| Summary: | This report was conducted to provide input to the “Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic” (AACA) analysis of the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Region (BCB) as an assessment of climate and integrated social/environmental frameworks/models that can inform adaptation actions in the face of Arctic change. AACA-BCB is a contribution to an international synthesis effort that will break new ground through its focus on adaptation to multiple stressors. In 2011, the Arctic Council directed the Senior Arctic Officials (SAOs) “to review the need for an integrated assessment of multiple drivers of Arctic change as a tool for Indigenous Peoples, Arctic residents, governments and industry to prepare for the future, .........” and in response to the request the SAOs and PPs (Permanent Participants, representing recognized indigenous groups from the Arctic region) at their meeting in March 2012 endorsed the project “Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic” (AACA) and forwarded it to the Deputy Ministers for their approval. In May of 2012, the Arctic Council approved a plan to conduct an integrated assessment of multiple drivers of Arctic change as a tool for Indigenous Peoples, Arctic residents, governments and industry to prepare for the future. That effort (AACA) was assigned the Arctic Council’s Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP). This report is an assessment of climate, socio-economic and environmental changes focused upon the Russian Chukotka Peninsula, Northern Alaska and the Northwestern Canadian Arctic, Decisions and statistics about socio-economic development often occur at the Territorial level in Canada. In Alaska, these metrics are often calculated on the Borough or State-wide levels. In Russia, the statistics have been based upon the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Thus, views on socio-economic issues may not necessarily be confined to the area north of the tree-line and may consider the future from the local governing perspective. The surveys in the North American Arctic and the Russian Arctic were conducted on different time frames due to delays necessitated by translations between English and Russian. Therefore, the results from the surveys in Canada and Alaska were analyzed and reported together and the results from Russia are reported separately.
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