Wildland Fires Sharing Circle
When: Tuesday, 30 January, 09:00-10:30
Where: Margarinfabrikken 1 & 2 / online
The Norwegian Chairship of the Arctic Council has launched a Wildland Fires Initiative, which aims to increase circumpolar collaboration and make information on wildland fires in the Arctic more readily accessible. This side event is the first public panel of the initiative and will follow the format of a Wildland Fire Sharing Circle. The event focuses on cultural burning practices of Arctic Indigenous Peoples and brings together representatives and knowledge holders from the Council's Permanent Participants.
Organized by the Norwegian Chairship of the Arctic Council and Gwich'in Council International (GCI). |
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Empowering the Future Leaders of Sustainable Ocean Management
When: Tuesday, 30 January, 11:00-12:30
Where: Arbeidskontoret 2 / online
This session will invite experts and young researchers in marine and ocean sciences as well as policy to discuss the future of ocean management. In particular, the session will raise the importance of empowering early career scientists and experts as the future implementors and advocates of EBM and stewards of our oceans. Students and early career researchers that participated in an August 2023 Arctic Ocean Research Cruise, led by the Norwegian Polar Institute, will share their experience from the cruise, and discuss the implications of such expeditions for international cooperation and early career development in order to further understanding, agency and collaboration – linking it to the challenges that we need to address.
The discussion at this session will feed into the 3rd EA Conference in April 2024, arranged as part of the Norwegian Chairship of the Arctic Council and hosted by the Institute of Marine Research.
Organized by the Norwegian Chairship of the Arctic Council, the Norwegian Polar Institute, and the Institute of Marine Research. |
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Living in a Changing Arctic: A Town Hall Meeting with the Arctic Council and Arctic Mayors’ Forum
When: Tuesday, 30 January, 17:30-19:00
Where: Margarinfabrikken 1, 2 & 3 / online
Communities across the Arctic are at the forefront of navigating ever-faster changing realities as they seek to offer their inhabitants safe and thriving living conditions. In a nutshell, they are charged with sorting out the challenges and opportunities that global changes pose on local livelihoods. While the local contexts vary, sharing knowledge and building robust Arctic cooperation is imperative to ensuring that Arctic communities can adapt a long-term perspective on resilience. In this respect, the need for enhancing the engagement between levels of governance is growing.
This side event will explore how local realities can be better integrated into the work of the Arctic Council. Panelists will present case studies where increased cooperation would benefit Arctic communities, including prevention and preparedness against natural disasters, societal innovations necessary to integrate newcomers to the Arctic, and notably through more effective integration of local and Indigenous knowledge.
Organized by the Norwegian Chairship of the Arctic Council, the Arctic Mayors' Forum, and the Arctic Council Working Groups Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) and the Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG). |
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