Active conservation of the frozen Arctic.
Preserving Arctic permafrost, ice sheets and sea ice is a vital goal for minimizing impacts of global climate warming, and for enabling sustainable ways of life for Arctic communities.
In spite of political will global change due to climate warming will be inevitable, and science indicates more in the Arctic than elsewhere.
The Arctic is important to the whole planet; melting ice is raising sea levels and thawing permafrost is releasing accumulated carbon dioxide and methane.
The Peoples of the Arctic are not only victims of the challenges in the Arctic but, as custodians of global resources and values, these challenges provide opportunities and reminders of our responsibilities to show the leadership that others have failed to take.
As stewards of Arctic lands and waters its peoples must empower themselves with a deep knowledge of all possible scientific and technological now under study to deal with severe climate change globally. Many of these scientific and technical will have consequences in the Arctic even if implemented elsewhere. Knowledge and foresight are power.
There are also many discussions about technologies that might supplement emissions cuts with deliberate interventions in the climate system that could reduce some aspects of climate, e.g., remove CO2 from atmosphere, change albedo / land cover, stop glacial melting.
Northerners ought to have central roles in decisions about and knowledge-production on the development and use of technologies that could alter Arctic climates. The world needs their input and we all need to join in conversations about all the options: political, scientific and technical.