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Presentations from Clim-ATIC seminar Rovaniemi 4th Februaruy 2009

Clim-ATIC - Project leader Clive Bowman UHI – Perth College Scotland

Climate Change Adaptation Research Programme ISTO - Reija Ruuhela Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture

Climate Change Scenarios in Northern Finland - Meteorologist Leena Neitiniemi-Upola Finnish Meteorological Institute

University of Arctic and its Thematic Networks - Vice-President Outi Snellman UArctic secretariat and Coordinator Kirsi Latola Thule Institute

Floods and climate change - Hydrologist Noora Veijalainen Finnish Environment Institute

Community climate adaptation opportunities and strategies in city of Rovaniemi - Project planner Jari Järviluoma University of Lapland

Climate change and sea-level rise - Professor John Moore Arctic Centre

Project activities in Finland

Regional adaptation interests: 

Future tourism prospects of local communities

GIS-based flood risk management system

Participating communities:

City of Rovaniemi

Kolari and ski resort Ylläs

Kittilä and ski resort Levi

Demonstration projects:

1. Examine how strategic tourism planning in Finnish Lapland takes into account the issues of climate change by mapping the tourism products of Northern Finland from the viewpoint of their possibilities to adapt to drastic or slower changes of the operating environment and give guidance to tourism product developers.

2. A project that will involve preliminary flood risk assessment and flood risk maps for the rivers Kemijoki and Ounasjoki in Rovaniemi, and for Kittilä, flood risk management plans, visualisations for local people (maps, website, seminars and media), building codes and land use plans.

Regional lead partner:

The Lapland Regional Environment Centre, Rovaniemi

Other project partners

Finnish Forest Research Institute, Rovaniemi Research Unit

Thule Institute at University of Oulu with links to the University of the Arctic (UArctic)

Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Helsinki  

The Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi             

University of Lapland, Rovaniemi (see http://www.ulapland.fi/Clim-atic)

Associated partners:

City of Rovaniemi, Lapland

Regional Project funders:

Ministry of Environment
City of Rovaniemi
Municipality of Kolari
Municipality of Kittilä

Regional support group members:

Miikka Halonen chair, Paula Alho deputy representative
John Moore Arctic Centre
Leena Suopajärvi University of Lapland
Bertel Vehviläinen Finnish Environment Institute
Seija Tuulentie, Finnish Forest Research Institute
Kirsi Latola, University of Oulu, Thule Insitute
Tuula Rintala-Gardin, City of Rovaniemi
Katariina Kinnunen, Municipality of Kittilä
Tapio Niittyranta, Municipality of Kolari
Sami Laakkonen Regional Council of Lapland
Markku Kuortti The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, Lapland district
Vesa Heikkinen Tourism Institute of Rovaniemi Region
Paula Mikkola Regional Contact Point

Regional project events and activities:

Launch meeting of Clim-ATIC subproject in Rovaniemi 29 08 2008

Regional project publications and media coverage:

lapin_kansa_3_9_08

 Tel: (+)44 1738 877204 • Fax: (+)44 1738 877018 • clive.bowman@perth.uhi.ac.uk