Project description
How to tackle the challenges in the Arctic
Climate change and globalisation have transformed the Arctic. Today, efforts to ensure the long-term sustainability and resilience of future environmental, socio-cultural, economic and political factors in the Arctic are a high priority for national governments, international institutions and non-state actors. The EU-funded ArcticHubs project will develop solution-oriented tools, such as improved public participatory geographical information systems, guidelines for ‘social license to operate’, and future scenarios for Arctic communities, industrial stakeholders, policymakers and other relevant actors. This will assist in the creation and implementation of regional development strategies aimed at reconciling new economic opportunities with traditional livelihoods and solving land-use conflicts between different actors. These will also serve to increase the resilience of both new and existing industries and livelihoods against environmental, economic and political changes in the Arctic.
Objective
Increasing global competition for natural resources poses major challenges to the Arctic. ArcticHubs will develop sustainable solutions for reconciliation of competing livelihoods and land-use modes in key Arctic ‘hubs’—important socioeconomic nodes in a geographical network—and their surroundings, considering in particular the needs and cultures of local communities (incl. indigenous people). This will be achieved by applying multi- and interdisciplinary, multi-actor participatory approaches to systematically map, identify and analyse global drivers and pressures with high environmental, societal and economic impacts affecting 33 key hubs examining sustainability of fish farming, multiple use of forests, tourism, mining and indigenous cultures. The outcome of ArcticHubs will be the provision of solution-oriented tools, such as improved public participatory geographical information systems, guidelines for ‘social license to operate’, and future scenarios to Arctic communities, industrial stakeholders, decision- and policymakers, and other relevant actors. This will enable creation and implementation of regional development strategies that reconcile new economic opportunities with traditional livelihoods, and increase the resilience of both new and existing industries and livelihoods against environmental, economic and political changes in the Arctic. The impact of the project will be long-term sustainability and resilience of future environmental, socio-cultural, economic and political factors in the increasingly competitive and globalised Arctic, enhancing social acceptance of increased economic activity. These impacts will contribute to the implementation of the new integrated EU policy for the Arctic, IPPC assessments and other major regional and global initiatives, provide support to the EU Arctic Research Cluster, and enhance engagement of and interaction between local (incl. indigenous), national and global actors.
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
00790 Helsinki
Finland
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Participants (21)
96101 Rovaniemi
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00100 Helsinki
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96101 Rovaniemi
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750 07 Uppsala
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971 87 Lulea
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924 22 Ammarnas
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5838 Bergen
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4370 Egersund
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7034 Trondheim
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9291 Tromso
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4001 Stavanger
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101 Reykjavik
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551 Saudarkrokur
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184209 APATITY
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E2 0NN London
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1180 Wien
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10124 Torino
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3900 Nuuk
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100 TORSHAVN
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B3H 4R2 Halifax
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00531 Helsinki
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