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"Many strong voices: turning vulnerability into strenght" John Patrick Crump
- 1. MANY STRONG VOICES TURNING VULNERABILITY INTO STRENGTH NOSLĒGUMA KONFERENCE KLIMATA PĀRMAIŅAS UN ILGTSPĒJĪGA ATTĪSTĪBA Latvijas Universitāte 25.05.2016 John Crump Senior Science Writer GRID-Arendal Norway
- 2. MANY STRONG VOICES - MAIN MESSAGES 1. Climate change is happening now – Arctic, Small Island Developing States among most vulnerable 2. All peoples and regions have a right to participate – build new alliances 3. Use powerful stories and find the right people to deliver them
- 4. CLIMATE CHANGE IT’S HAPPENING NOW (www.arcticportal.dk)
- 5. CLIMATE CHANGE IT’S HAPPENING NOW http://climate.copernicus.eu/
- 6. CLIMATE CHANGE FORT MCMURRAY, ALBERTA, CANADA
- 8. CLIMATE CHANGE – MAIN MESSAGES IT’S HAPPENING NOW
- 9. CLIMATE CHANGE – MAIN MESSAGES IT’S HAPPENING NOW
- 12. CLIMATE CHANGE THE MORAL CASE Climate Change is “the moral challenge of our generation ... the situation is so desperately serious that any delay could push us past the tipping point, beyond which the ecological, financial, and human costs would increase dramatically.” UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon 2007
- 13. MANY STRONG VOICES – NEW ALLIANCES ARCTIC, SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES
- 14. MANY STRONG VOICES CREATE NEW ALLIANCES “The fight against climate change is a fight based on our undeniable human right to exist, and not just as nation states, but as peoples and communities.” Hon. Ronald Jumeau Seychelles Climate Change Ambassador
- 15. MANY STRONG VOICES CREATE NEW ALLIANCES “Climate change in the Arctic is a human issue, a family issue, a community issue, and an issue of cultural survival. The joining of circumpolar peoples with Pacific Island and Caribbean States is surely part of the answer in addressing these issues.” Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Inuit Advocate, 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
- 16. MANY STRONG VOICES CREATE NEW ALLIANCES
- 17. MANY STRONG VOICES CREATE NEW ALLIANCES 8000 km
- 18. MANY STRONG VOICES – NEW ALLIANCES DIFFERENT REGIONS, SIMILAR STORIES • Networking, communications and outreach • Solid science, traditional knowledge • Capacity building Fiji (photo: Justin Hickes)
- 19. MANY STRONG VOICES – NEW ALLIANCES DIFFERENT REGIONS, SIMILAR STORIES • Works with partners to highlight human rights in UNFCCC negotiations Tuvalu (photo: Fini Luni)
- 20. MANY STRONG VOICES – NEW ALLIANCES DIFFERENT REGIONS, SIMILAR STORIES • Raises awareness • Works to ensure SIDS and Arctic research and traditional knowledge incorporated in IPCC assessments Marshall Islands (photo: Sylvester Clemont)
- 21. MANY STRONG VOICES – NEW ALLIANCES POWERFUL STORIES, STORYTELLERS • Engages young people through Portraits of Resilience photo project Fiji (photo: Andrew Sheehy)
- 23. UUMMANNAQ, GREENLAND SUN LOLA MØRCH, JACOB (APUTSIAQ) JENSEN AND AVIAJA BORGNÆS
- 24. SHISHMAREF, ALASKA THE NEED FOR A NEW RUNWAY BRANDI “IYAHUQ” NAYOKPUK
- 25. SHISHMAREF, ALASKA THE NEED FOR A NEW RUNWAY BRANDI “IYAHUQ” NAYOKPUK Shishmaref (Photo: Miizuk Nayokpuk)
- 26. TUVALU MIGRATION AND LOSS OF CULTURE PETER HARRY
- 27. TUVALU MIGRATION AND LOSS OF CULTURE PETER HARRY
- 28. UNFCCC COP 15 COPENHAGEN 2009
- 29. OSLO AND SUVA, FIJI
- 30. MANY STRONG VOICES RECOGNITION www.theguardian.com "Arctic communities and Small Island States share similar struggles. … Many Strong Voices collaborate, act and innovate to achieve lasting change. Their critical work fills the gap between those affected by adverse climate impacts and the political and business leaders focused on creating big picture solutions." Sir Richard Branson
- 31. CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT • Human rights, indigenous rights referred to in Preamble (deleted from operative clauses) • No global targets • Each country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions based on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) • Opportunity to create reductions “from bottom up” not “top down” • Role for civil society and citizens • Opportunity for alliances like Many Strong Voices
- 32. MANY STRONG VOICES WHY THESE ALLIANCES ARE IMPORTANT • Create solidarity among “vulnerable” regions and people – Arctic, SIDS, mountains, etc. • Exchange information and experience • Deliver clear messages – 1.5oC • Post Paris can help mobilize governments • Demonstrate that climate change is about people, human rights
- 34. Thank you
Editor's Notes
- the Arctic acts as the globe’s refrigerator influences global climate and ocean circulation patterns this affects temperature, rainfall, etc. Changing at twice the rate of the rest of the planet What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic – impacts include unstable weather, sea level rise, etc. Happening far away and close to home – including Latvia
- Almost 12% of the Greenland ice sheet had more than 1mm of melt on Monday 11th April, following an early start to melting the previous day. Scientists were at first incredulous due to the early date. “We had to check that our models were still working properly” said Peter Langen, a climate scientist at DMI. “Fortunately we could see from the … stations on the ice sheet that it had been well above melting, even above 10 °C. This helped to explain the results”. Left: Maps showing areas where melting has taken place within the last two days. Right: The percentage of the total area of the ice where the melting occurred from January 1st until 11th April (in blue). The dark grey curve represents the 1990-2013 average. The grey shaded area represents the year to year variation for each day.
