Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation in Northwest Alaska
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Date
2006
Authors
Leiserowitz, Anthony
Robin, Gregory
Failing, Lee
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Publisher
Decision Research
Abstract
A two-day workshop on climate change impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation in northwest
Alaska was held in Kotzebue on May 24 & 25. The overall objective of the workshop was to help
key stakeholders in northwest Alaska consider climate change impacts and vulnerabilities in the
region, discuss the pros and cons of various adaptation strategies, and identify several potential
near- and medium-term actions.
Workshop participants included members of the Northwest Arctic Borough (NWAB) Assembly,
the city of Kotzebue, and representatives from several villages located within the Borough.
Other participants included representatives from Maniilaq, NANA, the Alaska State House of
Representatives, the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, the National Park Service, Audubon
Alaska, and the University of Alaska-Juneau. The workshop was organized by Anthony
Leiserowitz, a geographer with Alaskan, national and international experience in public and
stakeholder responses to climate change, and led by Robin Gregory and Lee Failing, decision
analysts with experience helping communities to develop management plans for complex
environmental and cultural problems.
As an initial workshop on climate change impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptations in the region,
the participants did not make any official recommendations. The participants emphasized that
any final recommendations need to incorporate the perspectives and concerns of people living
in all 11 villages of the NWAB.
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16 pages
Keywords
Climate change, Northwest Alaska, Environmental adaptation, Climate change vulnerabilities
Citation
Gregory, R., Failing, L., & Leiserowitz, A. (2006). Climate change impacts, vulnerabilities, and adaptation in Northwest Alaska. (Report No. 06-11). Eugene, OR: Decision Research.