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The [[Mission statement|mission]] of PRPI, as stated on its website, is to:

* Raise the profile and understanding of the Polar Regions in the UK and across the Commonwealth;{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

* Support polar researchers and polar research institutions in maximising the visibility, impact, and reach of their research;{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

* Increase and sustain the scholarly, cultural, political, and commercial engagement of the UK and relevant Commonwealth member states with the Polar Regions (especially the Arctic Council member states);{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

* Help address some of the toughest political, social, economic, and environmental challenges facing polar people and places;

* Facilitate greater bilateral trade and investment between Arctic states and Commonwealth member states.<ref name=prpi-mission>{{cite web |url=http://polarconnection.org/about/mission/ |title=Mission |publisher=Polar Research and Policy Initiative |access-date=23 December 2016 |archive-date=24 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224032118/http://polarconnection.org/about/mission/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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* UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, 'Closing the STEM Skills Gap Inquiry';<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/science-and-technology-committee/closing-the-stem-skills-gap/written/44946.html|title=Written evidence - Polar Research and Policy Initiative|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220165512/http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/science-and-technology-committee/closing-the-stem-skills-gap/written/44946.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="parliament.uk">{{Cite web |url=https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/inquiry3/publications/ |title=Closing the STEM skills gap inquiry - publications - UK Parliament |access-date=2018-06-29 |archive-date=2018-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102713/https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/science-and-technology-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/inquiry3/publications/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

* UK House of Commons International Trade Committee, 'UK Trade Options Beyond 2019 Inquiry'.<ref name="parliament.uk"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/international-trade-committee/uk-trade-options-beyond-2019/written/45353.html|title=Written evidence - Polar Research and Policy Initiative|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220165458/http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/international-trade-committee/uk-trade-options-beyond-2019/written/45353.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmintrade/817/817.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-06-29 |archive-date=2018-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102824/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmintrade/817/817.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmintrade/585/58502.htm|title=UK trade options beyond 2019: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2016–17 - International Trade Committee - House of Commons|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102520/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmintrade/585/58502.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/international-trade/correspondence/letter-liam-fox-uk-trade-options-200417.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-06-29 |archive-date=2018-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102657/https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/international-trade/correspondence/letter-liam-fox-uk-trade-options-200417.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/international-trade/correspondence/correspondence-chair-liam-fox-151116.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-06-29 |archive-date=2018-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102718/https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/international-trade/correspondence/correspondence-chair-liam-fox-151116.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

PRPI also provides policy briefs and industry briefs, when requested, to policymakers and industry leaders.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

==== Missions and Delegations ====

PRPI also sends missions or delegations to brief national governments and intergovernmental bodies about various Arctic, Nordic, and Antarctic issues, as well as the ongoing work of PRPI. In September 2016, its founder, Dwayne Menezes, represented PRPI at the [[United Nations General Assembly]] and was invited to attend the UN Paris Climate Change Agreement Ratification Ceremony in [[New York City]] as a Civil Society Observer. In its early years, PRPI delegations were also received by the Executive Secretary of the [[Antarctic Treaty Secretariat]] in [[Buenos Aires]]; the Executive Office of the [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] at the [[Headquarters of the United Nations]] in [[New York City|New York]]; the [[Office of Science and Technology Policy]] at the [[White House]], the [[United States Department of State]], the [[International Monetary Fund]] and the [[National Science Foundation]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]; the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] in [[London]]; the [[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)]] in [[Canberra]]; [[Global Affairs Canada]], [[Senate of Canada]] and [[Government of Newfoundland and Labrador]]; the [[Prime Minister's Office (Finland)]] and [[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland)]] in [[Helsinki]]; the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)]] in [[Copenhagen]]; the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iceland)]] in [[Reykjavik]]; among others.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

