Case study nr 7: Securing sustainable food production in Northern Norway under the auspices of climatic changes Lessons learned (in native language) (D.3.4.7)

Both on land and at sea, communities in the County of Nordland, Norway are embedded, both economically, structurally and culturally to food production in industries such as fishing, agriculture and aquaculture Multiple stressors threaten the future viability of these industries though, of which climate change are but one, if at all recognized. Indeed, previous research has shown that in the primary industries in the county, few (if any) informants present climate change as the most important present danger to their livelihoods. With this backdrop, this case will focus on the aquaculture industry in Nordland county, and specifically how practitioners own perception of their resilience and adaptive capacity enables (or un-ables) food industry actors in the county when facing the cumulative impacts of global climatic changes and the policies expected to arise when seeking to adapt to them. In this case, we have chosen to work closely with an established network of salmon producers called NCE Aquaculture, whose environment group have participated in two workshops. In these workshops we identified several threats along impact chains and on potential initiatives and efforts the practitioners found pertinent to minimize their impacts. Both threats and efforts identified were qualitatively assessed and prioritized, and thus provide a sound basis for an analysis of sectoral adaptive capacity and preparedness.