Wednesday, February 24, 2016

APECS Arctic Polict Workshop at ASSW16

If you're headed out to Arctic Science Summit Week (Alaska), register for the APECS Arctic Policy workshop on Monday 14th March, 09:00 – 12:30.

 

This half-day workshop will begin with a keynote and five short presentations addressing the global effort to use best-available science in the development of Arctic policy. Participants will then break into smaller, mentor-led groups to discuss strategies for incorporating scientific knowledge into impactful Arctic policy.

 

Mentors guiding the APECS break-out groups include:

 

Carolina Behe, Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska

Terry Chapin, University of Alaska Fairbanks Institute of Arctic Biology

Henry Huntington, the PEW Charitable Trusts

Amy Lovecraft, University of Alaska Fairbanks Political Science Department

Peter Winsor, University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences

 

More info and registration details can be found here:

http://www.apecs.is/events/upcoming-event-highlights/assw-2016.html

 

 

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Dr Eleanor Darlington

Network Facilitator

High Latitude & Cold Climate Dust Network

Department of Geography

Loughborough University

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