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Arctic Council Takes First Steps to Reflect Global Interests
2013-05-17 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The Arctic Council added China and five other countries as official observers yesterday, expanding the focus of the organization and underscoring the complicated politics created by newly open waters in the north because of climate change. The council -- which consists of eight Arctic countries -- granted observer status to India, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Singapore in addition to China. The group deferred a final decision about an observer application from the European Union, although...
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