ACCESS is a European Project supported within the Ocean of Tomorrow call of the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme. Its main objective is to assess climatic change impacts on marine transportation (including tourism), fisheries, marine mammals and the extraction of oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean. ACCESS is also focusing on Arctic governance and strategic policy options.
Arctic climate change will have significant impacts on both marine ecosystems and human activities in the Arctic, which in turn will have important socio-economic implications for Europe. ACCESS will evaluate Arctic climate change scenarios and their impact on specific economic sectors and human activities over the next decades. Particular attention will be given to environmental sensitivities and sustainability in the Arctic domain. ACCESS will also engage in close cooperation with indigenous people and other key stakeholders by means of a Stakeholders/End-users Forum and an Advisory Board.
April 23, 2015 - April 30, 2015
The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2015 will be held at the Toyama International Conference Center in Toyama, Japan.
The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) is the annual gathering of the international organizations engaged in supporting and facilitating Arctic research. The purpose...
February 24, 2015 - October 26, 2014
The final ACCESS General Assembly will be held from February 24th to 26th, 2015 at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, in Vilanova i La Geltrù.
An icebreaker will take place in the evening of February 23rd and a dinner will be organized on February 25th.
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January 18, 2015 - October 25, 2014
The 9th Arctic Frontiers conference will be held in Tromsø, Norway, with the title: Climate and Energy, from Sunday 18 January to Friday 23 January 2015.The earth is in the midst of major climate changes. The Arctic is experiencing the impact of these changes more and faster than other parts of the ...
31.10.2014 - 02.11.2014
On behalf of President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson of Iceland, Parliament of Greenland Member Kuupik Kleist, Alaska Dispatch Publisher Alice Rogoff and distinguished partners, we invite you to attend the second annual Arctic Circle assembly, which will be held October 31-November 2, 2014, in Reykjavík, Icelan ...
October 14, 2014 - October 15, 2014
The 2014 Arctic Futures Symposium is looking forward to welcoming Arctic stakeholders to Brussels on October 14th and 15th. The focus for this year's symposium will be the Arctic, its people, and its economy.
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Established in 2010 to raise public awareness of important ...
22.09.2014 - 26.09.2014
The Arctic Climate Change, Economy and Society (ACCESS) and Arctic Resilience Report (ARR) Summer course
September 22-26, 2014. Stockholm, Sweden.
We cordially invite applications for the ACCESS and ARR summer course organized jointly by the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics (ACCESS partner) ...
22.09.2014 - 25.09.2014
- September 22-23, 2014 at The Royal Society, London:
This meeting explores the recent, rapid Arctic sea ice reduction. We will discuss the evidence for change, the inability of our climate models to predict these changes, the processes responsible for sea ice reduction and improved representation ...
July 9, 2014 - July 10, 2014
In the framework of WP5 activities of ACCESS, a 2-day workshop on “Arctic Indigenous Peoples and the results of the EU ACCESS project on long term climate change effect on the Arctic” will be organized in Paris on July 9 to 10, 2014.
The aims and objectives of the workshop are:
(1) To ensure as far ...
April 5, 2014 - April 11, 2014
The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) and the Arctic Observing Summit (AOS) meetings will be arranged during April 5-8 and April 9-11 in Helsinki. The conferences will be arranged in the facilities of the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Meteorological Institute located ...
April 1, 2014 - April 2, 2014
The Sea Ice Prediction Workshop will be held at National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) on April 1-2, 2014 in Boulder, Colorado.
The workshop goal is to plan for the 2014 SEARCH Sea Ice Outlook (SIO) and to advance the science of sea ice prediction by coordinating experiments, defining ...
March 3, 2014 - March 7, 2014
The 3rd ACCESS General Assembly will be held from March 3 to 7, 2014 in Cambridge (Monday afternoon to Friday noon) in Cambridge. Jeremy Wilkinson has kindly proposed to host it at British Antarctic Survey*.
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The registration is open for partners...
February 28, 2014 - February 28, 2014
The Secretary-General is pleased to invite representation at the "Workshop on Safe Ship Operations in the Arctic Ocean", organized in collaboration with two projects: the Arctic Options: Holistic Integration for Arctic Coastal-Marine Sustainability Project, funded by the National Science Foundation ...
February 26, 2014 - February 27, 2014
The 5th Polar Shipping Summit will convene 26-27 February 2014 in London, UK.
The goal of the Polar Shipping Summit is to create awareness of international commercial shipping to the North American region and promote understanding of international polar shipping activities. The summit will address...
February 20, 2014 - February 21, 2014
EU ACCESS project – Arctic Climate Change Economy and Society
Arctic Center (University of Lapland), Rovaniemi, Finland
Stakeholders' workshop on February 20-21, 2014, Thule Room.
Fishing is the livelihood of many Arctic coastal communities in Northern Norway and Northern Russia. The workshop aims to bring...
21.01.2014 - 21.01.2014
The International Study for Arctic Change (ISAC) and ACCESS are co-organizing the second Responding to Change (RtC2) workshop in Tromso during the Arctic Frontiers conference in order to benefit from a large stakeholder community interested in Arctic issues that will be present in Tromso during the ...
January 19, 2014 - January 24, 2014
Arctic Frontiers (http://www.arcticfrontiers.com/
) holds its 8th annual conference in Tromso, Norway, from 19-24 January 2014, with the title: Humans in the Arctic. The Arctic Frontiers conference is a central arena for discussions of Arctic issues. The conference brings together representatives...
December 10, 2013 - December 12, 2013
Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic run by the AMAP Arctic Council working group is organizing a two days workshop in Tromso on the Barents Region on December 10-12, 2013. The European External Affairs Services (EEAS) mandated ACCESS to participate to this meeting in order to evaluate ...
December 5, 2013 - December 6, 2013
Arctic Options: Holistic Integration for Arctic Coastal-Marine Sustainability Project National Science Foundation (NSF) USA and Center National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) France have selected three hot spots (High Seas, West Greenland and Chukchi-Beaufort Seas). The workshop on December 5-6, ...