NSDF


27 September 2021

Session on Permafrost Monitoring at the III Northern Sustainable Development Forum

The III Northern Sustainable Development Forum begins its work in Yakutsk today with several concurrent events taking place online or offline. Sessions, roundtables and panel discussions held during four days from September 27 to 30, 2021 will center around climate change impacts on permafrost, ecosystems and livelihoods in northern regions. The program will also include a two-day roundtable, “CRYOLITHOZONE MONITORING AND MEASURES TO SECURE SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE ARCTIC” on September 28 (Tue) and 29 (Wed) to discuss infrastructure stability issues in permafrost terrain, advanced adaptation and mitigation technologies, and permafrost monitoring programs. This event is co-organized by NSDF and MPI with Dr. Mikhail Zhelezniak as its moderator. Speakers will include Academician Vladimir Melnikov (Institute of Earth’s Cryosphere, Tyumen), Vladimir Romanovsky (Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks), Oleg Tregubov (North-East Interdisciplinary Scientific Research Institute FEB RAS, Anadyr), Huijun Jin (Institute of Cold Regions Science & Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin), Iosif A. Makarov, Geolan OOO, Moscow), Go Iwahana (International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska), to name a few. The full program is available at https://nsdf.ru/en/1-2/.

This roundtable discussion can be joined via Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88417256994?pwd=N2g5cjBkVU43MG85L0Z4dEJJL0J3UT09
Meeting ID: 884 1725 6994
Access code: nsdf
or YouTube
https://youtu.be/g4FCA0Hk1d4