DEVELOPING YOUNG LEADERS
Arctic Initiative Study Group:
Ocean Conservation and Policy Innovation This study group, co-organized by Dr. Sarah Dewey, Dr. Sarah Mackie, and Brittany Janis, used Arctic Ocean change as a case study to outline the environmental policy process. The five-seminar series covered the topics of: •
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As climate change rapidly transforms the Arctic, the ocean at its center becomes a focal point: melting sea ice enables increased marine traffic; ice-dependent species are migrating or dying; fisheries shift and with them so do economies of subsistence. These changes can mean risk or opportunity for different stakeholders.
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Intro to the changing Arctic Ocean: Mapping stakeholders in a changing landscape. Science creation and communication: Understanding how scientists measure change and how their analyses can inform policy. Regional policy development: Understanding the process of co-developing policy through the lens of plastics pollution in the Arctic. Diplomacy: Understanding the precautionary principle, and what it took to achieve groundbreaking conservation policy in the Central Arctic Ocean. Policy implementation: Examining the successes and challenges in implementing Arctic marine mammal protections.
ARCTIC INITIATIVE | YEAR IN REVIEW 2020–2021
