Northern Review articles from December 22 2001

Northern Review archives from December 22 2001

Uncertain future, deliberate action (Circumpolar Climate Change Summit).
December 22, 2001... (Northern Climate ExChange, Northern Research Institute, Yukon College, PO Box 2799, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5K4. Phone: 867-668-8735. Email: aogden@yukoncollege.yk.ca) The Circumpolar Climate Change Summit took place in Whitehorse, Yukon,...

Climate change in the Circumpolar North Summit and Sustainable Technology Exposition: open plenary session.
December 22, 2001... The following report, prepared for the Northern Climate ExChange by Info-link Consultants Inc., with assistance from volunteer notetakers, is a summary of presentations and discussions that took place in Whitehorse at the Circumpolar Climate...

Open plenary panel presentation (of the Circumpolar North Summit and Sustainable Technology Exposition).
December 22, 2001... Climate Change Science: Highlighting the Need for Action (Don Lemmen, Natural Resources Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E8. Phone: 613-992-5861. Email: dlemmen@nrcan.nrc.ca) Dr. Don Lemmen of the Geological Survey of Canada...

Understanding climate change in the North: state of knowledge and new directions in research. Session 1A: climate change science, modelling and impacts.
December 22, 2001... Session 1A: Climate Change Science, Modelling and Impacts Chair: Pat Paslawski Novaya Zemlya Glaciers and Climate: Reconstructions for Timeslices of Warming in the Past (M.D. Ananicheva and N.V. Davidovich, Institute of Geography,...

Understanding climate change in the North: state of knowledge and new directions in research. Session 1B: understanding climate change. New directions in Research 1.
December 22, 2001... Session 1B: Understanding Climate Change. New Directions in Research I Chair: Mike Gill Global Change Research in Finland with Special Reference to the Arctic (Jukka Kayhko, Finnish Global Change Research Programme FIGARE, University...

Understanding climate change in the North: state of knowledge and new directions in research. Session 1C: local and tradition knowledge of climate change and options for renewable energy ...
December 22, 2001... Session 1C: Local and Traditional Knowledge of Climate Change and Options for Renewable Energy in Remote Communities Chair: Frank Duerden Inuit Observations on Climate Change: Local Action with a Global Impact (Norm Snow and Larry...

Understanding climate change in the North: state of knowledge and new directions in research. Session 2A: understanding climate change; new directions in research II.
December 22, 2001... Session 2A: Understanding Climate Change: New Directions in Research II Chair: Mike Gill State of Knowledge Assessment for Climate Change Impacts in Northern Canada (Anne Munier* and Mike Gill, *Northern Climate ExChange, Northern...

Understanding climate change in the North: state of knowledge and new directions in research. Session 2B: impacts of climate change - science and monitoring.
December 22, 2001... Session 2B: Impacts of Climate Change - Science and Monitoring Chair: Bob Collins Observations and Concerns on Climate Change in Yukon Communities (Aynslie Ogden, Northern Climate ExChange, Northern Research Institute, Yukon College,...

Understanding climate change in the North: state of knowledge and new directions in research. Session 2C: impacts of climate change - human nature interactions.
December 22, 2001... Session 2C: Impacts of Climate Change -- Human Nature Interactions Chair: Larry Duguay Concerns on Climate Change and Variability in Northern Fennoscandia (Stefan Mikaelsson, Sami Council. Email: stefan.mikaelsson@same.net) Stefann...

Responding to climate change in the North: measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and our vulnerability to a changing climate. Session 3A: northern sustainable technologies I: wind.
December 22, 2001... Session 3A: Northern Sustainable Technologies I: Wind Chair: Larry Duguay Assessment of Wind Energy in the Yukon (JP Pinard, Yukon Energy Corporation, P.O. Box 5920, 2 Miles Canyon Road Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5L6. Phone: 867-393-2977....

Responding to climate change in the North: measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and our vulnerability to a changing climate. Session 3B: development, buildings, energy and energy change.
December 22, 2001... Session 3B: Development, Buildings, Energy and Climate Change Chair: Bengt Pettersson Northern Stewardship Yukon Energy Solutions (Duncan Sinclair, Yukon Development Corporation, Box 2703, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 2C6. Phone Email:...

Responding to climate change in the North: measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and our vulnerability to a changing climate. Session 4A: Northern sustainable technologies II: renewable technologies.
December 22, 2001... Session 4A: Northern Sustainable Technologies II: Renewable Technologies Chair: Craig Olsen Renewable Energy in Alaska: New Technologies Under Development (Nick Goodman, Northern Renewables, Anchorage, Alaska, 99515. Phone:...

Responding to climate change in the North: measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and our vulnerability to a changing climate. Session 4B: transportation, infrastructure and climate change.
December 22, 2001... Session 4B: Transportation, Infrastructure and Climate Change Chair: Mark Evans-Ehricht Effects of Climate Change on Transportation Infrastructure in Alaska (Walter B. Parker, U.S. Arctic Research Commission, 3724 Campbell Airstrip...

Responding to climate change in the North: measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and our vulnerability to a changing climate. Session 4C: publice education and outreach II.
December 22, 2001... Session 4C: Public Education and Outreach II Chair: Beth Lavender Government of Canada Climate Change Action Fund Public Education and Outreach Program (Colleen Paton, Natural Resources Canada, 580 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A...

