Pollution (trace metals and POPs)

Release of New AMAP Assessment Policy-makers Summaries (+ press materials)

April 25, 2015

Findings of new AMAP assessment were delivered to the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Iqaluit in the form of Summaries for Policy-makers on Arctic Climate Issues 2015 (presenting results of AMAP assessments of short-lived climate pollutants, including black carbon and methane) and Arctic Pollution Issues 2015 (updating information on persistent organic pollutants, human health, and radioactivity in the Arctic). The policy-makers summary documents are available via the embedded links above. Two acompanying press releases have been prepared: Arctic Climate Issues press release and Arctic Pollution Issues press release