"The Arctic is in the realm of high politics", said Andrés Jato, the Swedish Arctic Official (SAO) at the Arctic Council last week at the opening session of the Ninth International Congress on Arctic Social Sciences (ICASS IX) in Umeå, Sweden. Climate change in the Arctic could even develop into a security crisis on a global scale, he added.
"The climate crisis in the Arctic is not a future scenario; it is happening as we speak!"
Stronger ties with Asian countries
"Climate change is real and denial is not the answer", the Finnish SAO said.
Close links between climate change and sustainable development
chairmanship agenda
Arctic is about people
Crucial role of scientific and traditional knowledge
Join knowledge forces and support science
The ICASS takes place every three years and is organized by the International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA). The Congress in Umeå brought together 800 participants from all over the world for five days in the capital of Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. The next ICASS will take place in Arkhangelsk, Russia in 2020.
