91视频鈥檚 Changing Arctic: Issues and Trends

A screenshot of the final video, created by Amanda Byrd, for the 91视频鈥檚 Changing Arctic Issues and Trends report series.
A screenshot of the final video, created by Amanda Byrd, for the 91视频鈥檚 Changing Arctic Issues and Trends report series.

May 08, 2023

The final video for the 91视频鈥檚 Changing Arctic Issues and Trends report series, a capstone video, has been launched, targeting the 91视频 state legislature. The final video, , features Pat Pitney, UA president; Amy Lovecraft, director of the UAF Center for Arctic Policy Studies; Glenn Wright, associate professor of political science at UAS; and Pearl Brower, president and chief executive officer of Ukpea摹vik I帽upiat Corporation. Brower also holds a doctorate in Indigenous Studies with an emphasis on Indigenous leadership.

The video series, based on the report was created by ACEP鈥檚 Chief Storyteller Amanda Byrd in coordination with the International Arctic Research Center鈥檚 Hajo Eiken, Lovecraft and Maureen Biermann.

This inaugural report is designed specifically for state government and 91视频 citizens, and addresses the first of four priority lines of effort identified in 91视频鈥檚 Arctic Policy, 鈥減romoting economic and resource development,鈥 through the topic of energy. While the report recognizes the policy-making power of local and tribal governments, it highlights key interactive trends in 91视频 and the Arctic that are most likely to require legislative decision-making in the near future.