Policy and planning responses to climate change in the North: Session 5A: clean development mechanisms and joing implementation.
December 22, 2001... Session 5A: Clean Development Mechanisms and Joint Implementation Chair: Perry Diamond A Policy Response to Climate Change: Using Emissions Trading to Support Renewable Technologies and Energy Efficiency (Dianne Humphries, Faculty of...

Policy and planning responses to climate change in the North: Session 5B: climate change issues and actions in the Canadian North.
December 22, 2001... Session 5B: Climate Change Issues and Actions in the Canadian North Chair: Rob Marshall Overview of Climate Change Issues and Actions (Rob Marshall, Arctic Energy Alliance, 101- 5102 51st Street, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, X1A...

Policy and planning responses to climate change in the North: Session 6A: Canadian policy and climate change in the circumpolar North.
December 22, 2001... Session 6A: Canadian Policy and Climate Change in the Circumpolar North Chair: Stewart Cohen Canada's National Climate Change Process Progress to Date and Next Steps (Alexis Conrad, Climate Change Secretariat, 55 Murray Street,...

Policy and planning responses to climate change in the North: Session 6B: partnership development and northern perspective on international negotiations.
December 22, 2001... Session 6B: Partnership Development and Northern Perspectives on International Negotiations Chair: David Malcolm Perspectives on the International Climate Change Political Negotiations (Andrew Pape-Salmon, The Pembina Institute, 124...

Policy and planning responses to climate change in the North: Session 6C: energy, policy and planning.
December 22, 2001... Session 6C: Energy, Policy and Planning Chair: Lise Farynowski Climate-Friendly Renewable Energy Policy for the North (Rob Macintosh, The Pembina Institute, P.O. Box 7558, Drayton Valley, Alberta, T7A 1S7. Phone: 780-542-6272. Email:...

Closing plenary - summaries, highlights and reflections.
December 22, 2001... Aynslie Ogden, Summit co-chair, outlined the agenda for the Closing Plenary. In the first half, four presenters would review the highlights from the sessions in each of the conference's three theme areas. Afterwards, there would be a panel...

Climate change: papers from the conference (introduction).
December 22, 2001... The following series of twelve papers on northern climate change arose from a call for papers to complement discussions at the March 2001 Circumpolar Climate Change Summit in Whitehorse, Yukon. I am extremely pleased by the quality and...

Exploration of potential directions for climate change policy in Northern Canada.
December 22, 2001... Abstract Climate change is a global issue whose causes and consequences require action at local, national and global levels. Despite the relatively small contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, which are the cause of anthropogenic...

Adapt or mitigate? A note on some competing incentives created by Northern Climate change.
December 22, 2001... The recent "Climate Change in the Circumpolar North" conference held in Whitehorse was a great success on many levels. The multi-disciplinary nature of the event was extremely valuable and I learned a great deal about both the hard scientific...

Climate change impacts in Northern Canda: assessing our current knowledge.
December 22, 2001... Summary A "state of knowledge' assessment was prepared by the Northern Climate ExChange and partners to determine our current understanding of climate change and its impacts in northern Canada. Information and key references were brought...

Climate change and human activity in Northern Canada: what we know, what we don't know and what we need to know.
December 22, 2001... While considerable uncertainty surrounds the prognoses about the future climate and its impacts on human activity, there is consensus that if change is the new fact of life, high-latitude regions will be among those most affected. Physical...

Exchanging ideas on climate change in the Yukon.
December 22, 2001... In May, 2000, the Northern Climate ExChange (NCE) hosted a workshop in Whitehorse called Taking Action on Climate Change in the Yukon. The workshop provided an opportunity for individuals and organisations in the Yukon to identify what needs to...

Wind power development in sub-Arctic conditions with severe rime icing.
December 22, 2001... Introduction The Yukon Territory is the northwestern most part of Canada and lies immediately east of Alaska. It has a population of about 31,000 people, two thirds of whom live in the capital city, Whitehorse, situated in south central...

Canada's sovereignty in changing Arctic waters.
December 22, 2001... Sovereignty and the Arctic The definition of the word "sovereignty" is simple: it is the international independence of a state, combined with the right and power of regulating its internal affairs without foreign dictation. Combine that...

Global change science: a revolutionary approach in climate change research.
December 22, 2001... Abstract Climate change is a most challenging research topic, as it is not only an environmental issue but has extensive socio-economic moral and ethical dimensions as well. The underlying processes that drive climate systems are so deeply...

Impacts of climate change on the sustainable development of traditional lifestyles on the indigenous peoples of the Russian North: towards the development of an integrated scheme of assessment.
December 22, 2001... For many indigenous peoples of the Russian North (IPRN) climate change is not a priority topic. This important issue is best addressed through the goals of sustainable development of the traditional lifestyle (SDTL), which is viewed as the main...

Participation of Russian NGOs in prevention of global climate change.
December 22, 2001... At the plenary session, some presenters expressed the idea of a close connection between climate change and other environmental issues. Several relationships come to mind. For example, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

JI projects in Russia: how to reach clarity.
December 22, 2001... According to the author of the book The Heat is On, in order to avoid the economic and social costs of global warming and the associated extreme weather events, the world's use of coal and oil will must be reduced by 70%. In the Russian...

Elaboration of the international transfer mechanism of reduction in greenhouse gas emissions on the basis of the Russian Federation law, "about agreements of product sharing".
December 22, 2001... Energy efficiency has become more and more urgent over the last few years. On the 11th of December 1997, in the Japanese town of Kyoto at the third United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change, a very important document, the Kyoto...