L5- Atuliqtuq Flashcards
What does Atuliqtuq mean?
Coming into force
What are the Atuliqtuq’s objectives?
To build a community capacity for adaption through awareness building, planning and research.
What is the flow of logic?
Climate change–>
Adaptions/Solutions–>
How useful ARE they–>
Compare to each other
What is Canada’s response to the threats of Climate Change?
- Build pipes deep into the ground (3 vs 4m)
- Find new source of energy (renewable energy from along the tectonic plate boundaries)
What are the global solutions for the Nunavut?
- Kyoto Protocol
- Montreal
- UNEP action
- Antarctic Treaty
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites
CITES
What are the local solutions for the Nunavut?
- Protect areas (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge- ANWR)
- National parks and conservations
- Giving land rights to indigenous people and traditional lifestyles
- Limiting resource exploitation
What does ‘IT’ in THE IT solution stand for?
Intermediate Technology
What are some of the IT solutions?
- GPS device
- Dog teams and sensors
Solar panels for battery
Generate magnetic field
Measures currents
Global satellites used
Why is their land rising?
As glaciers are retreating
Why is there higher maintenance costs which are resulted by thawing permafrost?
- As there has been shifts in the building foundations
- Frost jacking in roads
Where are the Nunavut from?
Canada
What is being done against the threat of CC?
- Added polar bears on endangered species list
- Curb CO2 emissions
How is the threat of human activity being overcome?
- Antarctic Treaty
- Protocol on environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
- No new activities until impacts have been properly assessed and minimised
How are the youth affected by CC?
They are now sent to schools as their culture- hunting and fishing is dying out, as hunting is not safe anymore due to the weak ice and lack of animals to hunt
What will be the most significant changes?
- Culture deterioration
- Inability to hunt
- Lack of narwhals to hunt
