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The ARA was initiated by the Swedish Ministry of the Environment as a priority for the Swedish Chairmanship of the Arctic Council (May 2011 to May 2013) and is being delivered under the US Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. [...] We also thank our collaborating partners for their support and vital contributions to the development of this report: the University of the Arctic; International Arctic Science Committee's programme on the International Study of Arctic Change; the International Arctic Social Science Association; the European Environment Agency; and the WWF Global Arctic Programme. [...] Slowing Arctic change and building resilience are thus crucial for the people and ecosystems of the Arctic - but the report also highlights the stakes for the world as a whole. [...] The Arctic Resilience Report is the final output of a process set in motion at the start of the Swed- ish Chairmanship of the Arctic Council (2011-2013). [...] The fact that the Arctic is changing fast is well known: The extent of sea ice, the condition of the Greenland ice This report is the concluding scientific product of the sheet, the unusually warm temperatures are all widely Arctic Resilience Assessment, a project launched by the reported - as are the new shipping routes opening up, Swedish Chairmanship of the Arctic Council.