National & Supranational Policies and Strategies

This is a comprehensive inventory of documents of existing national- and supranational-level Arctic policies, programs, and strategies, organized by Arctic Council participation in the top section, and alphabetically below. The Center for Arctic Policy Studies tries to update this list as new policies and programs are released. Most recent update: 4 December 2020.

 

Arctic Council Member States

Non-Arctic Observers to the Arctic Council

Non-Arctic, Non-Observer

National and Supranational Organization Policies

map of arctic council member states
Sources: Map from "The Arctic: Organizations Involved in Circumpolar Cooperation" (2016) by Thai Nguyen & Tim Williams (https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/200815E). Map prepared by the Library of Parliament, Ottawa, 2016, using data from Timothy Heleniak, 鈥淎rctic Populations and Migration,鈥 Chapter 2 in Arctic Human Development Report: Regional Processes and Global Linkages [AHDR], Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2014; Winfried K. Dallmann, Arctic Boundaries Map (Arctic boundary according to AHDR), Norwegian Polar Institute; and Natural Earth, 1:50m Cultural Vectors and 1:50m Physical Vectors. The following software was used: Esri, ArcGIS, version 10.3.1. Contains information licensed under Open Government License 鈥 Canada (https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-license-canada)

Alphabetical List of National/Supranational

Strategies and Policies

Canada

European Union

Finland

France

Germany

Iceland

Italian Republic

Japan

Kingdom of Denmark (Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands)

The Netherlands

Norway

People's Republic of China

Poland

Republic of India

Republic of Korea

Republic of Singapore

  •  No formal Arctic strategy as of October 2020

The Russian Federation

Scotland

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

United States of America