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This webinar series is designed to increase transparency of the Arctic Science Ministerial science process and to provide additional opportunities for scientists, Indigenous Peoples and Arctic research stakeholders to further engage with the science and proposed actions leading up to the Third Arctic Science Ministerial in Tokyo, Japan in May 2021. The webinar series is a joint cooperation between the ASM3 Organizers in Iceland and Japan and the European Polar Board.

Each webinar will be shared afterwards on the European Polar Board YouTube page and a written summary will be made available on the ASM3 website.

The second Arctic Resilience Forum will be held online as a series of ten weekly webinars launching on October 7, 2020. Each session touches on a specific aspect of Arctic resilience, ranging from food security and Indigenous youth leadership, to gender, energy and connectivity. The forum seeks to actively engage participants in conversations about how to build resilience of Arctic communities and ecosystems. It offers the opportunity to discuss concrete best practices and experiences from the Council and the broader community of circumpolar experts and knowledge holders. The Arctic Resilience Forum aims to continue to strengthen cooperation on resilience work.

The Arctic Resilience Forum will be convened every Wednesday from 11:30am – 1:00pm (EST) over a series of ten weeks, beginning October 7, 2020. The online series seeks to engage a broad audience in conversations about how to build the resilience of Arctic communities and ecosystems across a variety of focus areas, including:

• October 7: Indigenous Youth Leadership
• October 14: Food Security
• October 21: Renewable Energy
• October 28: Human Health and Pandemics
• November 11: Broadband Connectivity
• November 18: Gender
• November 25: Socio-Ecological Resilience
• December 9: Infrastructure
• December 16: Respecting Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Follow the link above to learn more, register, and to get updates for the whole Arctic Resilience Forum series. Individual session pages will open up with registration for specific events approximately one week in advance. Russian language translation will be available for all session.

This talk by architects Leena Cho and Matthew Jull will explore recent work to create architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design strategies in a rapidly changing Arctic. As the global forces of climate change, globalization, and urbanization are becoming more pronounced in the Arctic, the future trajectories for living environments, city-making processes and their adaptive capacities are brought into question and need to be addressed directly. Working directly with northern communities – and in collaboration with scientists and engineers – these strategies seek holistic design solutions to meet current and future challenges of an increasingly dynamic built environment in a rapidly changing Arctic.

The Arctic as a region of negotiation between the built and natural environments offers numerous lessons for design both within and beyond the polar territories. At the intersection of material, cultural, environmental and technological dimensions, the Arctic is a catalyst for rethinking the built environment from the scale of buildings and infrastructures to that of cities. It is also a prime testing ground to develop innovative design strategies in the age of weather extremes and climate change.

The Arctic Design Group is founded by Leena Cho and Matthew Jull at the University of Virginia School of Architecture who are also principals of award-winning design offices Kutonotuk and TempAgency. The ADG offers a diverse range of engagements on Arctic issues via design studios, seminars, lecture series, exhibitions and symposia in addition to scholarly research and creative practice.

Register for free today!

A Virtual IGS Nordic Branch Meeting 2020 will be held 11–13 November 2020.

The meeting was originally scheduled to be held in Copenhagen in October. For obvious reasons that is no longer possible so we have moved the meeting to Cyberspace via Zoom.

The timing of the meeting will be 11am-4pm (CET).

Abstract submission is now open by following this link. Please submit your abstracts via this link.

We have extended the abstract submission until 23:59, 30th October, 2020 GMT.

The meeting twitter hashtag is #IGSNB2020

Local organising committee: Nanna B. Karlsson (GEUS), Andreas Ahlstrøm (GEUS), Louise S. Sørensen (DTU), Christine S. Hvidberg (U CPH) and Ruth Mottram (DMI)

More details will be shared as they become available. We look forward to a broad participation and stimulating discussions.

The timing of freeze-up and winter conditions have changed throughout Alaska, and this has consequences for our ecosystems and our way of life in the winter season. Changing ice conditions and their influence on our winter travel and recreation safety has motivated the UAF Fresh Eyes on Ice project, a new freshwater ice observation network across Alaska. This seminar will provide an overview of freeze-up science and how you can be involved in helping share freeze-up and other ice condition observations this winter.