==== Conferences ====

With respect to conferences, PRPI has sent delegations to, or convened policy dialogues at, the Arctic Circle Assemblies organized by [[Arctic Circle (organization)]] in [[Reykjavik]] in October 2015, October 2016 and October 2017; the Arctic Circle Forums hosted by the same organization in [[Edinburgh]] in November 2017 and [[Tórshavn]] in May 2018; the Arctic Encounter Symposia held in the margins of the [[2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] in [[Paris]] in December 2015 and in [[Seattle]] in April 2018; the Arctic Spirit Conference hosted in [[Rovaniemi]] in November 2017; the [[Ramboll]] Arctic Roundtable in [[Portland, Maine]] in December 2016; the [[Natural Environment Research Council|NERC]] Arctic Science Conference convened in [[Sheffield]] in September 2015 and Antarctic Science Conference in [[Norfolk]] in July 2016; the Antarctica 100 Annual Meeting at the [[Royal Geographical Society]] in [[London]] in November 2015; the Arctic Future Symposium hosted by the [[International Polar Foundation]] in [[Brussels]] in November 2015; and the Arctic Science Summit Week and Arctic Observing Summit held in [[Fairbanks]] in April 2016 and [[Davos]] in June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.arctic.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/sites/8/2015/01/UK-ARCTIC-SCIENCE-CONFERENCE-2015_Book-of-Abstracts_14.09.15.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-12-23 |archive-date=2016-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224030450/http://www.arctic.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/sites/8/2015/01/UK-ARCTIC-SCIENCE-CONFERENCE-2015_Book-of-Abstracts_14.09.15.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://polarconnection.org/advisory-board/|title=Advisory Board|access-date=2022-02-04|archive-date=2022-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204125828/https://polarconnection.org/advisory-board/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Policy Dialogues ===

Annually, PRPI hosts 50-60 events around the world, ranging from lectures, panel discussions, roundtable discussions, workshops, conferences, policy breakfasts and dinners, and receptions for visiting dignitaries.

