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Dawson City Community Action Plan and Forum Report
In February 2006, the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board organized a climate change forum in partnership with Northern Climate ExChange, among others. The goal of this forum was to develop a community-driven action plan on adapting to and mitigating for climate change. The plan was developed through a series of workshops and meetings and will form the background to adaptation work that NCE is currently undertaking.
Yukon Research Needs Survey
In 2003 and 2004, C-CIARN North and the Northern Climate ExChange asked northerners, researchers, and others concerned about the North what research is needed to help the North assess and adapt to climate change. The results of this survey are available in our Research Needs Survey page.
Yukon Climate Change Research Compendium
This compendium, produced by the NCE and C-CIARN North in 2005, lists Yukon-based research related to climate and climate change conducted from 1978 to 2003.
Featured Yukon research
Wolf Creek Research Basin
Located within Whitehorse city limits, the Wolf Creek Research Basin hosts a web of interconnected research projects related to hydrology, meteorology, and vegetation studies. This yourYukon column from 2002 contains more information on Wolf Creek vegetation studies.
St. Elias Climate Change Project
The St. Elias Climate Change Project deals with compilation and synthesis of paleoclimate/paleo-environmental and recent climate, physical and biological datasets from the St. Elias Mountains in the southwestern Yukon. This 1998 yourYukon column is about the research techniques used in this study.
Kluane Alpine Ecosystem Project
The Kluane Alpine Ecosystem Project is an ongoing study of the alpine ecosystem, the particular species that are a part of it, and the impacts of climate change. One aspect of the research is described in this yourYukon column from 2000.
Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge Co-op
The Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge Co-op is a grouping of communities, governments, and scientists involved in ecological monitoring in the northern Yukon, with particular emphasis on climate change, contaminants, and regional development. This 2003 yourYukon column is about a joint Co-op and Northern Climate ExChange initiative.