Primary drivers of change in EU Arctic fjord socio-ecological systems




Work package one (WP1)



Financed under grant #869154





  • Enable adaptive co-management of Arctic social-ecological fjord systems in face of rapid cryosphere and biodiversity changes
  • WP1
    • Identify + analyse drivers of change
    • Manage and disseminate data and analyses within/out consortium

Why fjords?

Important socio-ecological systems whose climate impacts may differ from IPCC AR6








Range of fjords throughout the EU Arctic provides “natural laboratory”

Socio-ecological systems?

Socio-ecological systems?

Cryosphere

Physics

Chemistry

Biology

Social

Key drivers determined by literature and available data

Cryosphere

Physics

Chemistry

Biology

Social


Key drivers of change

Interactions

Takeaway



  • As the planet warms the cryosphere will melt
  • Removes one of five categories of the system
  • Will it still be the Arctic without a cryosphere?

Thank you for listening!


Robert Schlegel



LOV, Sorbonne Université – CNRS, France