Shipping has always been an important part of transportation in Greenland, but climate change has decisively changed conditions for navigation by expanding the scope of areas with open water and extending the duration of ice-free periods in the waters that freeze during winter.
The MARPART project is an international research project on "maritime preparedness and international partnership" in the Arctic that examines consequences of climate change for societal security, because climate change also entails increased risks in connection with increased shipping, oil and gas exploration at sea and other forms of maritime activity. In addition to Greenland, the project also includes Iceland, the Arctic Norway and northwestern Russia. Employees at Ilisimatusarfik have been responsible for the Greenlandic part of the research project.
The point of departure for the project as a whole is that climate change will lead to an increased level of activity in Arctic waters, that this will result in an increased level of risk, and that this will create a need for increased emergency preparedness and international cooperation on preparedness, search and rescue operations (SAR), as the small ones Arctic countries themselves do not have sufficient capacity for dealing with major accidents.
For the Greenlandic part of the project, the purpose has been to investigate whether the general assessments and expectations also apply to Greenland. In concrete terms, by answering these questions:
- Has shipping and other maritime activity actually increased?
- Has the activity increase actually resulted in an increased level of risk and more accidents?
- What role does the institutional build-up of the emergency preparedness and response system play?
- What capacities are available and what are the results of the emergency preparedness and response efforts?
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- Author: Uffe Jakobsen
- Editor:
- Editor: Flemming Nielsen
- Type: Article | Artikel
- Year: 2020
- Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Climate change; New shipping routes; Maritime security; Emergency prevention; Prepardness and response
- Title of journal: Ilisimatusaat
- Publisher: Ilisimatusarfik
- Place of publication: Nuuk
- Country of publication: Greenland
- Author: Uffe Jakobsen
- Editor:
- Editor: Flemming Nielsen
- Type: Article | Artikel
- Year: 2020
- Subjects: Arktis; Grønland; Klimaforandringer; Nye sejlruter; Maritim sikkerhed; Beredskab; Redningsaktioner; SAR
- Title of journal: Ilisimatusaat
- Publisher: Ilisimatusarfik
- Place of publication: Nuuk
- Country of publication: Grønland
- Author: Uffe Jakobsen
- Editor:
- Editor: Flemming Nielsen
- Type: Article | Artikel
- Year: 2020
- Subjects: Nunat immallu issittut avannarliit; Kalaallit Nunaat; Klimap allanngornera; Umiarsuit aqqutaat; Isumannaassuseq; Ajornartoorfimmi; EPPR; SAR
- Title of journal: Ilisimatusaat
- Publisher: Ilisimatusarfik
- Place of publication: Nuuk
- Country of publication: Kalaallit Nunaat
I Arktis findes store forekomster af attraktive ressourcer såsom fisk, vand, mineralske råstoffer ...
- Author: Uffe Jakobsen; Torben Røjle Christensen ; Dorthe Dahl-Jensen ; Karen Edelvang ; Anne Merrild Hansen; Peter Schmidt Mikkelsen ; Ruth Mottram ; Søren Rysgaard ; Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz ; Malene Simon ; Colin Stedmon ; Lise Lotte Sørensen
- Type: Article | Artikel
- Year: 2019
- Subjects: Klimaforandringer; Geopolitik; Sikkerhedspolitik; Naturressourcer; Bæredygtig udvikling; Forskning; Arktis; GrønlandNye sejlruter; Forskning; Arktis; Grønland; Danmark
- Title of journal: Altinget
- Publisher: Altinget
- Place of publication: København
Arktis er både forskningsmæssigt og geopolitisk ekstremt vigtigt. Alligevel bliver det slet ikke ...
- Author: Uffe Jakobsen; Torben Røjle Christensen ; Signe Bech Andersen ; Dorthe Dahl-Jensen ; Karen Edelvang ; Anne Merrild Hansen ; Sigrun Jonasdottir ; Peter Schmidt Mikkelsen ; Ruth Mottram ; Hans Kristian Olsen ; Søren Rysgaard ; Marit-Solveig Seidenkrantz ; Malene Simon ; Colin Stedmon ; Lise Lotte Sørensen
- Type: Feature article | Kronik
- Year: 2019
- Subjects: Klimaforandringer; Geopolitik; Sikkerhedspolitik; Nye sejlruter; Forskning; Arktis; Grønland; Danmark
- Name of newspaper: Politiken
- Volume & number: 2019
- Date: 23. januar 2019
- Author: Birger Poppel
- Editor:
- Editor: Kristine Offerdal ; Ingvill Elgsaas
- Type: Contribution to report | Bidrag til rapport
- Year: 2018
- Subjects: Greenland; MARPART
- Place of publication: Bodø
- Country of publication: Norway
- Main title & subtitle of host publication: Maritime Preparedness Systems in the Arctic: Institutional Arrangements and Potential for Collaboration, MARPART project report 3
- Publishing company: Nord Universitetet
- Author: Uffe Jakobsen
- Editor:
- Editor: Natalia Andreassen ; Odd Jarl Borch ; Johannes Schmied
- Type: Contribution to report | Bidrag til rapport
- Year: 2018
- Subjects: Greenland; MARPART; Preparedness; Cooperation
- Place of publication: Bodø
- Country of publication: Norway
- Main title & subtitle of host publication: Maritime Emergency Preparedness Resources in the Arctic - Capacity, Challenges and the Benefits of Cross-Border Cooperation between Norway, Russia, Iceland and Greenland, MARPART project report 4
- Publishing company: Nord Universitetet
- Author: Uffe Jakobsen
- Editor:
- Editor: Kristine Offerdal ; Ingvill Elgsaas
- Type: Contribution to report | Bidrag til rapport
- Year: 2018
- Subjects: Greenland; MARPART
- Place of publication: Bodø
- Country of publication: Norway
- Main title & subtitle of host publication: Maritime Preparedness Systems in the Arctic: Institutional Arrangements and Potential for Collaboration, MARPART project report 3
- Publishing company: Nord Universitetet
The sea ice in the Arctic has shrunk significantly in the last decades. The transport pattern has ...
