ARCTIC climate change and its impact on Environment,
infrastructures and Resource Availability
ARCTIC-ERA
Kick-off meeting, 8-9 October 2015, Grenoble, France
ARCTIC-ERA focus on the estimation and forecasting of the climate and environmental changes in
the Arctic region and their impact on the human wellbeing, industrial activities and infrastructure
Project consortium
LGGE (Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l’Environnement), France
project leader, natural science partner, climate dynamics and modelling
IORAS (P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology), Russia
natural science partner, climate and environmental changes
GWU (The George Washington University), USA
environmental and socio-economy science partner
IEFRAS (Institute of Economic Forecasting), Russia
economy and social science partner
HS&S (Hydrology Scienceand Servises), USA
industrial and consultancy end user
Research key objectives
Utilization of all available observations and modeling products to quantitatively
assess changes in meteorological and environmental variables that directly affect
ongoing and future social and economic development in the coastal areas of the
Circumpolar Arctic.
Identification and evaluation of the climatic and environmental changes’ impact
on the social and economic development of the Arctic coastal areas including fossil
fuels and mineral extraction, maritime and land transportation, industrial fishing, and
infrastructure development.
Quantitative assessment of the magnitude and spatial pattern of climate change
and its positive and negative implications on economic development in the
Circumpolar Arctic.
Development of a set of recommendations on mitigation and alleviation of the
negative climate-induced effects on the Arctic communities and their adaptation to the
impacts above to provide for a sustainable development of indigenous peoples and all
Arctic communities and nations.
Meeting agenda
8 October 2015 (LGGE, salle L. LLiboutry)
9:30-09:40 – Welcome from LGGE (Jean-Luc Jaffrezo)
9:40-9:50 - Participants short introductions
9:50-10:10 - Project overview and meeting objectives (Olga Zolina)
Partners presentations
10:10-10:40 "Cyclone activity in the NH high latitudes and diabatic signals from the ocean" (Segey
Gulev, IORAS)
10:40-11:10 "From winter thaws to summer droughts: Changing high latititudes of the Northern
Hemisphere" (Pavel Groisman, HS&S)
11:10-11:40 coffee break
11:40-12:10 "Mechanisms of the moisture advection to the Arctic" (Ambroise Dufour, LGGE)
12:10-12:40 "Permafrost Degradation: Impacts on Natural and Human Systems in the Arctic" (Dmitry
Streletskiy, GWU)
12:40-13:00 Discussion 1: Presentations in course of the project objectives
13:00-14:30 lunch (buffet at LGGE)
Meeting agenda
8 October 2015 (LGGE, salle L. LLiboutry) - continue
14:30 - 14:50 "The Arctic ocean in Global high resolution ocean general circulation models"
(Bernard Barnier, LGGE/MEOM)
14:50-15:10 "Role of snow in Arctic Amplification and the observations we need to verify this role"
(Hans-Werner Jacobi, LGGE)
15:10-15:30 "Interannual variability in the summertime hydrological cycle over European regions"
(Igor Zveryaev, IORAS)
15:30-15:50 "Linkages between natural and human systems in the Russian Arctic (Nikolay
Shiklomanov, GWU)
15:50-16:20 coffee break
16:20-17:30 Discussion 2: (i) breakdown of tasks and subtasks; (ii) working plan and data
management plan;
19:30 dinner at the Restaurant “L'Atelier 44" hosted by LGGE
9 October 2015 (LGGE, Library)
9:30-10:00 “Priority of the economical research associated with Arctic-ERA: plans for 2016"
(Dmitry Eliseev, IEFRAS)
10:00-11:00 Discussion 3: (i) working plan and data management plan - continue if needed; (ii)
communication strategy;
11:00-11:30 coffee break
11:30-13:00 Discussion 4: (i) development of the internet portal; (ii) financial management; (iii)
other issues; (iv) closing remarks.
13:00 - Lunch ("No name") / kick-off end