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== Past Predictions ==
== Past Predictions ==
In 2004 a report, Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), presented at the fourth World Conference of Science Journalists in Montreal and stated:  
In 2004 a report, Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), was presented at the fourth World Conference of Science Journalists in Montreal, and it explained how:  


<Blockquote>... continued depletion of sea ice could push many marine species—walrus, polar bear, and seals—to extinction by 2070-2090. "To hunt, catch and share these foods is the essence of Inuit culture," the report preview states. "A decline in ringed seals and polar bears therefore threatens not only the dietary requirements of Inuit, but also their very way of life."
<Blockquote>... continued depletion of sea ice could push many marine species—walrus, polar bear, and seals—to extinction by 2070-2090. "To hunt, catch and share these foods is the essence of Inuit culture," the report preview states. "A decline in ringed seals and polar bears therefore threatens not only the dietary requirements of Inuit, but also their very way of life."
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The scientists involved in the assessment deliberately made moderate projections about climate change in order to avoid controversy. Nevertheless, as the Resource Center for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples reports, one of the ACIA's key findings shows that some Arctic areas are exhibiting warming trends between five and 10 times the global average, rising as much as four degrees Celsius over the last few decades. Globally during this time, the climate has warmed by an average of 0.6 degrees Celsius. ...<Ref>https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/climate-change-disrupt-inuit-life-new-report-warns</Ref></Blockquote>
The scientists involved in the assessment deliberately made moderate projections about climate change in order to avoid controversy. Nevertheless, as the Resource Center for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples reports, one of the ACIA's key findings shows that some Arctic areas are exhibiting warming trends between five and 10 times the global average, rising as much as four degrees Celsius over the last few decades. Globally during this time, the climate has warmed by an average of 0.6 degrees Celsius. ...<Ref>https://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/climate-change-disrupt-inuit-life-new-report-warns</Ref></Blockquote>


= Food Sovereignty =
See: [[Food Sovereignty]]
= Sources to expand upon =
1) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/30/canada-inuits-climate-change-impact-global-warming-melting-ice <br>
2) https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/faces-of-north-climate-change-1.4120055 <br>
3) Paradigm Wars book- Pretty sure there's a chapter about effects of climate collapse on the Inuit People. <br>
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= Sources =
= Sources =

Latest revision as of 05:58, 17 June 2023

Climate Collapse

2023 Heatwave

Past Predictions

In 2004 a report, Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), was presented at the fourth World Conference of Science Journalists in Montreal, and it explained how:

... continued depletion of sea ice could push many marine species—walrus, polar bear, and seals—to extinction by 2070-2090. "To hunt, catch and share these foods is the essence of Inuit culture," the report preview states. "A decline in ringed seals and polar bears therefore threatens not only the dietary requirements of Inuit, but also their very way of life."

The report also says that many Inuit are experiencing growing difficulty in predicting environmental conditions, resulting, for example, in the deaths of hunters who have fallen through thinning sea ice in formerly safe hunting areas. "Our traditional wisdom on how to survive and thrive on the land is becoming useless because everything is changing and changing fast," Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC), told Inter Press Service News.

The scientists involved in the assessment deliberately made moderate projections about climate change in order to avoid controversy. Nevertheless, as the Resource Center for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples reports, one of the ACIA's key findings shows that some Arctic areas are exhibiting warming trends between five and 10 times the global average, rising as much as four degrees Celsius over the last few decades. Globally during this time, the climate has warmed by an average of 0.6 degrees Celsius. ...[1]

Food Sovereignty

See: Food Sovereignty

Sources to expand upon

1) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/30/canada-inuits-climate-change-impact-global-warming-melting-ice
2) https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/faces-of-north-climate-change-1.4120055
3) Paradigm Wars book- Pretty sure there's a chapter about effects of climate collapse on the Inuit People.
4)

Sources