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. 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. The arctic climate impact assessment acia is a study describing the ongoing climate change in the arctic and its consequences. Is a melting arctic making the arctic council too cool. Because the arctic plays a special role in global climate, these changes in the arctic will also affect the rest of the world. Program for the conservation of arctic flora and fauna. The arctic climate impact assessment acia home page. The introduction of stronger regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as methane and black carbon, and landuserelated co 2 emissions, which have an impact on the arctic, is a necessary step to reduce the eus impact on the arctic. Apr 10, 2014 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 climate impact assessment acia, 2004 and 2005, but underlines the rising confidence regarding climate change impacts in the arctic.
As chancellor of the university of alaska fairbanks and member of the university of the arctics board of governors, i believe universities throughout the north have a responsibility to study and consider issues that impact the people of the north. Arctic climate impact assessment acia 2004 on vimeo. Impact assessment an overview sciencedirect topics. Arctic climate impact assessment acia scientific report caff. Environmental impact assessment may assist this planning approach, and, therefore, is one of the important means for achieving this objective. Amplified climate change in the arctic has altered interactions between rural communities and local wild resources. It spans the width of subject areas, covering impacts on physical and biological systems, as well as on humanity. This environmental change has awakened global interests in arctic energy, fishing, shipping, and tourism. The arctic climate impact assessment was the first effort to comprehensively examine climate change and its impacts in the arctic region. Apr 17, 2009 t he arctic ocean is crossing an environmental threshold expected to transform it from a perpetually icecovered region to a seasonally icefree sea within the next few decades 11, 22.
Program for arctic regional climate assessment parca. Impacts of a warming arctic is a plain language synthesis of the key findings of the arctic climate impact assessment acia, designed to be. Gathering scientists from around the world in a study under the arctic council the arctic climate impact assessment acia examined the past, current and projected impacts and indicators on the arctic environment and its peoples. Addressing growing concerns regarding the exploitation of the arctics natural resources, this book presents examples of best practice in arctic environmental impact assessment. The arctic climate impact assessment acia is the first comprehensive, integrated assessment of climate change and ultraviolet radiation uv across the entire arctic region. Download demo administrative series monitoring series assessment series strategies series. 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. Waleed abdalati, cryospheric sciences program manager, nasa headquarters code ys, 300 e street, sw washington dc 20546. Potential direct andindirect health impacts of climate change aredescribed in chapter 15 of this assessment. Arctic climate impact assessment was prepared by an international team of over 300 scientists, experts, and knowledgeable members of indigenous communities.
First, it is a comprehensive and authoritative scientific synthesis of available. Arctic climate impact assessment scientific report by. Shifting interactions warrant analysis because they can influence cultural practices and food security of northern societies. Ammann 2008, volcanic forcing of climate over the past 1500 years. Climate change and the deteriorating archaeological and. In terms of the magnitude of impacts as well as their arctic and global significance the most prominent change described in this report is the recent severely accelerated melting of both the greenland ice sheet and the arctic sea ice. 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 climate impact assessment acia, 2004 and 2005, but underlines the rising confidence regarding climate change impacts in the arctic. Arctic climate impact assessment scientific report by acia. Arctic climate impact assessment acia report information. In summer 2007, the arctic resurfaced on the global agenda. Arctic climate impact assessment scientific report. Guidelines for environmental impact assessment in the arctic. Program for arctic regional climate assessment parca greenland science and planning meeting held at granlibakken, tahoe city, ca september 2023, 2000 division of hydrologic sciences desert research institute, reno, nv dr. Pdf arctic climate impact assessment scientific report.
The arctic climate impact assessment acia is a fouryear comprehensive scientific assessment that was established and charged at the ministerial meeting of the arctic council in barrow, alaska in the fall of 2000. The report has been thoroughly researched, is fully referenced, and provides the first comprehensive evaluation of arctic climate change, changes in ultraviolet radiation and their impacts. Juday and others published arctic climate impact assessment find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Policy document policy advice on the findings of the arctic climate impact assessment acia including mitigation, adaptation, research, observations, monitoring, modelling and outreach. The report has been thoroughly researched, is fully referenced, and provides the first comprehensive evaluation of arctic climate change, changes in ultraviolet. International arctic science committee arctic monitoring and assessment program conservation of arctic flora and fauna u. Arctic climate impact assessment, cambridge, cambridge university press.
