
Welcome to the project
Coastal Adaptation Strategies in Nunavut
NU-COAST
Stratégies d'adaptation côtière au Nunavut
What is NU-COAST?
The coasts of the Canadian Arctic are essential to Inuit communities, providing food security and serving as cultural spaces and transportation routes. However, coastal environments are increasingly threatened by climate change, including permafrost thaw, sea level rise, and storm events. These risks vary by region, which complicates adaptation strategies, and despite some progress, obstacles remain such as a lack of reliable high-resolution data and research results that can be directly used by decision-makers. In addition, local monitoring and the integration of Indigenous knowledge and Western science are crucial to strengthening community resilience, highlighting the need for community-centered approaches to defining adaptation pathways. ​

​Launched in autumn 2024, NU-COAST aims to developcoastal adaptation tools to minimize risks and increase community resilience to coastal erosion and flooding in the Canadian Central and High Arctic. In collaboration with Kugluktuk and Ausuittuq (Grise Fiord), the project uses a transdisciplinary approach to ensure that coastal adaptation strategies are tailored to the cultural identity of each community.
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The project includes four work packages:
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Community Resilience to Coastal Change
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Assessment and Monitoring
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Coastal Hazard Analysis and Mapping
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Mobilize Research Findings to Develop Adaptation Strategies
Funded through the NRCan CRCC program
Supported by the Climate-Resilient Coastal Communities Program of Natural Resources Canada

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