New Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) Assessments
Available: Arctic Climate, Pollution, and Adaptation
To access all of the assessments and their associated documents, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/AMAP-Assessments
The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP) announces the
release of new scientific assessments for climate change in the Arctic,
adaptation to Arctic change, and chemicals of emerging Arctic concern.
The release of the scientific assessments took place at the
AMAP-organized science conference in Reston, Virginia on 24-27 April
2017.
Available assessments include:
- Snow, Water, Ice, and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA);
- Chemicals of Emerging Arctic Concern;
- Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA) - Barents Area;
- Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA) -
Bering/Chukchi/Beaufort Region; and - Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA) - Baffin Bay/Davis
Strait Region.
Additional documents are available for each assessment and may include a
press release, a fact sheet, a summary for policy-makers, and scientific
background documentation. The SWIPA assessment also includes
informational videos.
The conclusions and recommendations of these assessments will be
presented to the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska
on 11 May 2017.
To access all of the assessments and their associated documents, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/AMAP-Assessments.
For more information about AMAP, go to: http://www.amap.no/.
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