The workshop is part of the “Adaptation actions for a change Arctic” (AACA) project, under the auspices of the Arctic Council, to develop a knowledge base for identifying socially, economically, environmentally and culturally appropriate adaptation options for the decision makers and actors.

Although climate change is the important of change in the arctic region, other factors, such as global resource demand, tourism, international transport, economic and political development also drive change in the Arctic. AACA-C project will cover climatic and socio-economic changes, the future scenarios of regional development, and the consequences of change, adaptation and options for adaptation actions. The report will combine and analyze both scientific and non-scientific knowledge. To do this, it is essential to have an input from the business community for the report.

Intensive workshop for business community

At the beginning of the event, the latest information on the expected climatic and socio-economic changes will be presented shortly by a global change consultant Tom Armstrong. Dr. Thomas Armstrong is the Deputy Secretary of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) where he is the US lead of the the Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA). Prior to this, he served in the Obama White House as the Executive Director of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. During his tenure, Tom also served as the U.S. Head of Delegation to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report.

The second introducer to the topic is Chairman of Lapland Hotels & Safaris, Mr. Rauno Posio. He is also a Vice Chairman of the Northernmost Chamber of Commerce in the European Union, the Lapland Chamber of Commerce.

After that the workshop is organized by Dr. Monica Tennberg, who is a research professor at the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland. She is also the co-chair of the Barents regional integrated assessment (BRIT) project and the coordinating lead author of Chapter 2 of the report focusing on local and regional perspectives. The results of the project will be presented to the Arctic Council ministerial meeting in 2017.

Warmly welcome!

Registration by 9th March:
Research Assistant Ilari Nikula
ilari.nikula(at)ulapland.fi

More information
Research Professor Monica Tennberg
monica.tennberg(at)ulapland.fi
+358 (0)40 019 2005

The Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland is a research institute and science communicator focusing on the interaction between people and the environment in the Arctic.

Links for more information

Actic Business Forum / Business Voice to Arctic Change: http://www.arcticbusinessforum.com/files/ABF15_Businessvoice.pdf

Arctic Council’s AACA-C-project:
http://www.amap.no/adaptation-actions-for-a-changing-arctic-part-c

Tom Armstrong:
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tom-armstrong/17/530/3b6