AC Working Group: Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG)

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The goal of the Sustainable Development program of the Arctic Council is to propose and adopt steps to be taken by the Arctic States to advance sustainable development in the Arctic.This includes opportunities to protect and enhance the environment and the economies, culture and health of indigenous peoples and Arctic communities. The guiding tenet running throughout the work of the SDWG is to pursue initiatives that provide practical knowledge and contribute to building the capacity of indigenous peoples and Arctic communities to respond to the challenges and benefits from the opportunities in the Arctic region.

Website: sdwg.org

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Adaptation to Climate Change

Reports and Assessments on the topic of Adaptation to Climate Change
Arctic Cultures and Languages

Reports and Assessments on the topic of Arctic Cultures and Languages
Arctic Human Health

Reports and Assessments on the topic of Arctic Human Health.
Arctic Socio-Economic Issues

Reports and Assessments on the topic of Arctic Socio-Economic Issues
Energy and Arctic Communities

Reports and Assessments on the topic of Energy and Arctic Communities
Management of Natural Resources

Reports and Assessments on the topic of Management of Natural Resources

Recent Submissions

Zero Arctic Fact Sheet

SDWG (2020-12)
Zero Arctic: Concepts for carbon-neutral Arctic construction based on tradition

SDWG (SDWG, 2020-12)
Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment in the Arctic

Kankaanpää, Paula (1997)
Good practices in EIA and public participation in the Arctic - Analysis of Russian Cases (in English and Russian)

Nenasheva, Marina; Saburov, Alexander (2018)
Analyzation of the Questionnaire on Arctic EIA: General Questions about EIA

Voutilainen, Aino (2018)
Questionnaire on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Public Participation in the Arctic - Mapping Good Practices Across the Arctic

SDWG (2018)
Arctic Environmental Impact Assessment - Yellowknife Workshop Summary Report

SDWG (2018-04)

Arctic Environmental Impact Assessment Workshop, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada 24-26 April 2018
Tomorrow's Arctic EIA: Nordic Possibilities and Perspectives to Environmental Impact Assessment in the Arctic Workshop Summary

SDWG; SDWG (2017-12)

Nordic Workshop Summary: Tomorrow’s Arctic EIA – Nordic Possibilities and Perspectives to Environmental Impact Assessments in the Arctic, Rovaniemi, Finland 11–12 December 2017
Arctic Environmental Impact Assessment - Alaskan Workshop Summary Report

SDWG (2017-11)

Alaskan Workshop Summary; Alaskan Workshop Report: Meaningful Engagement of Indigenous Peoples within the Environmental Impact Assessment, Utqiaġvik/Barrow, Alaska, 27–29 November 2017
Sustainable Development Goals in the Arctic: The Nexus Between Water, Energy, and Food (WEF)

SDWG (2020-11)
Arctic Demography Index Project Proposal

SDWG (2020-09-09)
Arctic Community Energy Planning and Implementation Toolkit

SDWG (2020)
Arctic Hydrogen Energy Applications and Demonstrations (AHEAD)

SDWG (2020-06)
Arctic Remote Energy Networks Academy (ARENA) II

SDWG (2019)
Local2Global project proposal

SDWG (2019-09)
Zero Arctic project proposal

SDWG (2018)
Arctic Indigenous Youth, Climate Change and Food Culture (EALLU) II

SDWG (2019-09)
Arctic Food Innovation Cluster (AFIC)

SDWG (2019)
One Arctic, One Health 2020 project proposal

SDWG (2020-06)
Blue Bioeconomy in the Arctic

SDWG (2019)