Arctic Council Working Groups Must Persist Despite Putin and Trump, Says Researcher AMAP's new Arctic climate report for 2024 shows that the Arctic climate is continuing to change at an alarming rate. Yet, the current geopolitical landscape makes it challenging to translate these findings into political action. "But the Arctic Council Working Groups must continue their work," says FNI researcher Svein Vigeland Rottem. "There will come a time after Trump and Putin."