==== High-Level Dialogues on SDGs in the Arctic ====

PRPI has been widely credited for ensuring the [[Sustainable Development Goals]] remain high on the policy agenda of [[Arctic Council]] member and observer governments, and for bringing about a re-articulation of the global [[Arctic]] discourse along the lines of the 17 Global Goals. It is particularly known for its high-level, multi-stakeholder dialogues on SDGs in the Arctic, which have been convened thus far at the Arctic Circle Assembly at [[Harpa (concert hall)]] in [[Reykjavik]], [[Iceland]], in October 2017;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arcticcircle.org/assemblies/2015/breakout-sessions/session/sustainable-development-goals-sdgs-and-the-arctic|title=Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) and in the Arctic|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629130731/http://www.arcticcircle.org/assemblies/2015/breakout-sessions/session/sustainable-development-goals-sdgs-and-the-arctic|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://polarconnection.org/session-1-sdgs-arctic/|title = Proceedings of 'SDGS in the Arctic' High-Level Dialogue Series, Session I: Arctic Circle Assembly 2017, Iceland|date = 4 February 2018|access-date = 29 June 2018|archive-date = 29 June 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102636/http://polarconnection.org/session-1-sdgs-arctic/|url-status = live}}</ref> [[Lapland University of Applied Sciences]] in [[Rovaniemi]], [[Finland]], in November 2017;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rovaniemiarcticspirit.fi/EN/Program/Side-Events |title=Side Events &#124; Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit - Rovaniemiprocess |access-date=2018-06-29 |archive-date=2018-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102459/https://www.rovaniemiarcticspirit.fi/EN/Program/Side-Events |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://polarconnection.org/sdgs-arctic-finland/|title = Proceedings of 'SDGS in the Arctic' High-Level Dialogue Series, Session II: Arctic Spirit Conference 2017, Finland|date = 11 February 2018|access-date = 29 June 2018|archive-date = 29 June 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102225/http://polarconnection.org/sdgs-arctic-finland/|url-status = live}}</ref> [[Trent University]] in [[Peterborough, Ontario]], [[Canada]], in December 2017;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://polarconnection.org/event/sdgs-arctic-trent-canada/|title=3rd High-Level Dialogue on SDGS in the Arctic: Canada|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102237/http://polarconnection.org/event/sdgs-arctic-trent-canada/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trentu.ca/bess/news-events/20191|title=Exploring Sustainable Development Goals in the Arctic - Bachelor of Environmental Science / Studies - Trent University|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220165508/https://www.trentu.ca/bess/news-events/20191|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trentu.ca/about/news-events/19949|title=Sustainable Development Goals in the Arctic - About - Trent University|website=www.trentu.ca|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2022-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220165519/https://www.trentu.ca/about/news-events/19949|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Australian Institute of International Affairs]] in [[Canberra]], [[Australia]], in January 2018;<ref>{{cite web | url=http://polarconnection.org/event/sdgs-arctic-australia/ | title=4th High-Level Dialogue on SDGS in the Arctic: Australia | access-date=2018-06-29 | archive-date=2018-06-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102246/http://polarconnection.org/event/sdgs-arctic-australia/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/news-item/sdgs-arctic/ | title=Sustainable Development Goals in the Arctic Roundtable - AIIA | access-date=2018-06-29 | archive-date=2018-06-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629103950/http://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/news-item/sdgs-arctic/ | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Palace of Westminster]] in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]], in February 2018;<ref>{{cite web | url=http://polarconnection.org/event/sdgs-arctic-london-uk/ | title=5th High-Level Dialogue on SDGS in the Arctic: UK | access-date=2018-06-29 | archive-date=2018-06-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102652/http://polarconnection.org/event/sdgs-arctic-london-uk/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ucl.ac.uk/global-governance/ggi-events/sdgs-arctic|title = Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) in the Arctic: 5th High-Level Dialogue and Reception|date = 14 August 2018|access-date = 29 June 2018|archive-date = 20 February 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220220165600/https://www.ucl.ac.uk/global-governance/events/2018/feb/sustainable-development-goals-sdgs-arctic-5th-high-level-dialogue-and-reception|url-status = live}}</ref> [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] at [[Tufts University]] in [[Boston]], [[United States]], in March 2018;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://polarconnection.org/event/sdgs-arctic-us-boston/|title=6th High-Level Dialogue on SDGS in the Arctic: US (Boston)|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102514/http://polarconnection.org/event/sdgs-arctic-us-boston/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>https://sites.tufts.edu/fletcherarctic/2018-conference-agenda/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://tuftsdaily.com/news/2018/03/12/fletcher-arctic-vii-conference-speaks-science-diplomacy-sustainability/|title = Fletcher Arctic VII Conference speaks about science diplomacy, sustainability|date = 12 March 2018|access-date = 29 June 2018|archive-date = 29 June 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102634/https://tuftsdaily.com/news/2018/03/12/fletcher-arctic-vii-conference-speaks-science-diplomacy-sustainability/|url-status = live}}</ref> Arctic Encounter Symposium in [[Seattle]], [[United States]], in April 2018;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://polarconnection.org/event/sdgs-arctic-us-seattle/|title=7th High-Level Dialogue on SDGS in the Arctic: US (Seattle)|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102355/http://polarconnection.org/event/sdgs-arctic-us-seattle/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arcticencounter.com/|title=Arctic Encounter Symposium|website=Arctic Encounter Symposium|access-date=2022-02-04|archive-date=2022-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204125812/https://www.arcticencounter.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="jsis.washington.edu">{{cite web|url=https://jsis.washington.edu/canada/news/canadian-studies-center-polar-research-policy-initiative-host-high-level-dialogue-arctic-transportation/|title=Canadian Studies Center, Polar Research and Policy Initiative host high-level dialogue on Arctic Transportation|date=8 May 2018|access-date=29 June 2018|archive-date=29 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102428/https://jsis.washington.edu/canada/news/canadian-studies-center-polar-research-policy-initiative-host-high-level-dialogue-arctic-transportation/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[University of Tromsø]] in [[Tromsø]], [[Norway]], in April 2018;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://polarconnection.org/event/sdgs-arctic-norway/|title=8th High-Level Dialogue on SDGS in the Arctic: Norway|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102522/http://polarconnection.org/event/sdgs-arctic-norway/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mediasite.uit.no/Mediasite/Catalog/Full/8c538b09e5664529a5eaf614db19756f21|title=8th High-Level Dialogue on 'SDGS in the Arctic': Sustainable Arctic Tourism|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629104305/https://mediasite.uit.no/Mediasite/Catalog/Full/8c538b09e5664529a5eaf614db19756f21|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://mereconomics.com/2018/05/04/sustainable-development-goals-in-the-arctic-sustainable-arctic-tourism/|title = Sustainable Development Goals in the Arctic: Sustainable Arctic Tourism|date = 4 May 2018|access-date = 29 June 2018|archive-date = 29 June 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102328/https://mereconomics.com/2018/05/04/sustainable-development-goals-in-the-arctic-sustainable-arctic-tourism/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nordregio.org/events/nordregio-joins-8th-high-level-dialogue-in-tromso/|title=Nordregio joins 8th High-Level Dialogue in Tromsø|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629130805/http://www.nordregio.org/events/nordregio-joins-8th-high-level-dialogue-in-tromso/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>http://www.publicnow.com/view/9A9B00B71E413959662B58A9D2B147B9C17F374E?2018-04-27-11:30:25+01:00-xxx9046 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> Arctic Circle Forum in [[Tórshavn]], [[Faroe Islands]], in May 2018;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://polarconnection.org/event/sdgs-arctic-faroe-islands/|title=9th High-Level Dialogue on SDGS in the Arctic: Faroe Islands|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102549/http://polarconnection.org/event/sdgs-arctic-faroe-islands/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arcticcircle.org/forums/faroeislands|title=Arctic Circle|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629130750/http://www.arcticcircle.org/forums/faroeislands|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] in [[New Delhi]], [[India]], in June 2018.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

