On Sunday and Monday, foreign ministers and other international leaders met in Anchorage, Alaska to attend the Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic.
As a sign of the importance the United States placed on the Alaska forum, President Barack Obama attended.
He used the conference as a platform for urging swifter action to combat climate change.
After the conference, the representatives of the Arctic Council members signed a joint statement affirming “our commitment to take urgent action to slow the pace of warming in the Arctic.”
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