08, 2022 22:35 UTC