==== Dialogues on Arctic Border Governance ====

In June 2017, PRPI co-hosted a workshop on 'Regional Security in the North: Emerging Themes and Challenges' in [[Whitehorse, Yukon]], [[Canada]], in collaboration with [[Trent University]], [[Yukon College]], [[Royal Military College of Canada]], [[St. Jerome's University]], the Consulate General of the [[United States]] in [[Toronto]], Borders in Globalization and the [[Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council]] of Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://polarconnection.org/event/regional-security-north-emerging-themes-challenges/|title=Regional Security in the North: Emerging Themes and Challenges|access-date=2022-02-04|archive-date=2022-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204125833/https://polarconnection.org/event/regional-security-north-emerging-themes-challenges/|url-status=live}}</ref> At the workshop, David Johnny, former chief of the [[White River First Nation]], highlighted the challenges posed by borders to indigenous communities, such as the [[Upper Tanana]] peoples, whose villages and dwellings were near the boundary or even straddled the line.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.yukon-news.com/news/white-river-first-nation-cut-off-from-relatives-by-alaska-yukon-border/|title = White River First Nation cut off from relatives by Alaska-Yukon border|date = 23 June 2017|access-date = 29 June 2018|archive-date = 29 June 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180629130931/https://www.yukon-news.com/news/white-river-first-nation-cut-off-from-relatives-by-alaska-yukon-border/|url-status = live}}</ref> Likewise, [[Dalee Sambo Dorough]], professor at [[University of Alaska Anchorage]] and former chair of the [[United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues]], discussed the difficulties faced by American and Canadian [[Inuit]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Two months later, in August 2017, PRPI, along with [[University College London]] (UCL), [[Trent University]] and the [[Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council]] of [[Canada]], convened a follow-up interdisciplinary panel discussion on 'Arctic Borders Governance' at [[University College London|UCL]] in [[London]], with Heather Nicol, Ilan Kelman and Dwayne Menezes as speakers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://polarconnection.org/event/arctic-borders-governance/|title=Arctic Borders Governance: Emerging Themes and Challenges|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102242/http://polarconnection.org/event/arctic-borders-governance/|url-status=live}}</ref> The discussion focused on the implications of borders on [[indigenous peoples]] in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions - particularly the [[Inuit]] in [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Greenland]] and [[Russia]]; the [[Aleuts]] in [[Aleuts in Russia|Russia]] and the [[United States]]; the [[Gwich'in]] people in [[Canada]] and the [[United States]]; and the [[Sami people]] in [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Finland]] and [[Russia]]. These discussions also formed the basis of the paper on 'Canada, Indigenous Peoples and Northern Borders' that Menezes published in [[The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs]] in October 2017.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi=10.1080/00358533.2017.1377905|title = Canada, Indigenous Peoples and Northern Borders| journal=The Round Table| volume=106| issue=5| pages=579–581|year = 2017|last1 = Menezes|first1 = Dwayne Ryan|s2cid = 158593787}}</ref>

