Arctic climate impact assessment scientific report climatology and. Arctic climate impact assessment gunnar sander, august 2011 1. Arctic climate impact assessment acia arctic marine strategic plan. Role of ongoing arctic climate impact assessment supported by arctic council opportunity for detailed regional synthesis beyond ipcctar. Arctic climate impact assessment acia report information. The pervasive food insecurity and the diet transition away from local, nutrientrich country foods present a public health challenge among inuit living in the canadian arctic.
The arctic monitoring and assessment programme projected in 2005 that a large. The social impact of climate change, including its effects on human health, is especially severe in the 2 3. Facts on arctic climate change a summary of the arctic climate impact assessment. Arctic indigenous peoples, climate change impacts, and. Climate change and safeguarding the arctic environment. The arctic climate impact assessment acia is a study describing the ongoing climate change.
Pdf on dec 1, 2005, gunter weller and others published summary and. Endorse and adopt the arctic climate impact assessment acia, a joint project of the arctic monitoring and assessment. Adapting to arctic changes in ways that increase arctic resiliencefor example, by reducing the soot deposition that darkens arctic snow surfaceswill be a major challenge in the coming. Sources and mitigation opportunities to reduce emissions. Privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers statistics cookie statement mobile view. An abrupt climate change scenario and its implications for united states national security 2003. Acia arctic climate impact assessment is a project implemented by amap arctic monitoring and assessment programme, caff conservation of arctic flora and fauna, and iasc international arctic science committeepref. These climate changes, including increases in ultraviolet. Exploring correlations polar ice cap size and regional temperatures formulate a hypothesis regarding the temperatures that are most highly correlated to polar ice cap size. Arctic sea ice for regulating global climate and weather are even more consequential.
Black carbon and arctic policy science informing policy. Arctic climate impact assessment 2004, by susan hassol pdf files. The arctic climate impact assessment acia is a study describing the ongoing climate change in the arctic and its consequences. According to the terms of the united nations convention on the law of the sea unclos, the arctic 1 symon, carolyn et al. Severe coastal erosion is an ongoing problem where higher waves and storm surges reach the shore without a. The physical science basis, by intergovernmental panel on climate change pdf files. The arctic climate impact assessment and implications on. Arctic climate impact assessment was prepared by an international team of. The report does not introduce a new understanding of problems and challenges in the north in comparison to what was stated a decade ago in the arctic councils arctic.
Thus, it must be understood and assessed in terms of its interactions with other phenomena and with current and future societal and environmental changes. The arctic climate impact assessment acia home page. Impact assessment study on societal benefits of arctic observing systems the study compares costs and benefits of arctic observation systems. The assessments include the 1998 amap assessment of arctic pollution issues, the 2001 assessment arctic flora and fauna, status and conservation, the 2004 arctic human. As an arctic country, finland is a natural actor in the arctic region finlands strategy for the arctic region defines objectives for finlands arctic policy and means for advancing these. Artic dimensions of the ipcc third assessment report s. Program for arctic regional climate assessment parca. The 2004 arctic climate impact assessment acia was prepared in response to a request from the ministers of the arctic council, and is a followup to a preliminary evaluation of arctic climate change issues included in the 199798 amap assessment. Arctic climate impact assessment acia arctic portal. Arctic climate impact assessment acia report information and links. Program for arctic regional climate assessment parca recommendations for future research on the observed behavior of the greenland ice sheet, and to provide ancillary information. Arctic climate impact assessment acia overview report. Interest in northern areas and in issues pertaining to the arctic ocean has.
Arctic climate impact assessment 2004, by susan hassol pdf files in norway climate change 2007. Impact assessment study on societal benefits of arctic. Higher arctic temperatures promote thawing and erosion of the polar permafrost, which can result in. The 2004 arctic climate impact assessment acia was prepared in response to a request from the ministers of the arctic council, and is a followup to a preliminary evaluation of arctic. Impacts of decline harvest of country food on nutrient. Climate change impact on public health in the russian arctic. Governance of the arctic is rooted profoundly in the international system. The 1042 page scientific report of the arctic climate impact assessment, a major international project to evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate.
The availability of such information in an easily accessible format will be of great value to the. According to the terms of the united nations convention on the law of the sea unclos, the arctic 1 symon, carolyn. As chancellor of the university of alaska fairbanks and member of the university of the arctics board of governors. Global climate change and the arctic region the worlds climate is changing. Juday and others published arctic climate impact assessment find, read and cite all the research you need on. Arctic climate impact assessment, supra note 1, at 11.
Addressing impacts in alaska a report from the adaptation advisory group to the subcabinet table of contents acknowledgements executive summary. Depletion of stratospheric ozone over the arctic can reduce normally high winter and spring ozone levels and allow more ultraviolet uv radiation to reach the surface of the earth. Environmental injustice in canada and the united states. The arctic council and multilateral environmental agreements several multilateral environmental agreements meas could contribute to an international legal. Endorse and adopt the arctic climate impact assessment acia, a joint project of the arctic monitoring and assessment programme amap and the conservation of arctic flora and fauna caff working group, in cooperation with the international. Arctic climate impact assessment report on the 3rd meeting of the assessment steering committee and a scoping workshop february 28 march 1, 2000 washington, dc, u. Introduction arctic peoples obtain their primary source of food and many of the materials used in clothing and building from the plant and. Arctic climate impact assessment 2004, update on selected climate issues of concern 2009.
Climate change, the united states, and the impacts of. Project publication arctic climate impact assessment acia the assessment is reported in three documents. Circumpolar assessment of trends in arctic freshwater. What is driving arctic marine use 18 march 2008 lawson w. Initiator the arctic council ministers in november 2004 in reykjavik asked pame to conduct a. Arctic climate impact assessment, a 2004 report by the eight. Impacts of a warming arctic is a plain language synthesis of the key findings of the arctic climate impact assessment acia, designed to be accessible to policymakers and the broader public.
Sources and mitigation opportunities to reduce emissions of shortterm arctic climate forcers 2 reduce nmvocs emissions by adopting industrial process capture and incineration systems. Climate change effects on arctic ecosystems and species. Arctic monitoring and assessment program adaptation in arctic circumpolar communities. Pdf summary and synthesis of the arctic climate impact.
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