SGER: To Explore the Feasibility of Collaborative Resident-Scientist Climate Policy Research on the Alaskan North Slope Coastal Region

预计未来几十年北方地区的气候将发生巨大变化。气候研究已经开发出预测长期变化和评估这些预测的不确定性的工具。这些研究成果有可能在区域和地方决策中发挥潜在作用。然而，社区可能有处理气候事件和气候变化的替代方法，这些方法可能与预测性研究产品没有联系。探索性研究的小额赠款将与阿拉斯加北坡社区的居民进行访谈和小型会议。这些聚会将用于(1)评估这些社区内个人对气候事件的理解，(2)确定他们采取哪些政策或行动来适应或缓解气候事件，以及(3)检查他们的文化机构是否可以纳入预测性研究产品。

Climate in northern regions is expected to change dramatically in the coming decades. Climate research has developed tools to predict long-range change and to evaluate the uncertainty in these predictions. It is possible that these research products could potentially play a role in regional and local decision making. However, communities may have alternate approches to dealing with climate events and climate change, approaches that may not link to predicitive research products. This Small Grant for Exploratory Research would conduct interviews and small conferences with residents of the Alaskan North Slope communities. These gatherings will be used (1) to evaluate the understanding by individuals within these communities about climate events, (2) to determine what policies or actions they take to adapt to or mitigate climate events, and (3) to examine whether their culture institutions can incorporate predictive research products.