Climate hotspots: key vulnerable regions,climate change and limits to warming |
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Authors: | William L Hare Wolfgang Cramer Michiel Schaeffer Antonella Battaglini Carlo C Jaeger |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geography, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada;(2) Department of Geography, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, QC, H3A 2K6, Canada;(3) Department of Geography, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON, N5B 2K3, Canada |
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Abstract: | This paper reviews scientific and gray literature addressing climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Inuvialuit
Settlement Region (ISR) in the western Canadian Arctic. The review is structured using a vulnerability framework, and 420
documents related directly or indirectly to climate change are analyzed to provide insights on the current state of knowledge
on climate change vulnerability in the ISR as a basis for supporting future research and long-term adaptation planning in
the region. The literature documents evidence of climate change in the ISR which is compromising food security and health
status, limiting transportation access and travel routes to hunting grounds, and damaging municipal infrastructure. Adaptations
are being employed to manage changing conditions; however, many of the adaptations being undertaken are short term, ad-hoc,
and reactive in nature. Limited long-term strategic planning for climate change is being undertaken. Current climate change
risks are expected to continue in the future with further implications for communities but less is known about the adaptive
capacity of communities. This review identifies the importance of targeted vulnerability research that works closely with
community members and decision makers to understand the interactions between current and projected climate change and the
factors which condition vulnerability and influence adaptation. Research gaps are identified, and recommendations for advancing
adaptation planning are outlined. |
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