Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic: Perspectives from the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Region

Technical Report · Thu Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1435018· OSTI ID:1435018

Hinzman, Larry D ^[1]; Outridge, Peter ^[2]; Klepikov, Alexander ^[3]; Walsh, John E. ^[1]; Ananicheva, Maria ^[4]; Armstrong, Thomas ^[5]; Bengtson, John ^[6]; Flato, Greg ^[7]; Gerlach, S. Craig ^[8]; Huntington, Henry P. ^[9]; Kofinas, Gary ^[1]; Loring, Philip ^[10]; Lovecraft, Amy Lauren ^[1]; Eerkes- Medrano, Laura ^[11]; Nikitina, Elena ^[12]; Preston, Benjamin L. ^[13]; Trainor, Sarah F. ^[1]; Gamble, Jim ^[14]; Thorsteinson, Lyman ^[15]

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1. Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (United States)
2. Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa (Canada)
3. Arctic and Antarctic Research Inst. (AARI), St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)
4. Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russia). Inst. of Geography
5. Madison River Group, Inc (MRG), Ashburn, VA (United States)
6. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), AK (United States). National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Fisheries Science Center
7. Univ. of Victoria, BC (Canada); Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Victoria, BC (Canada)
8. Univ. of Calgary, AB (Canada)
9. Huntington Consultants, Eagle River, AK (United States)
10. Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (Canada)
11. Univ. of Victoria, BC (Canada)
12. EcoPolicy Research and Consulting, Moscow (Russia)
13. Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
14. Aleut International Association, Anchorage, AK (United States)
15. United States Geological Survey (USGS), Reston, AK (United States)

In May 2013, the Arctic Council requested the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) to “produce information to assist local decision-makers and stakeholders in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors” (AMAP, 2017). Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA) is the response to that request: an assessment of climate and integrated social and environmental frameworks or models that can inform adaptation actions in the face of Arctic change. Three Arctic regions were chosen by AMAP for pilot assessments to be conducted simultaneously. This report is an assessment for the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort (BCB) region. It focuses on the challenges that residents have experienced and the adaptations they have implemented in response to the rapid changes of recent decades – in climate, landscape, wildlife, and social, economic, and health systems. It also looks to the future and analyzes the strengths and deficiencies in societies’ and individuals’ abilities to adapt, so that decision-makers may better understand where assistance is needed or where alternatives must be developed.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Earth and Environmental Systems Science Division
• Contributing Organization: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
• DOE Contract Number: SC0012558
• OSTI ID: 1435018
• Report Number(s): ISBN - 978-82-7971-103-2; 14SC502632
• Resource Relation: Related Information: AMAP, 2017. Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA) - Bering/Chukchi/Beaufort Region Overview report. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway. 24 pp
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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