- It makes three months in a row that the monthly record has been broken by the largest margin ever, and seven months in a row that are at least 1C above the 1951-80 mean for that month. When the string of record-smashing monthsstarted in February, scientists began talking about a “climate emergency”. Figures released by Nasa over the weekend show the global temperature of land and sea was 1.11C warmer in April than the average temperature for April during the period 1951-1980. It all but assures that 2016 will be the hottest year on record, and probably by the largest margin ever.
- Fort McMurray, Alberta -
- Superimposed on London 5200 km2 – 17 times the size of Riga Moved into province next door
- Fort McMurray, Alberta 90,000 people left homes 2400 homes destroyed Large parts of oil industry shut down
- Fort McMurray, Alberta -
- Norway Dec. 2016 – some places in south had as much as 300mm in three days. A record.
- Sri Lanka – May 2016 – more than 300 mm in a day More than 90 dead, 310,000 displaced as of 21 May.
- We have a personal stake in these changes Can only be understood if we make a connection That’s the role of Many Strong Voices programme – Portraits of Resilience photo exhibition
- Sun— Lola Mørch, Jacob (Aputsiaq) Jensen and Aviaja Borgnæs The sun used to come February the 4th, but now it comes one day earlier. The reason why it comes earlier is climate change. As the climate changes and the air gets warmer, the snow melts and the sun comes up over the mountains earlier. North Greenlanders are positively affected when the sun comes sooner because it is dark the whole winter, and because it is lovely to see the sun again.
- The Need for a New Runway— Brandi “Iyahuq” Nayokpuk A long time ago we used to have a north-south runway for planes. When larger planes wanted to land, we found out that our runway was too short. Other villages just lengthened their runways, but we couldn’t because we’ve lost too much land off the north shore due to the erosion caused by global warming. The Alaska Department of Transportation built us a new one. Now the runway is better because it is long enough for planes to land on. We are using the old runway to put houses and storage vans on it because it is still solid, for now.
- The Need for a New Runway— Brandi “Iyahuq” Nayokpuk A long time ago we used to have a north-south runway for planes. When larger planes wanted to land, we found out that our runway was too short. Other villages just lengthened their runways, but we couldn’t because we’ve lost too much land off the north shore due to the erosion caused by global warming. The Alaska Department of Transportation built us a new one. Now the runway is better because it is long enough for planes to land on. We are using the old runway to put houses and storage vans on it because it is still solid, for now.
- Migration and Loss of Culture — Peter Harry Tuvalu is made up of eight islands in the Pacific. You need a ship to travel from one island to another. The Tuvaluans have their own way of culture. They build traditional community buildings called ‘Maneapa’. The Tuvaluans have their own traditional clothes and dances to perform for people. The Tuvaluans are very rich in sea resources but very poor in land resources. Tuvalu is very hot.
- In Tuvalu people and the island are suffering because of the rising sea. The people cannot plant crops to keep their families alive because the salt water damages the soil and that has made planting difficult. When high tide season comes some parts of Tuvalu are soaked in water at that time. The airfield is usually soaked in water at that time. The highest point on Tuvalu is the government building. Nowadays Tuvaluans are moving or migrating to New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, etc. Tuvaluans are losing their culture because of climate change. Being a Tuvaluan is very bad because you are going to lose your culture soon.
- Young people from the Arctic have taken their message around the world