New Publication: Climate change adaptation planning in remote, resource-dependent communities: an Arctic example

You can find the article on the Springer Website.

This paper develops a methodology for climate change adaptation planning in remote, resource-dependent communities. The methods are structured using a vulnerability framework, and community members, local stakeholders and researchers are engaged in an iterative planning process to identify, describe, prioritize and pilot adaptation actions. The methods include: (1) analysis of secondary sources of information, (2) community collaboration and partnership building, (3) adaptation planning workshops, (4) adaptation plan development, (5) key informant and community review and (6) pilot adaptation actions. Continue reading →

Arctic North Climate Adaptation Projects featured in Above & Beyond Magazine

Above & Beyond, the magazine carried on all First Air flights and read across the Canadian Arctic, recently featured an article about the recently-completed Climate Change Adaptation planning project conducted by Arctic North. You can download the magazine article as a PDF, or read the article on the Above & Beyond website.

Taking note of climate change in Aklavik

Kelsey Rideout profiled Arctic North's Aklavik work in News/North.

In Aklavik, the effects of climate change have not gone unnoticed by those travelling on the land – both old and young.

Tom McLeod, a Grade 12 high school student who thoroughly enjoys hunting, describes some of the changes that are affecting subsistence activities in his community.

"The big change now is with the warm spell. The weather would be more consistent and then it would basically stay the same, minus 29 or 30 C, for the entire winter. But now we have a lot of minus 10 to 15 C for a week or so and then we'll get a big blizzard … so the weather isn't as consistent as it used to be," McLeod said.

To read the full article, click here.

Ulukhaktok, Paulatuk, and Aklavik final reports published

We’ve recently published the final versions of our Climate Change Adaptation Action Plans for Ulukhaktok, Paulatuk, and Aklavik, which were reviewed and edited in each community. We’ve also prepared community posters for each community, which you can download on the completed projects page, along with a number of other community specific publications.

Tristan Pearce tells Oslo International Polar Year Conference that Canada’s Arctic communities must have help with social problems in order to adapt to climate change.

To read the press release, click here.