- Author: Nataliya Marchenko ; Natalia Andreassen ; Odd Jarl Borch ; Svetlana Kuznetsova ; Valur Ingimundarson ; Uffe Jakobsen
- Type: Article | Artikel
- Year: 2018
- Subjects: Arctic; Climate change; Shipping routes; Maritime security; Emergency response
- Title of journal: Transnav: The international journal on marine navigation and safety of sea transportation
- Volume of journal: 12
- Number of journal: 1
- Publisher: Transnav
- Place of publication: Gdynia
- Country of publication: Poland
- ISSN number: 2083-6473
- DOI number: 10.12716/1001.12.01.12
The concept of sustainability has taken centre stage in Arctic politics. However, there is little ...
- Author: Ulrik Pram Gad ; Uffe Jakobsen; Jeppe Strandsbjerg
- Editor:
- Editor: Gail Fondahl ; Gary N. Wilson
- Type: Contribution to book/anthology | Bidrag til bog/antologi
- Year: 2017
- Subjects: Arctic; Sustainability; Opportunities and challenges; Risk; Conceptual history
- Place of publication: Cham
- Country of publication: Switzerland
- Main title & subtitle of host publication: Northern sustainabilities : Understanding and adressing change in the circumpolar world
- Publishing company: Springer
- ISBN number: 9783319461489
The sea ice in the Arctic has shrunk significantly in the last decades. Partly as a result, the t ...
- Author: Nataliya Marchenko ; Odd Jarl Borch ; Natalia Andreassen ; Svetlana Kuznetsova ; Valur Ingimundarson ; Uffe Jakobsen
- Editor:
- Editor: Adam Weintrit
- Type: Contribution to book/anthology | Bidrag til bog/antologi
- Year: 2017
- Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Climate change; Shipping routes; Maritime security
- Place of publication: London
- Main title & subtitle of host publication: Marine navigation and safety of sea transportation
- Publishing company: Taylor & Francis
- ISBN number: 9781138297623
- Author: Uffe Jakobsen; Birita í Dali
- Editor:
- Editor: Odd Jarl Borch ; Natalia Andreassen
- Type: Contribution to report | Bidrag til rapport
- Year: 2016
- Subjects: Greenland; MARPART; Sea
- Place of publication: Bodø
- Country of publication: Norway
- Main title & subtitle of host publication: Maritime Activity in the High North - Current and Estimated Level up to 2025, MARPART project report 1
- Publishing company: Nord Universitetet
- Author: Uffe Jakobsen; Bolette Kern
- Editor:
- Editor: Odd Jarl Borch ; Natalia Andreassen
- Type: Contribution to report | Bidrag til rapport
- Year: 2016
- Subjects: Maritime; Risk; Incidents; MARPART; Sea
- Place of publication: Bodø
- Country of publication: Norway
- Main title & subtitle of host publication: Maritime activity and risk patterns in the High North, MARPART project report 2
- Publishing company: Nord Universitetet
This report provides a discussion on dominating risk factors, risk types and probability of unwan ...
- Author: Odd Jarl Borrch ; Natalia Andreassen ; Nataliya Marchenko ; Valur Ingimundarson ; Halla Gunnarsdóttir ; Uffe Jakobsen; Bolette Kern ; Iurii Iudin ; Sergey Petrov ; Sergey V. Markov ; Svetlana Kuznetsova
- Type: Anthology | Antologi
- Year: 2016
- Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Climate change; Shipping routes; Maritime security
- Place of publication: Bodø
- Country of publication: Norway
- Publishing company: Nord University
- ISBN number: 978-82-7456-757-3
This report analyzes the current commercial and governmental activity in the sea regions north of ...
- Author: Odd Jarl Borch ; Natalia Andreassen ; Nataly Marchenko ; Valur Ingimundarson ; Halla Gunnarsdóttir ; Iurii Iudin ; Sergey Petrov ; Uffe Jakobsen; Birita í Dali
- Type: Report | Rapport
- Year: 2016
- Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Climate change; Shipping routes; Maritime security
- Place of publication: Bodø
- Country of publication: Norway
- Volume: MARPART Project Report 1
- Publishing company: Nord University
- ISBN number: 978-82-7456-756-6
Growing maritime commercial activities in the High North increase the possibility of unwanted inc ...
- Author: Ensieh Kheiri Pileh Roud ; Odd Jarl Borch ; Uffe Jakobsen; Nataly Marchenko
- Type: Article | Artikel
- Year: 2016
- Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Climate change; Shipping routes; Maritime risk security management
- Title of journal: Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
- Volume of journal: 2016
- Publisher: ISOPE
- Place of publication: San Francisco
- Country of publication: USA
- ISSN number: 978-1-880653-88-3
Climate change or global warming results in melting ice in the Arctic, both inland and sea ice. T ...
- Author: Uffe Jakobsen
- Type: Paper | Paper
- Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Climate change; Shipping routes; Maritime security; Security risk management
- Name of conference: ECPR (European Consortium for Political Research) Genreal Conference
- Conference city: Montréal
- Conference country: Canada
- Date: 26-29 August 2015