L5- Atuliqtuq Flashcards

1
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What does Atuliqtuq mean?

A

Coming into force

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2
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What are the Atuliqtuq’s objectives?

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To build a community capacity for adaption through awareness building, planning and research.

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3
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What is the flow of logic?

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Climate change–>
Adaptions/Solutions–>
How useful ARE they–>
Compare to each other

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4
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What is Canada’s response to the threats of Climate Change?

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  • Build pipes deep into the ground (3 vs 4m)

- Find new source of energy (renewable energy from along the tectonic plate boundaries)

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5
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What are the global solutions for the Nunavut?

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  • Kyoto Protocol
  • Montreal
  • UNEP action
  • Antarctic Treaty
  • UNESCO World Heritage Sites
    CITES
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What are the local solutions for the Nunavut?

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  • Protect areas (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge- ANWR)
  • National parks and conservations
  • Giving land rights to indigenous people and traditional lifestyles
  • Limiting resource exploitation
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7
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What does ‘IT’ in THE IT solution stand for?

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Intermediate Technology

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8
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What are some of the IT solutions?

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  • GPS device
  • Dog teams and sensors
    Solar panels for battery
    Generate magnetic field
    Measures currents
    Global satellites used
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9
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Why is their land rising?

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As glaciers are retreating

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Why is there higher maintenance costs which are resulted by thawing permafrost?

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  • As there has been shifts in the building foundations

- Frost jacking in roads

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Where are the Nunavut from?

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Canada

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12
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What is being done against the threat of CC?

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  • Added polar bears on endangered species list

- Curb CO2 emissions

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How is the threat of human activity being overcome?

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  • Antarctic Treaty
  • Protocol on environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
  • No new activities until impacts have been properly assessed and minimised
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14
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How are the youth affected by CC?

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They are now sent to schools as their culture- hunting and fishing is dying out, as hunting is not safe anymore due to the weak ice and lack of animals to hunt

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15
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What will be the most significant changes?

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  • Culture deterioration
  • Inability to hunt
  • Lack of narwhals to hunt
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16
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What has happened tot he water cycle?

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Sea ice is breaking up earlier and freezing up later

17
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What affects does degrading permafrost have?

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  • Affects sewage disposal sites

- Water contamination

18
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What is happening to the wildlife?

A
  • New species are being observed

- Migration patterns affected by permafrost thaw

19
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Name a cultural feature of the Inuits.

A
  • Unique dialect

- Narwhal hunting

20
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How does IT assist the Inuits?

A

Gives them important information and assistance of technology