Information
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research arrange a two-day symposium on climate change in the Arctic. The symposium addresses issues raised in IPCC report ”The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate” published in September 2019, in particular environmental changes and effects relevant to Scandinavia. The symposium has a research perspective and focuses on five different themes.
Themes
Conditions for livelihoods, health, and ecosystems
Impacts of climate change – effects and actions
Forecasting the changing ice, ocean and weather conditions
Access to infrastructure and data for Arctic research
Geopolitics (Governance), security and defense
It is becoming increasingly clear that the Arctic is undergoing a major climate change which is also affecting our immediate surroundings here in Scandinavia. The ongoing warming of the climate and the consequences it has for the environment also gives rise to an increased need for research in a number of areas. At the same time, the geopolitical situation has intensified which leads to great concern for the possibility of free research. With this symposium we aim to cover a wide range of research questions, highlighted in our five different themes.
The symposium is funded by The Research Council of Norway.
Venue
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (DNVA), Drammensveien 78, 0271 Oslo
Programme
See the full programme here.
Register
The event is free of charge and open to the public. Registration is however required for everyone participating in-person.
For participating in-person, please register here.
The symposium will be live-streamed on Facebook and Zoom (Webinar ID: 895 8638 0789).
Consent
The Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research will be photographing during the event. Photographs will be used in our communication and to provide information about the Academy on various platforms. If you do not consent to the above or have other questions or concerns regarding documentation of the event, please reach out to post@polar-academy.com.