The state of climate change adaptation in the Arctic
The Arctic climate is rapidly changing, with wide ranging impacts on natural and social systems. A variety of adaptation policies, programs and practices have been adopted to this end, yet our understanding of if, how, and where adaptation is occurring is limited. In response, this paper develops a...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:941e09afe98a4e8a94d54e055900d4a7 2023-09-05T13:16:27+02:00 The state of climate change adaptation in the Arctic James D Ford Graham McDowell Julie Jones 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/10/104005 https://doaj.org/article/941e09afe98a4e8a94d54e055900d4a7 EN eng IOP Publishing https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/10/104005 https://doaj.org/toc/1748-9326 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/10/104005 1748-9326 https://doaj.org/article/941e09afe98a4e8a94d54e055900d4a7 Environmental Research Letters, Vol 9, Iss 10, p 104005 (2014) Arctic climate change adaptation systematic review adaptation tracking monitoring and evaluation Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering TD1-1066 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Science Q Physics QC1-999 article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/10/104005 2023-08-13T00:37:25Z The Arctic climate is rapidly changing, with wide ranging impacts on natural and social systems. A variety of adaptation policies, programs and practices have been adopted to this end, yet our understanding of if, how, and where adaptation is occurring is limited. In response, this paper develops a systematic approach to characterize the current state of adaptation in the Arctic. Using reported adaptations in the English language peer reviewed literature as our data source, we document 157 discrete adaptation initiatives between 2003 and 2013. Results indicate large variations in adaptation by region and sector, dominated by reporting from North America, particularly with regards to subsistence harvesting by Inuit communities. Few adaptations were documented in the European and Russian Arctic, or have a focus on the business and economy, or infrastructure sectors. Adaptations are being motivated primarily by the combination of climatic and non-climatic factors, have a strong emphasis on reducing current vulnerability involving incremental changes to existing risk management processes, and are primarily initiated and led at the individual/community level. There is limited evidence of trans-boundary adaptations or initiatives considering potential cross-scale/sector impacts. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change inuit Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Environmental Research Letters 9 10 104005 |
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The Arctic climate is rapidly changing, with wide ranging impacts on natural and social systems. A variety of adaptation policies, programs and practices have been adopted to this end, yet our understanding of if, how, and where adaptation is occurring is limited. In response, this paper develops a systematic approach to characterize the current state of adaptation in the Arctic. Using reported adaptations in the English language peer reviewed literature as our data source, we document 157 discrete adaptation initiatives between 2003 and 2013. Results indicate large variations in adaptation by region and sector, dominated by reporting from North America, particularly with regards to subsistence harvesting by Inuit communities. Few adaptations were documented in the European and Russian Arctic, or have a focus on the business and economy, or infrastructure sectors. Adaptations are being motivated primarily by the combination of climatic and non-climatic factors, have a strong emphasis on reducing current vulnerability involving incremental changes to existing risk management processes, and are primarily initiated and led at the individual/community level. There is limited evidence of trans-boundary adaptations or initiatives considering potential cross-scale/sector impacts. |
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The state of climate change adaptation in the Arctic |
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