Arctic Dialogues — Climate Change and Displacement

Please join us for a rich conversation on what is being lost and gained as the Arctic changes.

Rapid and accelerating climate change is causing the Arctic to heat at three times the global average. There are many opinions on what this means to the people of the North in various time frames as well as implications for infrastructure from melting tundra and rising sea levels that may cause human displacement. At the same time, Arctic warming is renewing discussions of the implications of northern commercial trade routes and the need to build ports and other physical infrastructure. These changing conditions in the Arctic raise questions of the adequacy of Arctic governance and legal infrastructure. Are there legal or institutional gaps that we need to contemplate?

Panellists:

• Kluane Adamek — Regional Chief, Assembly of First Nations, Yukon
• Suzanne Lalonde — Professor of International Law, University of Montreal
• Brent Doberstein — Associate Chair Undergraduate Department of Geography & Environmental Management, University of Waterloo
• Rosemary McCarney — Senior Fellow in Foreign Defence Policy, Massey College; Former Ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations and the Conference on Disarmament (moderator)

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