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Dartmouth Leads at the 2025 Climate Week NYC

Sep 22, 2025

Dartmouth students on an Arctic immersion program last year organized by the Institute of Arctic Studies and the Sustainability Office go whale-watching near Húsavík, Iceland. (Photo by Chris Johnson)

 The Institute of Arctic Studies is partnering with the University of the Arctic and the Consulate General of Finland to host The Arctic Awakens: Driving Climate Justice, Circular Innovation, and Green Finance in connection with Climate Week in New York.

The three-hour invitation-only event at the Cornell Club is convening Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders, scholars, and innovators to show how communities in the Arctic are driving solutions in a region experiencing dire effects from a warming climate.

One of the things I believe the Institute of Arctic Studies has the power to do is really to amplify some of the conversations happening in the Arctic, especially among Indigenous people who are pioneering sustainable responses.

Melody Brown Burkins, Director of the Institute of Arctic Studies. 

Read more about Dartmouth’s presence at Climate Week here.