In December 2017, on behalf of PRPI and [[Trent University]], Menezes and Nicol chaired a panel discussion on [[Arctic]] borders at the [[Erasmus+]] - and [[Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council|SSHRC]]- funded Borders in Globalization 2nd International Conference held at the [[Lord Elgin Hotel]] in [[Ottawa, Ontario]], [[Canada]], with Canadian [[Senator]] [[Charlie Watt]], historian [[P. Whitney Lackenbauer]], lawyer Robin Campbell and Suzanne Lalonde, professor at [[Université de Montréal]], as speakers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://biglobalization.org/sites/default/files/content-attachments/big_international_conference_2017_-_preliminary_program_5.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-06-29 |archive-date=2018-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629134756/http://biglobalization.org/sites/default/files/content-attachments/big_international_conference_2017_-_preliminary_program_5.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Dialogues on Arctic Transportation ====

In June 2016, PRPI Fellow and UCL Researcher Domagoj Baresic presented his research at the International Conference on 'Maritime Actors and Climate Change,' organized by the Transatlantic Maritime Emissions Research Network (TRAMEREN) in Copenhagen. The conference explored decentralized approaches to incentivize maritime emissions control, given the challenges of creating a comprehensive international legal framework.

Following the Antarctic ban on heavy fuel oil (HFO), the Clean Arctic Alliance (CAA) has campaigned for similar measures in the Arctic. In November 2017, PRPI joined CAA in advocating for an Arctic HFO ban and co-hosted a panel at the 10th Polar Law Symposium in Rovaniemi, Finland, supported by the European Climate Foundation. PRPI also signed the Arctic Commitment and published a report by Sian Prior (CAA) and Liana James (Clean Air Task Force) on the progress towards phasing out HFO in the Arctic.

Baresic discussed his research on 'Sustainability Transitions in Arctic Maritime Transport' at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik (October 2017) and the Arctic Circle Forum in Edinburgh (November 2017).

PRPI prioritizes the development of support infrastructure for Arctic transport. In July 2017, PRPI organized a keynote by PRPI Fisheries Head Brooks Kaiser on 'Arctic Ports: Local Community Development Issues' at the Korea Polar Research Institute. In November 2017, Baresic and Menezes presented on Arctic maritime and coastal infrastructure at the 11th Arctic Shipping Summit in London. Subsequent PRPI dialogues in Seattle and Tórshavn also focused on Arctic transportation, featuring high-level speakers from various organizations.

PRPI has provided analysis and commentary on Arctic shipping for maritime publications.

==== Dialogues on Arctic Sealing ====

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In October 2017, PRPI joined [[University College London]] in hosting a keynote lecture by [[Timo Koivurova]] of [[Arctic Centre, University of Lapland]] on 'How Finland, as Chair of the Arctic Council, aims to improve Arctic Governance' at UCL in [[London, UK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://polarconnection.org/event/finland-timo-koivurova/|title=Finland 100: Evening on Finland and Arctic Governance with Timo Koivurova|access-date=2018-06-29|archive-date=2018-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102256/http://polarconnection.org/event/finland-timo-koivurova/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/global-governance/ggi-events/finland-arctic-governance|title=Finland 100: Evening on Finland and Arctic Governance with Timo Koivurova|date=14 August 2018|access-date=29 June 2018|archive-date=20 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220165558/https://www.ucl.ac.uk/global-governance/events/2017/nov/finland-100-evening-finland-and-arctic-governance-timo-koivurova|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://vimeo.com/246970533| title=Finland 100: Evening on Finland and Arctic Governance with Timo Koivurova - 30/11/2017| date=2017-12-12| access-date=2018-06-29| archive-date=2022-02-20| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220165557/https://vimeo.com/246970533| url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2018, PRPI Fellow Nic Craig presented on the issue of black carbon in the Arctic and policy and business opportunities to address these issues at [https://nxnfestival.com/program/friday-april-27-daily-program/ North by North Festival] in Anchorage, Alaska.

== Governance ==

=== Managing Director ===

Dwayne Ryan Menezes

=== Advisory board ===

==== UK Advisory Board ====

The members of the PRPI UK Advisory Board include:<ref name="PRPI UK Advisory Board">{{cite web |url=http://polarconnection.org/advisory-board/#filter=.uk |title=UK Advisory Board |publisher=Polar Research and Policy Initiative |date=18 February 2016 |access-date=23 December 2016 |archive-date=24 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224032115/http://polarconnection.org/advisory-board/#filter=.uk |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper]], Member of the [[House of Lords]]

* [[Richard Balfe]], Member of the [[House of Lords]]

* [[Andrew Rosindell]], [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Romford (UK Parliament constituency)]]

