![“Climate change here in the arctic is particularly rapid, the
impacts and the effects of climate change challenge and
threaten our very right and our ability to exist as an
indigenous people.The foundation [of Inuit] culture is cold, the
ice and the snow.”
Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Nobel Peace Prize-nominee
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The document contains quotes from several experts on the impacts of climate change on polar bears and arctic indigenous communities. Dr. Andrew Derocher notes that in 1984 polar bears in Churchill came on land in early August and left in early November. Dr. Steve Amstrup states that as the sea ice goes, so go the polar bears. Dan Kahan and Elizabeth Dollard discuss how increased scientific literacy can paradoxically lead to greater polarization of views. Sheila Watt-Cloutier expresses how climate change threatens Inuit culture by challenging their relationship to ice and snow.
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- 26. “Greater scientific literacyand numeracy were associated with greater cultural polarization.” Dan M. Kahan, Elizabeth K. Dollard Yale Law School Friday, 14 September, 12
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- 33. Thanks to Dr. Steven C. Amstrup Polar Bears International Dr. Andrew Derocher University of Alberta Dan M. Kahan Yale Law School Dr. Ian Mauro, Ph.D Mount Allison University Cory Timpson Canadian Museum for Human Rights Maria Cristina Milan, Italy Friday, 14 September, 12