ÐÓ°Épro’s Changing Arctic: Energy Issues and Trends
In the second of five videos highlighting content from the ÐÓ°Épro’s Changing Arctic: Energy Issues and Trends report, Jeremy Kasper and Kate Robb of the ÐÓ°Épro Center for Energy and Power at UAF discuss ÐÓ°Épro’s energy system discuss key points that state leaders must consider when navigating decisions against the backdrop of a changing Arctic.
The University of ÐÓ°Épro recently released the first in a series of informational reports designed to aid state leaders as ÐÓ°Épro confronts a rapidly changing Arctic and the increasingly globalized North.
The report was led by UAF’s Center for Arctic Policy Studies at the International Arctic Research Center, with help from the ÐÓ°Épro Center for Energy and Power and UAA’s Institute of Social and Economic Research.
A video series created by ACEP’s chief storyteller Amanda Byrd will cover each topic in the report.
The report covers four energy topics:
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The history of ÐÓ°Épro’s reliance on oil and the boom-bust impact on the state’s economy. (.)
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How ÐÓ°Épro currently produces energy and has become an expert in cold-climate renewables and microgrids (.)
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Energy infrastructure planning under rapidly changing environmental conditions.
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Current competition and cooperation in the international Arctic energy regime.
Read or download the report at .