* [[Angela Smith (politician, born 1961)|Angela Smith]], [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Penistone and Stocksbridge (UK Parliament constituency)]]

* [[Angus MacNeil]], [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)]]

* [[Helen Goodman]], [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Bishop Auckland (UK Parliament constituency)]]

* [[Admiral]] [[Sir]] [[James Perowne]] [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|KBE]], [[Constables and Governors of Windsor Castle|Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle]]; former [[Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic|Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic]]

* [[Rear Admiral]] Nick Lambert, former UK National Hydrographer, [[United Kingdom Hydrographic Office]]; Chairman of the Committee of the Friends of [[Scott Polar Research Institute]]

* [[Donald Lamont]], Chairman of the [[UK Antarctic Heritage Trust]]; former [[Governor of the Falkland Islands]] and [[Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]; former Chief Executive of [[Wilton Park]]

* Philippa Foster Back [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]], Chairman of the [[UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee]]; Chairman of the South Georgia Heritage Trust

* Gisele Arruda, [[Oxford Brookes University]]

* Ilan Kelman, [[University College London]]

* Dale Templar, Executive Producer, [[Human Planet]] ([[BBC One]]/[[Discovery Channel]]/[[BBC Worldwide]])

==== International Advisory Board ====

The members of the PRPI International Advisory Board include:<ref name="PRPI International Advisory Board">{{cite web |url=http://polarconnection.org/advisory-board/#filter=.international |title=International Advisory Board |publisher=Polar Research and Policy Initiative |date=18 February 2016 |access-date=23 December 2016 |archive-date=24 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224032115/http://polarconnection.org/advisory-board/#filter=.international |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[Aleqa Hammond]], former [[List of Prime Ministers of Greenland|Prime Minister of Greenland]]

* Tero Vauraste, CEO of [[Arctia (company)]] and vice-chair of Arctic Economic Council

* Asmundur Gudjonsson, Director, The Nordic Atlantic Cooperation (NORA), [[Nordic Council]]

* Inuuteq Holm Olsen, Minister Plenipotentiary for [[Greenland]], [[Embassy of Denmark in Washington, D.C.]]

* [[Alice Rogoff]], Owner and Publisher, [[Arctic Today]]

* [[Mead Treadwell]], former president, Pt Capital; former [[List of lieutenant governors of Alaska|Lieutenantt Governor of Alaska]]

* Craig Fleener, Arctic Policy Adviser to [[Bill Walker (American politician)|Bill Walker]], [[Governor of Alaska]]; former chair, [[Gwich'in]] Council International

* [[Reggie Joule]], former [[Mayor]] of the [[Northwest Arctic Borough]], [[Alaska]] and Member of the [[President of the United States]] State, Local and Tribal Leaders' Taskforce on Climate Preparedness and Resilience

* [[Rajendra K. Pachauri]], former chairperson, [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]]

* [[Lawrence Susskind]], Director, [[MIT]] Science Impact Collaborative; Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]; Co-founder, [[Program on Negotiation]], [[Harvard Law School]]

* Oran Young, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, [[Bren School of Environmental Science & Management]], [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]

* Timo Koivurova, Director, [[Arctic Centre, University of Lapland]]

* Lassi Heininen, Professor, [[University of Lapland]]; chairman, Steering Committee, Northern Research Forum, [[University of the Arctic]]

* Julia Jabour, [[Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies]], [[University of Tasmania]]

* Rachael Lorna Johnstone, Professor, [[University of Akureyri]]

* Maria Ackren, Head, Department of Social Sciences [[University of Greenland]]

* Embla Eir Oddsdottir, Director, [[Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network]]

* Terzah Tippin Poe, Lecturer, [[Harvard University]]

* Nils Arne Johnsen, Founder and Principal, Haleyg AS; former International Arctic Director, [[Ramboll]]

* Richard Brosseau, Director - Public Affairs and Community Relations, Stolt LNGaz; former Senior Special Adviser, [[Premier of Quebec]]

* Linda V. Priebe, Partner, Culhane Meadows PLLC; Vice-president, [[Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce]] Mid-Atlantic Chapter Board; former Deputy General Counsel and Ethics Official, [[White House]] Offices under three US Presidential Administrations

* Stéphanie & Jérémie Gicquel, lawyers, polar explorers

==References==