Presentation given by Dr. James Ford to the I

1. Mapping
the
human
dimensions
of
climate
change
research
in
the
Canadian
Arctic
James
D.
Ford
KC
Bolton,
J
Shirley,
T
Pearce,
M
Tremblay,
M
Westlake
www.jamesford.ca
IPY
Conference,
Montreal,
April
23rd
2012

2. Introduction
• Explosion
of
human
dimensions
of
climate
change
(HDCC)
research
• 6,800
hits
for
CC
and
adaptation
• Similar
trend
in
Canadian
Arctic

3. The
Challenge
• Need
to
keep
track
of
publishing
trends
• Research
duplication
• Gaps
neglected
• Project
aim:
what
we
know
about
HDCC
in
eastern
Canadian
Arctic
(Nunavut,
Nunavik,
Nunatsiavut)

4. Methodology
• How
to
do
a
lit
review?
• ‘Narrative’
literature
reviews
• IPCC,
ACIA,
National
assessments
• Comprehensive
BUT
transparency,
replicability
• Systematic
lit
review
methodology
• Address
specific
question
• Systematic
and
explicit
methods
• Aim
for
replicability
and
external
validation
• (e.g.
Ford
and
Pearce
2010
in
Env
Res
Letters;
Ford
et
al
2011
in
Climatic
Change
)

5. Methodology
• Search
procedure
• 2070
initial
hits
• 117
articles
retained
for
full
review
• Analysis
• Quantitative
coding
scheme
• Qualitative
analysis

6. Rapid
growth
in
HDCC
research
INAC
&
FNIHB
CC
projects
IPY
begins
Harper
elected
Canada
ratifies
Kyoto
#
publications
ArcticNet
&
Nasivvik
established
Canadian
National
Assessment
ACIA
published
published
Year

7. The
social
sciences
and
increasingly
prominent
• Social
sciences
• Vulnerability
/
impacts
assessment
• Identification
of
adaptation
options
• Resource
management
• Biophysical
sciences
• Animal
populations
(polar
bears,
caribou)
• Health
sciences
• Slow
to
emerge
• Food
security
and
safety
focus
predominant

8. TK
is
widely
utilized
in
HDCC
studies
• Major
development
in
recent
work
• Documenting
change
• Knowledge
system
evolution
• Characterize
vulnerability
&
resilience
• Underpinning
adaptive
capacity
• BUT
• Need
for
critical
reflection
on
methodology
to
incorporate
TK

9. Stakeholder
engagement
increasing
} Author
analysis
} 2005
first
paper
authored
with
community
members

10. Stakeholder
engagement
increasing
} Author
analysis
} 2005
first
paper
authored
with
community
members
} 42%
authors
geography
/
env.
sciences
} 24%
ecology
} 8%
health
sciences
} 17%
earth
&
atmospheric
science
} 0%
law,
economics

11. Significant
geographic
disparities
in
publishing
• Regional
analysis
• 39%
NU
• 9%
Nunavik
• 4%
Nunatsiavut
• 21%
Arctic
generally
• Research
hotspots
• Small,
traditional
settlements
overrepresented
• Large
number
of
communities
with
no
research
(see
online
google
map)

12. Sectoral
disparities
pronounced

13. Research
needs
• Address
geographic
disparities
• Need
for
broader
spread
of
studies
to
allow
for
generalization
• Address
sectoral
bias
• Business
&
economy
(mining
in
particular,
tourism,
fisheries)
• Opportunities
from
CC
• Health

14. Research
needs
• Future
focus
• What
do
future
scenarios
mean
• Adaptation
research
• Effectiveness,
durability,
socio-­‐economic
and
ecological
implications,
long
term
viability
and
cost
• Vulnerable
sub-­‐groups

15. Conclusion
• We
know
a
lot
• 2.7
articles
per
1000
people
• Take
stock
every
5
years
• Same
methodology
–
track
evolution
of
knowledge
• To
read
more:
Ford
J
et
al
(in
press).
A
literature
review
and
gap
analysis
of
human
dimensions
of
climate
change
research
in
Nunavut,
Nunavik,
and
Nunatsiavut.
Arctic.

16. Thank-­‐You

17. Stakeholder
engagement
increasing
} Author
analysis