The Arctic Conversation Podcast

For three seasons The Arctic Conversation has conversed about topics such as Climate change in the Arctic, Green economy, the situation for indigenous people, rearmament and many other Arctic topics. This episode looks back with guest Tim Andersson Rask, Barents Press Sweden on past themes and the organisation behind the podcast, Barents Press. This episode is the last, at least for a while of the Arctic Conversation. Thank you for listening during these three season, From all of us at The Arctic Conversation. Hosts: Anna Kireeva, Thomas Nielsen Producer: Malin Winberg

COP-26 is taking place in Glascow, and the world is directed to the Carbon Neutral Economy. Even Russian Economy will be carbon neutral by 2060. Huge investments is at the same time being invested in the production of the worlds first green steel, made without coal. Hosts Thomas Nielsen, Kirkenes and Anna Kireeva, Murmansk discuss the huge investments in the Green economy taking place in Norrbotten and Västerbotten with journalist and author Arne Müller. What is happening in Northern Sweden, will the electricity production be enough and how will this affect the world?

The elections to the Russian National parliament, the Duma, has been watched closely by many. Everyone observing the election was sure of one thing, President Putins party, United Russia would win the majority. But with how much, and how would the results be distributed in the Russian Arctic Regions? Hosts Anna Kireeva, Russia and Thomas Nielsen, Norway invite Pavel Andreev from the Media organisation 7x7 Horizontal Russia to discuss how the Arctic regions voted, how media covered the election, what happened to Navalnys “smart voting” and how in some regions the election can be marked as fair, such as Pavel Andreevs own Komi region.

Summer is here and Anna and Thomas is planning their vacations, as many. Arctic Tourism is booming with new destinations where tourists can see the Northern Lights, the Polar Nights or enjoy the silence. But is it sustainable? How does the tourism companies in the North manage questions regarding sustainability and the more recent Covid-19 pandemic? Listen to a interesting Arctic Conversation with hosts Anna Kireeva and Thomas Nielsen with guests, Sanna Tarssanen from House of Lapland and Julia Kuzminykh, tourism entreprenour. Listen and join our arctic conversation with #ArcticConversation!

In May Russia is going to take over the chair of the Arctic Council for the coming two-year period, what can we expect in the coming two years? Topics touched upon in this episode: * What will be Russia's main priorities? * How does Russia plan to develop its Arctic territories? * Russia says that they want to increase their production of oil, gas and fossil fuels. How will this affect the global trade? Join hosts Anna Kireeva and Thomas Nielsen for an interesting conversation with Norwegian journalist Atle Staalesen about the upcoming Russian chairmanship of the Arctic Council. Listen and join our arctic conversation with #ArcticConversation!