Indicators of permafrost thaw impacts and of adaptation effectiveness in Arctic coastal communities

This Public Demonstrator is devoted to the development and discussion of Arctic coastal specific
indicators of human development and physical changes in order to track changes in the Arctic
coastal zone and to evaluate the future impact of adaptation and mitigation strategies put forward
in task 9.4. The main data for this report have been collected in conversations, interviews and
workshops with Arctic local residents and stakeholders, as well with scientists, and have been
augmented by a thorough literature review regarding existing indicators on the coastal zone of the
Arctic. The work is based on the pioneering Arctic Social Indicators reports (Larsen, Schweitzer
and Fondahl 2010; Larsen, Schweitzer and Petrov 2015), which provide the framework and
starting point for this demonstrator.