About:
The All Party Parliamentary Group
for the Polar Regions

The APPG for the Polar Regions exists to raise awareness of Polar issues with UK Parliamentarians and the wider Polar community

All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal cross-party groups that have no official status within Parliament. The APPG for the Polar Regions is chaired by James Gray, MP for North Wiltshire and long term polar advocate and its members are Members of Parliament and of the House of Lords with an interest in the Polar Regions.

Topics of interest for the group include but are not limited to:

• The regions various environmental issues
• The complex geopolitics that impacts both polar regions
• Matters of  defence and sovereignty across the Arctic and Antarctic
• Polar research and science
• Britains place in the polar sphere.
• Polar exploration
• Polar maritime issues
• An interest in the livelihoods and culture of those communities that live in the high North

Strategic Objectives of the APPG for the Polar Regions

‍The APPG for the Polar Regions Exists to;

- Keep the UK Parliament informed about the polar regions and polar activities

- To be a non-political source of information, advice and knowledge for the UK Parliament and UK Parliamentarians

- To advocate for greater UK involvement and interest in polar research, polar governance and polar environments

‍The APPG hosts regular meetings and events in Parliament, some of which are open to non-Parliamentarians, on a very broad range of issues. The group also conducts overseas expeditions to the polar regions to ensure Parliamentarians meet and understand the communities that live there, the issues that impact them and the political landscape. It also gives Parliamentarians the opportunity to understand why the Polar Regions are such unique environments and why they need protecting.

Please see an our year in review for an overview of our activities.

                        Annual Review link HERE

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Our most recent registration in Parliament can be found here

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