[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”on” specialty=”off” background_image=”http:\/\/ar16.iiasa.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/Arctic_Resilience.jpg” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_fullwidth_post_title admin_label=”Arctic resilience in a changing world” title=”on” meta=”off” author=”on” date=”on” categories=”on” comments=”on” featured_image=”on” featured_placement=”background” parallax_effect=”off” parallax_method=”on” text_orientation=”center” text_color=”dark” text_background=”on” text_bg_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.73)” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” custom_css_main_element=”padding-bottom: 10px;” custom_padding=”15%||3%|” \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”rgba(12,113,195,0.16)” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”TEASER” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n
The Arctic Resilience Report is the first comprehensive assessment of ecosystems and societies in the region. It identifies 19 \u201ctipping points\u201d in natural systems that could radically reshape the Arctic in the coming century, and calls for urgent cooperation to build local communities\u2019 resilience and capacity to adapt to rapid and widespread change.<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” transparent_background=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”BODY” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n A tipping point is a rapid change that can have severe and often irreversible effects on ecosystems. The report identified several that might effect the Arctic, including the growth in vegetation on tundra, which replaces reflective snow and ice with darker vegetation, thus absorbing more heat; higher releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the tundra as it warms; and the collapse of some key Arctic fisheries, with could affect other ecosystems even in distant oceans.<\/p>\n The report<\/a>, produced under the auspices of the Arctic Council and with input from an IIASA Arctic Futures Initiative researcher, also examines how different Arctic peoples adapt to change, providing multiple examples of communities which have maintained traditional whaling, reindeer herding, and other practices. Many have transformed the way they live and interact with nature and natural resources. For example, the fishing community of H\u00fasav\u00edk, Iceland, has turned itself into a tourist destination for whale-watching after cod-fishing quotas and a moratorium on whaling ended their traditional livelihoods. It also profiles cases where local communities have lost their livelihoods and are struggling to survive, maintain their cultural identity, or both.<\/p>\n The report found four key factors that helped communities build resilience:<\/p>\n Unfortunately some policies and actions taken by Arctic country governments prevent resilience. As well as avoiding these damaging practices, governments should increase their efforts to support and empower local communities to prepare for shocks and stress, the report concluded.<\/p>\n The Arctic Resilience Report, launched in November 2016, is the culmination of a five-year scientific effort and will be presented to the eight Arctic nations\u2019 foreign ministers during the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska on 11 May 2017.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”rgba(12,113,195,0.16)” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” use_custom_gutter=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” custom_width_px=”1220px” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”off”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”References” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n [1] Arctic Council (2016). Arctic Resilience Report. M. Carson and G.\u00a0Peterson\u00a0(eds). Stockholm Environment Institute and Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm. http:\/\/www.arctic-council.org\/arr<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_button admin_label=”Button” button_url=”http:\/\/ar16.iiasa.ac.at\/futures-initiatives\/” url_new_window=”off” button_text=”Arctic Futures Initiative” button_alignment=”left” background_layout=”dark” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”15″ button_bg_color=”#006ac1″ button_border_width=”0″ button_border_radius=”20″ button_letter_spacing=”0″ button_use_icon=”on” button_icon=”%%67%%” button_icon_color=”#ffffff” button_icon_placement=”left” button_on_hover=”on” button_border_color_hover=”#5590c1″ button_border_radius_hover=”20″ button_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Collaborators” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n\n
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