Please follow the link above to register.

University of Alaska Fairbanks' GIGSA (Geophysical Institute Graduate Student Association) is hosting a lecture series on working with Indigenous People. TEK Talks (Traditional Ecological Knowledge) is geared towards scientists to foster an understanding of how to respectfully engage Indigenous People within research. To learn more about the lecture series, we have a website that will continue to grow with recordings, resource links, and publications.

Please RSVP here.

The 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to the UNFCCC was originally scheduled to take place from 9-19 November 2020, in Glasgow, UK.

On 28 May 2020, the COP Bureau decided that it would take place from 1-12 November 2021, in Glasgow, UK.

The change in dates had been anticipated following a decision on 1 April 2020, to postpone the event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, the COP Bureau announced that: “In light of the ongoing, worldwide effects of COVID-19, holding an ambitious, inclusive COP26 in November 2020 is no longer possible. Rescheduling will ensure all parties can focus on the issues to be discussed at this vital conference and allow more time for the necessary preparations to take place. We will continue to work with all involved to increase climate ambition, build resilience and lower emissions.”

The Italy-hosted Pre-COP and 'Youth for the Climate' event are also postponed.

Please follow the link above for SDG Knowledge Hub coverage of COP 25 and related events, summary of COP 25 outcomes, and to sign up for the SDG Update newsletter.

After careful consideration, and in light of the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) developments, we’ve made the difficult decision to postpone the “2nd Edition of World Congress on Geology & Earth Science” (Geo Earth 2020)...

Due to growing concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19), and with the well-being of attendees, partners and staff as the number one priority, we have decided that rescheduling the event is the only responsible course of action at this time.

The event will now be postponed to September 06-08, 2021 at Osaka, Japan.

This event is also going live on the Nov 09-11, 2020, if you are interested in attending online event — please send a request to get the meeting id at geology [at] geology-earthscience.com

Webinar URL: https://geology-earthscience.com/webinar

The Program of the conference will be same with few changes and your registration and accommodation (if booked with us) will be automatically transferred to the new dates, so we very much hope that we will see you in September 2021.

To continue the success of 1st congress, Innovinc International proudly announcing the “2nd Edition of World Congress on Geology & Earth Science” (GeoEarth-2020). GeoEarth-2020 welcomes colleagues from all branches of Geosciences and from many countries in the world to disseminate their valuable work.

Abstract Submission Deadline: July 15th, 2020.

Please follow the link above for more information.

Sitka WhaleFest is a festival to celebrate marine life through science education, community and storytelling! Sitka WhaleFest raises awareness, educates, and creates enthusiasm for the marine environment. Our goal is to bring a deeper understanding of the marine environment to a diverse and inclusive audience in a way that all participants feel welcome and engaged.

Through a community-based festival we celebrate the marine world and our connection to it. We seek to convey that science is not just for scientists; it is a part of our everyday lives. The core of the festival is a unique science symposium for all that blends local knowledge and scientific inquiry of the rich marine environment of our oceans. Join Sitka WhaleFest virtually and celebrate with this unique tradition with our community!

The 2020 WhaleFest is donation only. If you are able to support our mission financially, we greatly appreciate any contribution.

Important Dates:

• Oct. 1 – Marketplace Vendor Registration CLOSES!! Click here to register
• Nov. 1 – Sitka WhaleFest Online Marketplace opens.
• Nov. 5-7 – Ocean Connections Presentations, 11:00am – 1:00pm each day
• Nov. 6 – Maritime Grine, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
• Nov. 7 – Don Sineti’s Sea Shanty, close of Ocean Connection

This year’s festival will include some fabulous speakers and events. The theme for our science symposium presentations is Ocean Connections: Culture and Communication. “Ocean Connections” will explore the many forms of culture and communication that are tied to the marine environment. Through the lens of Indigenous knowledge and scientific discovery, we will examine the web of interconnections that makes up the world’s oceans. We have an exciting group of speakers that will be presenting on sperm whales, dolphins, Northwest Alaska subsistence practices, killer whales and leatherback sea turtles.