Arctic Remote Energy Network Academy III: Final Report
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Issue Date
2025-05-12
Authors
Sustainable Development Working Group
Subject
Abstract
The Arctic Remote Energy Network Academy (ARENA) is a capacity building program aimed at providing energy champions from across the circumpolar North, with the skills, knowledge and networks required to develop remote energy projects in their own communities. ARENA III was built on the success of the first (2017) and second (2022/23) project iterations. ARENA III included on-site sessions in Alaska, United States; Nunavut and Nunavik, Canada; Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark; and Iceland allowing the cohort to explore the geographical, cultural, political, and remote energy landscapes in each location and to observe the integration of robust remote energy economies within Arctic countries. ARENA III directly supported two Sustainable Development Working Group Strategic Framework priorities, including educational opportunities, by building knowledge and skills surrounding the development and implementation of sustainable energy projects in remote Arctic communities while developing circumpolar networks of energy experts; and sustainable energy, by encouraging sustainable management, use, and development of energy resources in remote Arctic communities. By recruiting participants who live and work in the Arctic, ARENA III supported Arctic residents by encouraging local capacity building in the undertaking of resilient energy projects. The ARENA project supports activities in other working groups, including ACAP, AMAP, and CAFF.