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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.408.1683 2023-05-15T14:30:16+02:00 Climate change in the Arctic: current and future Blackwell Publishing Ltd The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.408.1683 http://www.uoguelph.ca/gecg/images/userimages/Ford et al. (2008)_The Geographic Journal.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.408.1683 http://www.uoguelph.ca/gecg/images/userimages/Ford et al. (2008)_The Geographic Journal.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.uoguelph.ca/gecg/images/userimages/Ford et al. (2008)_The Geographic Journal.pdf KEY WORDS Nunavut Canada Arctic climate change vulnerability Inuit participatory text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T03:09:01Z This paper was accepted for publication in July 2007 Climate change is already occurring in the Arctic and the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment recently concluded that future climate change could be devastating for Inuit. This paper characterises vulnerability to climate change in two Inuit communities in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, focusing on the resource harvesting sector. In both communities, Inuit have demonstrated significant adaptability in the face of current changes in climatic conditions. This adaptability is facilitated by traditional Inuit knowledge, strong social networks, flexibility in resource use, and institutional support. Changing Inuit livelihoods, however, have undermined certain aspects of adaptive capacity and have resulted in emerging vulnerabilities. Global and regional climate projections indicate that climatic conditions which currently pose risks are expected to be negatively affected by future climate change. These projections are not without precedent and analysis of current vulnerability and identification of adaptation constraints by Inuit in the two communities indicate the continued importance of traditional coping mechanisms. The ability to draw on these coping mechanisms in light of future climate change, however, will be unequal and the research indicates that young Inuit and those without access to economic resources, in particular, are vulnerable. Text Arctic Climate Impact Assessment Arctic Climate change inuit Nunavut Unknown Arctic Canada Nunavut |
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This paper was accepted for publication in July 2007 Climate change is already occurring in the Arctic and the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment recently concluded that future climate change could be devastating for Inuit. This paper characterises vulnerability to climate change in two Inuit communities in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, focusing on the resource harvesting sector. In both communities, Inuit have demonstrated significant adaptability in the face of current changes in climatic conditions. This adaptability is facilitated by traditional Inuit knowledge, strong social networks, flexibility in resource use, and institutional support. Changing Inuit livelihoods, however, have undermined certain aspects of adaptive capacity and have resulted in emerging vulnerabilities. Global and regional climate projections indicate that climatic conditions which currently pose risks are expected to be negatively affected by future climate change. These projections are not without precedent and analysis of current vulnerability and identification of adaptation constraints by Inuit in the two communities indicate the continued importance of traditional coping mechanisms. The ability to draw on these coping mechanisms in light of future climate change, however, will be unequal and the research indicates that young Inuit and those without access to economic resources, in particular, are vulnerable. |
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