Longitudinal assessment of climate vulnerability: a case study from the Canadian Arctic

• Published in: Sustainability Science
• Main Authors: Archer, L, Ford, J D, Pearce, T, Kowal, S, Gough, W A, Allurut, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2017
• Subjects: FoR multidisciplinary; adaptation; adaptive capacity; climate change; Inuit; Nunavut; resilience; subsistence; vulnerability; Arctic; Arctic Bay; Arctic bay; Climate change; inuit; Orca; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-016-0401-5

The Arctic is a global hotspot of climate change, which is impacting the livelihoods of remote Inuit communities. We conduct a longitudinal assessment of climate change vulnerability drawing upon fieldwork conducted in 2004 and 2015 in Ikpiarjuk (Arctic Bay), Nunavut, and focusing on risks associate...