Environmental Working Group (EWG)
The U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation was created to provide a framework for promoting a partnership between the United States and Russia. Presidents Clinton and Yeltsin created the Commission at the Vancouver Summit in April 1993. The Commission's original mandate was to enhance cooperation in the areas of space, energy, and high technology. Since then, the Commission has expanded its scope to include other areas of U.S.-Russian cooperation, such as business development, defense conversion, health, science, the environment, and agriculture.
Under the Joint Commission, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has facilitated the exchange of environmental data for several projects. This Atlas is a product of the EWG's Arctic Climatology Project.