Although many of these stories have been proven wrong, another episode from. The impact of arctic warming on increased rainfall. Arctic communities perceive climate impacts on access as a. 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 decades. Arctic climate change the arctic climate feedbacks that are the focus of this report are taking place in the context of rapid and dramatic climate change in the arctic. Categories of environmental health threat the major categories of environmental health threats emerging in the arctic are climate change principally climate warming, anthropogenic contaminants and zoonotic diseases diseases of wildlife communicable to humans. Arctic climate impact assessment acia arctic portal. The arctic council offers an interesting and unexplored case study of boundary work between policy makers, scientific communities, and indigenous organizations in the circumpolar region. Arctic climate impact assessment acia report information and links. Security of the global arctic in transformation potential for changes in problem definition. This approach of linking scientific and indigenous perspectives is still in its early stages. Fish and wildlife service published a conservation management plan for the polar. The arctic could slide into a new era featuring jurisdictional conflicts, increasingly severe.
The arctic could slide into a new era featuring jurisdictional conflicts, increasingly severe clashes over. This is a 20page summary of the page acia main report. Arctic climate impact assessment gunnar sander, august 2011 1. Arctic indigenous peoples, climate change impacts, and adaptation. Dec, 2004 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. The noaa state of the artic report 2006 updates some of the records of the acia report. We collaborated with four indigenous communities in alaska and conducted semidirected interviews with 71 experienced harvesters to identify local. Rising temperatures, rapidly melting ice on land and sea, and thawing permafrost are among the sweeping changes being observed. Susan is the lead author of impacts of a warming arctic, the synthesis report of the arctic climate impact assessment on which she worked for four years with 300 scientists from the arctic and beyond. The assessment brought together the findings of hundreds of scientists and. Impacts warming arctic arctic climate impact assessment. Volcanic forcing of climate over the past 1500 years.
At their meeting in inuvik in march 1996, the arctic environmental ministers asked that guidelines for environmental impact assessment eia be prepared. This book is perhaps the best representation to date of susans work, a project in which she had the opportunity. Download citation impacts of a warming arctic arctic climate impact assessment the arctic is now experiencing some of the most rapid and severe climate change on earth. Indigenous people make up approximately 10% of the total arctic population, which includes populations from norway, sweden, finland, denmark, iceland, canada, russia, and the untied states. The arctic climate impact assessment acia has evaluated arctic climate change and its impact for the region and the world berner et al. Indigenous peoples and renewable resource use in the arctic pp. Assessing the impacts induced by climate change across the arctic region. The acia international scientific symposium on climate change in the arctic.
A guide to best practice pub518 environmental impact assessment in the arctic. Arctic climate impact assessment acia arctic portal library. The arctic climate impact assessment acia home page the acia international scientific symposium on climate change in the arctic the noaa state of the artic report 2006 updates some of the records of the acia report. Governance and environmental change in the arctic ocean. The assessment brought together the findings of hundreds of scientists and the insights of indigenous peoples. Arctic ozone levels exhibit high natural seasonal and interannual.
Its notable success can be attributed to the production of high. These climate changes, including increases in ultraviolet radiation, are being experienced particularly intensely in the arctic. An improved ice corebased index for climate models, j. The arctic ocean is crossing an environmental threshold expected to transform it from a perpetually icecovered region to a seasonally icefree sea within the next few decades 1, 2. Direct health effects of climate change will result from changes in ambient temperatures. The preceding text is excerpted and abridged from the following sources. The arctic climate impact assessment acia was published in 2005 and was the firstcomprehensive scientific assessment of climatechange in the arctic 1. Arctic climate impact science an update since acia. The arctic climate impact assessmentacia was published in 2005 and was the firstcomprehensive scientific assessment of climatechange in the arctic 1. Impacts of a warming arctic arctic climate impact assessment. Project publication arctic climate impact assessment acia the assessment is reported in three documents. The national climate assessment summarizes the impacts of climate change on the united states, now and in the future. The pdf is the official version of the 2014 national climate assessment. Impacts of a warming arctic synthesis report of the arctic climate impact assessment, 2004.
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. Changes in arctic climate will also affect the rest of the world through increased global warming and rising sea levels. Arctic indigenous peoples, climate change impacts, and. Mar 15, 2007 the arctic climate impact assessment acia was a project initiated by the arctic council an intergovernmental forum entrusted with addressing arctic issues with the main goal of providing the i rst comprehensive indepth evaluation of climate change and changes in uv regimes in the arctic and their impacts on arctic ecosystems and peoples. Significant growth in economic activity in the arctic has added weight to the argument that projects must be developed responsibly and sustainably. Arctic climate impact assessment arctic climate impact. Download environmental impact assessment in the arctic. Addressing growing concerns regarding the exploitation of the arctics natural resources, this book presents examples of. Climate change and impacts on human health in the arctic.
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