Arctic Initiative
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Special initiative at @Harvard @Kennedy_School's @BelferCenter addressing the challenges associated with rapid climate change in the Arctic region.
Cambridge, MA
Joined October 2017
"One of the greatest challenges for women is the invisibility of the bias, and that you can't undo what people can't see,” explained @PhDJSpence when discussing the crucial need to center gender equality in Arctic dialogues. #InternationalWomensDay2024
https://t.co/vlyULRw7ZT
highnorthnews.com
Debate: "This week gender equality has gained visibility as an explicit part of Norway´s Chairship of the Arctic Council", says UIT researcher Malgorzata Smieszek-Rice, Co-founder “Women of the...
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Check out this podcast on #Arctic governance with @PhDJSpence (@HKSArctic) and @DinjiiZhuh (@GwichinCouncil). Insightful and grounded knowledge on challenges and ways forward. Was my privilege to host as part of the #LoraxprojectERC on ecosystemic politics @ERC_Research
🎧❗️NEW Podcast episode from #TheWorldStage! "Options for #Arctic governance in difficult weather" w/@PhDJSpence (@HKSArctic) @DinjiiZhuh (@GwichinCouncil) and NUPI's @ElanaWilsonRowe 👇 https://t.co/J3P1k0Gf4K
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Tues. 2/6 @ 3:00 Harvard Kennedy School Join the HKS Ukraine Caucus and our Senior Fellow Margaret Williams for a discussion with the founders of the humanitarian org. Assist Ukraine. More ⬇️ https://t.co/yJO2fKT0W0
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🎉 This month, we celebrated a new partnership with the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry @ReindeerHerding and hosted 18 Indigenous youth for a day of Arctic programming at @WoodwellClimate as part of the @HKSArctic #ArcticInnovationLab! https://t.co/11mT2dCU7K
permafrost.woodwellclimate.org
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@ReindeerHerding @WoodwellClimate @HKSArctic 🗺️ Permafrost Pathways partners and ICR will be co-producing maps of land use and landscape change while co-designing GIS training courses for Indigenous youth to support youth empowerment and advance adaptation, resilience, and intergenerational justice in the Arctic.
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📢@Kennedy_School students: Today is the last day to apply for our study group on whether, when, and how the West should renew cooperation with Russia on #Arctic science and conservation. More info:
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Should the West renew cooperation w/ Russia on Arctic science & conservation in light of the current climate & geopolitical crises? If so, when & how? Apply by 1/30 for a study group, led by Senior Fellow Margaret Williams, to explore these questions:
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Check out some reflections from students who participated in this year's "Policy and Social Innovation for the Changing Arctic" course led by @hallaiceland 👇
As J-Term comes to a close, students share their greatest takeaways from courses like Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation Building I Learn more about what they thought here ⤵️ https://t.co/mohYIjlnXk
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Today, the Norwegian Chairship met with the six Indigenous Permanent Participants. Updates on the 🇳🇴 Chairship program & Permanent Participants' activities as well as Arctic youth engagement were on the agenda, among other topics. More on the meeting👉 https://t.co/Keu0JNkPsY
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In @Nature, our collaborator Lucas Trout highlights important principles for community-health projects in the rural Arctic: let the community lead, focus on care delivery over academic research, & integrate networks of academic–rural health partnerships https://t.co/s67jxV01Vs
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*Research Assistant Opportunity* We currently have two open positions to assist Senior Fellow Margaret Williams in her work at the Arctic Initiative. Positions are open to HKS students. See the link below for the full descriptions👇 https://t.co/YLQ7bhIlaF
belfercenter.org
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Should the West renew cooperation w/ Russia on Arctic science & conservation in light of the current climate & geopolitical crises? If so, when & how? Apply by 1/30 for a study group, led by Senior Fellow Margaret Williams, to explore these questions:
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New report in @NatureClimate: The way science is funded is hampering Earth System Models and likely skewing climate predictions, according to a comment published today by #PermafrostPathways @WoodwellClimate and an international team of model experts. https://t.co/V41llRnU2a /1
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Our upcoming study group will evaluate the costs & benefits of renewing cooperation with Russia on Arctic science & conservation in the midst of the current climate crisis & geopolitical tensions. Open to @Harvard grad students. Apply by 1/30. Details:
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"Avoiding 1.5°C is critical for protecting permafrost and for minimizing the amplified warming caused by permafrost carbon emissions." #PermafrostPathways Sue Natali joins climate leaders in Global Collaborative Village at #WEF24 today to discuss why 1.5 matters for permafrost.
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Permafrost thaw represents one of the detrimental impacts of a warming #Arctic; this once-frozen soil underlines 15% of the global exposed land surface in the Northern hemisphere. As it thaws, permafrost has the potential to destabilize local ecosystems & contribute to greenhouse
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Our Senior Program Coordinator, Tessa Varvares, is spending the week at the #WorldEconomicForum camping with @ArcticBasecamp to draw attention to rapid climate change in the #Arctic! Stay tuned to see what she’s up to this week. ❄️
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Attending the #WorldEconomicForum? Make sure to stop by the @ArcticBasecamp outside the Schatzalp hotel and say hello to our Senior Program Coordinator, Tessa Varvares, and hear about what’s she’s up to this week!
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“I’ve been trying to move around furniture because this side is sinking faster than before." - Natalia “Edna” Chase 1/4 in the @KYUKNews series about the impacts of permafrost thaw in Nunapicuaq, an Alaska Native community partner of #PermafrostPathways. https://t.co/h38DfWm7tX
alaskapublic.org
Settling homes across the Western Alaska village have suffered damage that makes them leak, leading to mold and long-term health issues.
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New paper 🧵 How do we know #permafrost is thawing? One way scientists track this change is by taking field measurements of active layer thickness, the part of permafrost that thaws and refreezes. Deepening ALT = more decomposition and more carbon released into the atmosphere.
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