Poster
Yakutsk, Russia – The Northern Sustainable Development Forum takes place September 24-28, 2019. Hashtag: (?).
Key Links
https://www.facebook.com/nsdf.ru
https://www.northernforum.org/en/news/533-northern-sustainable-development-forum
https://www.ltandc.org/event/northern-sustainable-development-forum-ecotourism-and-protected-area-roundtable-yakutsk-siberia/
https://www.ltandc.org/event/northern-forum-conference-in-yakutzk/?instance_id=199
Questions
- What hashtags are relevant to the event?
- Will the forum have live and recorded video?
- Are any presentations or referenced publications / resources online?
- How can remote participants pay attention to the forum?
- What would locals like visitors to know about Yakutsk? Russia? (How is this translated in Russian?)
Registration
There is a registration fee. Registration deadline for foreign citizens: August 1, 2019. Registration deadline for Russian citizens: September 1, 2019
The format of the Forum
- plenary session,
- themed sessions, round tables,
- activities of the Northern Forum working groups,
- activities of international and other organizations,
- В2В of the experts with the industrial and other companies as well as the representatives of regional administrations.
- Lectures, foresight sessions, master classes, field works are possible.
Sightseeing will be offered to the participants.
Initiators of the Forum
- Autonomous non-profit organization “The University of the Arctic in Russia”
- The Northern Forum’s Working Group on Regional Adaptation to Climate Change
Co-organizers
- Government of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia);
- Northern Forum Secretariat;
- M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University:
- Department of International Studies, Institute of Modern Languages and Regional Studies;
- International UNESCO Chair “Social and Human Adaptation of the Arctic Regions to Climate Change”;
- Department of International Relations
- Northern Forum Working Group on Environment and Conservation of Biodiversity;
Northern Forum Working Group on Assessment of Quality of Life in the Arctic Regions;
Background
Sustainable development is a major challenge of our age. In 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, the concept of global development named “sustainable development”, derived from the Brundtland Report, was officially acknowledged; it can be classified as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations.”
In 2015, the UN General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals and which implementation should involve not only governments but also transnational companies, charity foundations, community, NGOs and academia worldwide. Essentially, sustainable development implies equilibrium between the economic, environmental, and social fields of human activity.
In 1991, the Governor of the State of Alaska Walter J. Hickel initiated the establishment of the international non-government organization of Northern regions’ governors “The Northern Forum”, whose mission is to improve the quality of life and support sustainable development in the cold-climate regions. Until now, the Northern Forum has been the only international organization of the North and the Arctic aimed to maintain interregional cooperation throughout the circumpolar Arctic and establish the “North-South” dialogue, primarily with the countries of the Asia-Pacific.
Over its history of almost 30 years, the Northern Forum has implemented numerous projects working for the socio-economic development of the regions and organized hundreds of events. The organization’s General Assembly is held biannually, where the general issues of the regions and business partners’ collaboration are addressed in addition to the organizational ones. Lately, the practice of holding the Northern Forum Governors’ Summit to identify the priority areas of cooperation for the short-term has been introduced. 10 working groups have been set up to launch project activities in the areas of cooperation.
The Northern Forum is a pro-active participant of the large-scale international platforms established in Iceland, Norway, Finland, and the Russian North-West, where the full range of the Arctic development issues is addressed. At the same time, the regional concerns of the northern territories adjacent to the Arctic zone and having all the markings of cold regions are under-covered. The discussion of the Arctic’s North-East sustainable development issues is also quite shallow, which makes it impossible to properly assess the significance and contribution of such a vast territory to the sustainable development of the North in the global context, taking into account that most of the permafrost is located here and all climate changes occurring in this micro-region have global impact.
At this end, as well as taking into account the need for joining efforts in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the autonomous non-profit organization “The University of the Arctic in Russia” and the Northern Forum’s Working Group on Regional Adaptation to Climate Change have initiated the establishment of The Northern Sustainable Development Forum – a permanent international expert platform in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) under the auspices of the Northern Forum.
In the future, this Forum will become annual and seeks to become one of the world’s leading platforms for discussing the issues and prospects of sustainable development of the Arctic and the North and implementing relevant projects on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development throughout the circumpolar Arctic.
Archived Links
web.archive.org
Planeta.com