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Climate-Safe Infrastructure will be Important in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s Energy Future

 

In the third of five videos highlighting content from the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s Changing Arctic: Energy Issues and Trends report, Rick Thoman and John Walsh of the International Arctic Research Center at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ discuss ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s changing weather impacts on energy system infrastructure and convey the key points that state leaders must consider when navigating decisions against the backdrop of a rapidly changing Arctic.

The University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ recently released the first in a series of informational reports designed to aid state leaders as ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ confronts a transforming Arctic and the increasingly globalized North. 

The report was led by ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s Center for Arctic Policy Studies at the International Arctic Research Center, with help from the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Center for Energy and Power and UAA’s Institute of Social and Economic Research.

A video series created by ACEP’s chief storyteller Amanda Byrd will cover each topic in the report.

The report covers four energy topics:

• The history of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s reliance on oil and the boom-bust impact on the state’s economy. (Watch a short video: .)

• How ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ currently produces energy and has become an expert in cold-climate renewables and microgrids (Watch a short video: .)

• Energy infrastructure planning under rapidly changing environmental conditions (Watch a short video: .)

• Current competition and cooperation in the international Arctic energy regime. 

Read or download the report here: .

 

ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Department of Transportation and Public Facilities works to repair Bear Creek Bridge on the Richardson Highway after high rainfall caused the creek to wash away the road. Photo by ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ DOT.