Assessing Climate Change Risk and Resilience in the Yukon
Legend:
The nine values: AC = Access CH = Culture and heritage CM = Community EH = Environmental Health
FS = Food security HW = Health and well-being INF = Infrastructure LH = livelihoods
Likelihood score: 1 =
Risk score
Low 0-4
EN = Energy
very low 2 = low 3 moderate 4 high 5 = very high
=
Low 5-8
Moderate 9-12
Moderate 13-15
High 16-20
High 21-25
Table 10 shows the recommended actions to increase resilience for Priority 5.
Table 10 Summary of recommended actions, Priority 5: Changing conditions on the land that pose risks to
safety, access, culture and heritage, and livelihoods
Impact
no.
1
Significant impacts, Priority 5
Wildfire smoke is transported long distances,
affecting local and regional air quality
7
Permafrost thaw destabilizes soil conditions
10
16
Storm surges, shoreline erosion and decreasing
near-shore ice alter the Yukon North Slope
Changes to snow and ice cover create unsafe or
unreliable conditions that reduce access to the
land
17
28
The timing of ice break-up on waterways
changes, including earlier spring break-up
Health and safety of people on the land are at risk
from variable, uncertain and extreme weather
Recommended actions to increase resilience
• Clarify roles and capacity to address risks
related to access
•
Support food security for harvested foods.
Examples include food preservation and
storage (e.g., root cellars, community freezers),
hunter support programs and subsidies, culture
camps, and camps for training and knowledge
transmission for small and big game for family
members, youth, and middle generations
• Continue to build resilience to climate
change impacts on the North Slope
• Document and protect heritage sites to
adapt to a changing climate
• Continue to develop community-based
monitoring and safety programming
CHAPTER 4 PRIORITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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