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CATEGORIES:Polar Conferences, Meetings and Events
CREATED:20230503T122442
SUMMARY:Inter-Polar Conference
LOCATION:Kathmandu\, Nepal
DESCRIPTION:The Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law of the Arctic Cen
 tre, University of Lapland and collaborators invite abstract submissions fo
 r an Inter-Polar Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 6-9 September 2023.\n
 The Arctic and the Third Pole-Himalayan region both contain important eleme
 nts of the cryosphere, areas of the world that are defined by the near-perm
 anent presence of water in a frozen state. However, as temperatures in both
  regions are currently warming at several times the global average, these a
 reas are rapidly thawing, and several elements of the cryosphere are said t
 o be tipping points in the global climate system. This will have major impa
 cts on local communities and ecosystem, and also lead to larger-scale chang
 es: the melting of the Himalayan glaciers will have significant regional ef
 fects related to the provision of water to a quarter of humanity, and the w
 arming of the Arctic will lead to the large-scale release of methane from t
 hawing permafrost, and the melting of the Greenland ice sheet could lead to
  several meters of sea level rise. The interlinked aspect of the cryosphere
  thaw and climate change has been evidenced as crucial in promoting polar s
 cience. However, the Arctic and Third Pole are almost always considered sep
 arately, demonstrating very little knowledge about the commonalities, links
 , and differences between both regions, especially concerning (geo-) politi
 cal, socio-cultural, environmental and legal dynamics of effects of and res
 ponses to these changes.\nTo remedy this deficiency, the Northern Institute
  for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) of the Arctic Centre, University
  of Lapland, in collaboration with the International Centre for Integrated 
 Mountain Development (ICIMOD), the UArctic Chair in Arctic Legal Research a
 nd Education, and the UArctic Law Thematic Network, is organising an Inter-
 Polar Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 6-9 September 2023. This Confere
 nce is meant to be an initial starting point for a durable network that wil
 l bring together experts from both regions and explore Arctic and Third Pol
 e topics from an inter-polar perspective. We hope that this shift can not o
 nly help understand the climate change-driven effects on the two Poles but 
 also help prepare scholars and stakeholders in both regions to develop an i
 n-depth understanding of sustainability in a changing climatic and geopolit
 ical landscape. This Conference's focus will be inter- and cross-disciplina
 ry, underlining broad areas of social and legal sciences. But there will al
 so be ample room for scholars to bring knowledge from natural and life scie
 nce disciplines.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law of the<strong>
 &nbsp;Arctic Centre</strong>, University of Lapland and collaborators invit
 e abstract submissions for an<strong>&nbsp;Inter-Polar Conference</strong>&
 nbsp;in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 6-9 September 2023.</p><p>The Arctic and the
  Third Pole-Himalayan region both contain important elements of the cryosph
 ere, areas of the world that are defined by the near-permanent presence of 
 water in a frozen state. However, as temperatures in both regions are curre
 ntly warming at several times the global average, these areas are rapidly t
 hawing, and several elements of the cryosphere are said to be tipping point
 s in the global climate system. This will have major impacts on local commu
 nities and ecosystem, and also lead to larger-scale changes: the melting of
  the Himalayan glaciers will have significant regional effects related to t
 he provision of water to a quarter of humanity, and the warming of the Arct
 ic will lead to the large-scale release of methane from thawing permafrost,
  and the melting of the Greenland ice sheet could lead to several meters of
  sea level rise. The interlinked aspect of the cryosphere thaw and climate 
 change has been evidenced as crucial in promoting polar science. However, t
 he Arctic and Third Pole are almost always considered separately, demonstra
 ting very little knowledge about the commonalities, links, and differences 
 between both regions, especially concerning (geo-) political, socio-cultura
 l, environmental and legal dynamics of effects of and responses to these ch
 anges.</p><p>To remedy this deficiency, the Northern Institute for Environm
 ental and Minority Law (NIEM) of the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, 
 in collaboration with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Deve
 lopment (ICIMOD), the UArctic Chair in Arctic Legal Research and Education,
  and the UArctic Law Thematic Network, is organising an Inter-Polar Confere
 nce in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 6-9 September 2023. This Conference is meant 
 to be an initial starting point for a durable network that will bring toget
 her experts from both regions and explore Arctic and Third Pole topics from
  an inter-polar perspective. We hope that this shift can not only help unde
 rstand the climate change-driven effects on the two Poles but also help pre
 pare scholars and stakeholders in both regions to develop an in-depth under
 standing of sustainability in a changing climatic and geopolitical landscap
 e. This Conference's focus will be inter- and cross-disciplinary, underlini
 ng broad areas of social and legal sciences. But there will also be ample r
 oom for scholars to bring knowledge from natural and life science disciplin
 es.</p>
X-EXTRAINFO:https://www.arcticcentre.org/EN/Inter-Polar-Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20230906
DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20230910
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