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Climate-Safe Infrastructure will be Important in ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ’s Energy Future

 

In the third of five videos highlighting content from the ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ’s Changing Arctic: Energy Issues and Trends report, Rick Thoman and John Walsh of the International Arctic Research Center at ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ discuss ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ’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 ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ recently released the first in a series of informational reports designed to aid state leaders as ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ confronts a transforming Arctic and the increasingly globalized North. 

The report was led by ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ’s Center for Arctic Policy Studies at the International Arctic Research Center, with help from the ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ 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 ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ’s reliance on oil and the boom-bust impact on the state’s economy. (Watch a short video: .)

• How ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ 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: .

 

ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ 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 ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ DOT.