Update: Adaptation planning in Ulukhaktok and Paulatuk, NWT

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. As well, we’ve prepared a number of supplementary materials, which you can download below.

Climate Change Adaptation Planning in Ulukhaktok and Paulatuk, Northwest Territories

Client: Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Completed: March 2010

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Project: ArcticNorth is working together with community members in Ulukhaktok and Paulatuk to identify and document adaptation actions to address key climate change risks affecting the communities. Building on existing climate change adaptation research, working groups were formed in the communities and included participants who had particular expertise in one of the five identified sectors: business and economy, culture and learning, health and well being, subsistence harvesting, and infrastructure and transportation.

The information generated by the working groups benefited from the comments made by expert community reviewers. Interviews were also conducted with decision makers in Inuvik, Yellowknife and Ottawa to further develop the identified adaptation actions and identify pathways to implementation. Collaboration with the communities is ongoing and project updates are available on the community’s web pages: Ulukhaktok and Paulatuk.

Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations in the Canadian Mining Sector

Client: The David Suzuki Foundation
Completed March 2009

Project: ArcticNorth worked with stakeholders in the Canadian mining sector to document and describe the vulnerability of the Canadian mining industry to climate change, and identify opportunities for adaptation. Research methods included, systematic literature reviews, structured industry surveys, and in-depth case studies of mine sites across Canada.

FINAL REPORT (PDF via David Suzuki Foundation)

A literature review and gap analysis of Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR)

Client: Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Completed: March 2009

Project: A systematic review of literature related to climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the ISR was conducted. Current knowledge was synthesized, research gaps identified, and opportunities for advancing adaptation planning highlighted.

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What we know, do not know, and need to know about climate change vulnerability in the western Canadian Arctic: a systematic literature review (PDF)

Climate Change Survey Development

Client: Northern Climate Exchange, Yukon
Completed: Spring 2008

Project: Climate change vulnerability and adaptation sector surveys developed for the Yukon Northern Climate Exchange, complete with package describing steps to analyze results.

Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Planning in Altin, BC

Client: Northern Climate Exchange, Yukon
Completed: Spring 2007

Project: Presentation and discussion session facilitation for community based adaptation planning in Atlin, BC.

FINAL REPORT (via Northern Climate ExChange)

Climate Change Indicators in the Canadian Arctic

Client: Sub-contract from University of Laval research project
Completed: Fall 2007

Project: Indentifying indicators of climate change vulnerability from local observations of environmental changes.