User talk:Wilentja/Climate change and indigenous peoples/arctic

Peer review and suggestions
This is a significant topic with interesting scientific and community aspects. Thank you for taking it on and working to improve it. Here are some suggestions to propel you forward…
 * Structure: I would recommend including a one-paragraph overview of the major climate change impacts on the Arctic, perhaps another paragraph on how much climate change has already occurred in terms of temperature, sea ice, weather, and wildlife loss, and then a series of paragraphs on specific impacts and their impacts on indigenous communities. Other possible paragraphs/sections would be on how different indigenous communities are attempting to adapt to climate change, and how they have spoken out on the issue.
 * Ford and Furgal (2016) break down the main impacts… "In northern Canada, Inuvialuit hunters have witnessed more unstable and unpredictable ice conditions;in Norway, reindeer herders have noted changes in th eaccessibility of forage; in Russia, Viliui Sakha communities report that extreme cold, the so-called “bull of winter”,is no longer as intense or prolonged; and fishermen in western Greenland report the changing abundance of commercial fish … Many of these changes are locally described as having no precedent in living memory or oral history—a similar conclusion to that of scientists studying the instrumental data record." Read their article and the special issue for a great overview of the impacts.
 * "Arctic nations in total are responsible for 22% of total global carbon dioxide emissions."—This may not be an especially useful statistic, since it doesn't really separate out indigenous peoples from the larger nations of Russia and Canada.
 * Unfortunately, I'm not sure that the Kaya identity paragraph is directly relevant to the topic of the article. If you can find someone directly making the argument that Arctic circle indigenous peoples have low population and GDP per capita and therefore are contributing minimally to climate change, that would more compelling. Also, the COVID-19 impact on this story gets more attention here than it desreves.
 * Sea ice is definitely one of the main impacts you want to talk about. Rather than walking through the process, focus first on the impacts and secondly on why and how the loss of sea ice matters to indigenous peoples.
 * Long Martello (2008) looks at the activism of Arctic indigenous activists on climate issues.

Some useful references… Hope this is all helpful!--Carwil (talk) 19:08, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Ford, James D., and Chris Furgal. “Foreword to the Special Issue: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability in the Arctic.” Polar Research 28, no. 1 (January 1, 2009): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-8369.2009.00103.x.