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Community Vulnerability and Adaptation in the Arctic

Community Vulnerability and Adaptation in the Arctic. Barry Smit 1 , Kik Shappa 2 , James Ford 1 1 Dept of Geography, University of Guelph, Canada 2 Hamlet of Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada. Presented to Adaptation Day, COP11, Montreal, December 4 th 2005. Exposure and adaptive strategies

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Community Vulnerability and Adaptation in the Arctic

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  1. Community Vulnerability and Adaptation in the Arctic Barry Smit1, Kik Shappa2, James Ford1 1Dept of Geography, University of Guelph, Canada 2Hamlet of Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada Presented to Adaptation Day, COP11, Montreal, December 4th 2005

  2. Exposure and adaptive strategies Role of climate and other stressors Future risks and adaptive capacity Community perspectives and partners

  3. Arctic Bay, Nunavut

  4. The ice is more dangerous

  5. We have to be more careful

  6. The weather changes all of a sudden

  7. We have to be more prepared

  8. We have to use our knowledge of the land

  9. We share a lot which makes things easier

  10. Insights from working with communities Climate and multiple stressors Adaptation opportunities Other work - CAVIAR Ford and Smit (2004), Ford (2005)

  11. Acknowledgements

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