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Arctic Early Warning – The Impact of Climate Change on the Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic

Arctic Early Warning – The Impact of Climate Change on the Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic
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Arctic Early Warning – The Impact of Climate Change on the Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic

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Berlin, Germany
Chairing

The Impact of Climate Change on the Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic was the theme of a an Expert Roundtable with Representatives of Circumpolar Indigenous Peoples moderated by R. Andreas Kraemer in the context of opening the new Canadian Embassy in Berlin. It was convened jointly by the Embassy of Canada in Berlin, in partnership with the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ecologic, and the Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat of the Arctic Council on 18 May 2005.

The Arctic has been described as an indicator region for global environmental health. Both in the case of persistent organic pollutants and in the case of global warming, detrimental effects on indigenous peoples are becoming visible throughout the region - impacts that will also be felt in other parts of the world. The event in the Canadian Embassy was preceded by an Ecologic Dinner Dialogue with John Crump on 13 October 2004 which discussed possible impacts and the actions taken by the Arctic Council in response to these threats.

Contact

R. Andreas Kraemer
Founder and Director Emeritus, Ecologic Institute
Visiting Assistant Professor and Adjunct Professor, Duke University
Initiator and Convenor, Arctic Summer College
Organizer
Chairing
Date
Location
Berlin, Germany
Language
English
Keywords
Climate change, global warming, melting ice, Inuit, chemical pollution, POPs
Arctic, Canada, US, USA, Norway, Russia