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About ArCS II
Strategic Goals and Research Programs
Strategic Goal 1 Advanced Observation of Arctic Environmental Change
Strategic Goal 2 Improvement of Weather and Climate Prediction
Strategic Goal 3 Impact of Arctic Environmental Change on Society
Strategic Goal 4 Legal/Policy Response and Research Implementation for a Sustainable Arctic
Teleconnection
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Priority Subjects
Educatuion and Outreach
Expert Participation
ArCS II TOP
Strategic Goals 1
Human Security, Energy and Food
in the Arctic under Climate Change
Principal Investigator:Hiroki Takakura (Tohoku University)
As changes in the Arctic environment influence energy resources, fisheries, and agricultural production, this shift impacts the food security of human societies in the Arctic region, including indigenous communities, as well as food consumption in societies outside the Arctic region.
In this research, we will work to evaluate the impact that global warming has on the Arctic region at a regional ecosystem level including soil and ecosystems, as well as to elucidate the effects from the perspective of human energy and food resources.
Our research will focus on the investigation of three areas: evaluation of the degree of degradation of permafrost and ecosystems, evaluation of the economic and social effects of energy resource development, and the social and cultural impact of changes in biological production on human life, primarily focusing on indigenous societies.
A brother and sister travelling by reindeer sled (Oymyakonsky, Republic of Sakha, Russian Federation)
Photo: Hiroki Takakura (Tohoku University)
We will pay particular attention to the exchange between Arctic and non-Arctic societies, particularly that of East Asian nations including Japan, to analyze the impact of the Arctic region on East Asia, while also analyzing the influence that political and economic developments in East Asia have on environmental conservation in the Arctic region.
We will also aim to elucidate knowledge toward the realization of human security in the Arctic region, including freedom from threats, freedom from want, and freedom to live with dignity.
We will communicate related findings to stakeholders such as Arctic communities and local governments through media including workshops, exhibitions, and publications. In proceeding with this study, we will work to collaborate with not only Russian researchers, research institutions, communities and local governments, but also with researchers and institutions from other nations with track records in Arctic research, including Finland, Germany, the U.K., and the U.S., as well as researchers from China and South Korea for studying the region's relations with East Asia.
Fish sold at an outdoor market in winter (Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha, Russian Federation)
This research project mainly contributes to
Impact of Arctic Environmental Change on Society
Strategic Goals and Research Program
Strategic Goals 1 Advanced Observation of Arctic Environmental Change
Strategic Goals 2 Improvement of Weather and Climate Prediction
Strategic Goals 3 Impact of Arctic Environmental Change on Society
Strategic Goals 4 Legal/Policy Response and Research Implementation for a Sustainable Arctic
Providing the latest research results, knowledge, and news on the Arctic collected across the world, as well as integrated and comprehensive information updated on the legal policies and economic trends related to the Arctic to a wide range of stakeholders.
Developing our previous information dessemination of mid-term Arctic sea ice prediction, Arctic Sea Ice Information Center provides new predictions for mid-term and short-term sea ice, and short-term wave prediction in the Arctic Ocean as well as creating oil spill hazard map in the ice sea, providing navigation simulations, and responding to feedbacks in close cooperation with Strategic Goals that lead advanced research.
NIPR Arctic Environment Research Center
JAMSTEC Institute of Arctic Climate and Environment Research
Hokkaido University Arctic Research Center
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