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Project Profile: ARCTIC-ERA

Arctic Climate Change and its Impact on Environment, infrastructures, and Resource Availability

Who?

Principal Investigators: Olga Zolina, Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement, France
Partners: Pavel Groisman, Hydrology Science and Services, Inc., United States
Sergey Gulev, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Boris Porfiriev, Institute of Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Dmitry Streletskiy, George Washington University, United States
Sponsors: French National Research Agency, France
Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russia
National Science Foundation, United States

What?

Full Project Title: Arctic Climate Change and its Impact on Environment, infrastructures, and Resource Availability
Full Call Title: Arctic2014
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Why?

Project Objective: ARCTIC-ERA addresses critical aspects of human well-being and sustainable use of Arctic infrastructure and resources under the conditions of regionally accelerating global warming. An assessment of the current status of the economy and societal well-being of population of the settlements in the Arctic as well as forward projections of this status will result in recommendations on how to minimize the negative consequences of projected changes and to benefit from emerging opportunities.
Call Objective: Through this Call for Proposals on Arctic Observing and Research for Sustainability, the Belmont Forum seeks to bring together integrated teams of natural scientists, social scientists, and stakeholders to develop projects that utilize existing Arctic observing systems, data sets and models to evaluate key sustainability challenges and opportunities in the Arctic region across one or more of four possible themes.

Where?

Regions: Arctic
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When?

Duration: 48 months
Call Date: May 1, 2014
Project Award Date: 2014