Anthony Hobley, Carbon Tracker’s CEO will be speaking on the economic impacts of climate change in the Arctic, as part of a joint session hosted by the European Polar Board, EU-PolarNet and the EU-funded research programme ICE-ARC.  The session title is: ‘Climate Change in the Arctic – Local, Regional and Global Impacts’.

The objective of the session is to provide high-level decision-makers and other parties with a holistic overview of Arctic change and its multi-sector impacts.

Keynote speakers

• Peter Horvath, Directorate General for Research and Innovation, European Commission
• Sir David King, FCO Special Representative for Climate Change.  The Physical Basis of Arctic Change
• Jean-Claude Gascard, Senior Scientist, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).Scenarios for Arctic change and Global Consequences
• Anthony Hobley, Carbon Tracker Initiative. Economic Impact of Arctic change; regional and global contexts
• Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Former Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference and winner of the Right Livelihood Award 2015. Societal Consequences of Arctic change; regional and global contexts
• Thorben Hoffmeister, Executive Officer Geopolitics, Bundeswehr Geoinformation Center (ZGeoBw). Geopolitical and Security Consequences of Arctic Change

More information here: https://www.bas.ac.uk/event/cop21-side-event-climate-change-in-the-arctic/ 

The event takes place in the Blue Zone at Le Bourget and requires accreditation.