NPD43 - Keeping Our Cool - Ideas for Conserving the Frozen North

The Arctic is warming four times faster than the global average, with serious local and global impacts. Given the urgency of the situation, a range of climate action measures have been suggested to slow down, halt, or even reverse the effects of climate change in the Arctic and northern regions. A report from the University of the Arctic, GRID-Arendal, and the Arctic Centre/University of Lapland conducted a preliminary assessment of 61 ideas - from nature-based to technological - aimed at keeping the Arctic frozen.  

This townhall meeting invites conference attendees to listen to and participate in a discussion on what responsible climate intervention would entail, how to assess the risks of intervening or not intervening to reduce the impacts of climate change, and additional approaches or methods to reduce the impacts of climate change beyond the necessary - but perhaps now insufficient - step of emissions reduction. 

Co-Chairs: Tiina Kurvits, GRID-Arendal 

Albert van Wijngaarden, University of Cambridge