During the last seven months, we have in the CliCNord Research Project published articles and policy briefs, presented at conferences, and much more, which you can read about in this newsletter

In November, we (the CliCNord Research Group) participated in the 7th Northern European Emergency and Disaster Studies Conference (NEEDS2023) hosted by the Centre for Disaster Resilience at the University of Twente. During the cenference CliCNord conducted several presentations. Read more about the activities we had during the different days.

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CliCNord researchers have published seven scientific articles - most of then in CliCNord’s topical collection titled “Place Attachment and Climate-related Hazard in Small Remote Communities” in the Regional Environmental Change journal.

• Eriksson, K., Sjöström, J. and Plathner, F.V. (2024). “This community will grow” — little concern for future wildfires in a dry and increasingly hotter Swedish rural community

• Kvarnlöf, L. and Eriksson, K. (2024). Filling the void_Rural disaster volunteerism during the Swedish wildfires of 2018

• Kongsager, R. (2024). The tunnels are a prerequisite for living here: lessons from the Faroe Islands on how push-pull factors affect populations in small remote communities

• Kongsager, R. and Baron, N. (2024). Place attachment, storms, and climate change in the Faroe Islands

• Heidenreich, S. and Næss, R. (2024)._Controlling the water_citizens’ place–related adaptation to landslides in mid-Norway

• Nedergaard, M. and Baron, N. (2023). Water under the bridge: how place meanings shape second homeowners’ engagement in flood risk management in southern Denmark

• Kokorsch, M. and Gísladóttir, J. (2023). “You talk of threat, but we think of comfort”: the role of place attachment in small remote communities in Iceland that experience avalanche threat

CliCNord researchers have since the last newsletter also...

• presented at the Human Geographies of Climate Change Adaptation conference in Bergen

• presented at the Nordic societal security in Times of Crises event arranged by NordForsk at Hanaholmen Cultural Centre in Helsinki - see also NordForsk post and summary

• presented at the Annual Climate Research Symposium in Copenhagen

• conducted a webinar for professional stakeholders

• conducted a webinar at the Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research (COPE) - see also posting

• held a workshop about wildfires in Sweden

• held a workshop about storm surge in Denmark

• pitched our documentary at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

• met with the Faroese climate minister 

• participated in Lessons Learned From the Storm Surge in October workshop held in Roskilde

CliCNord has so far launched four short case-specific films:

• Norway - Flashfloods

• Denmark - Flooding

• Sweden - Wildfires

• Norway - Landslides

CliCNord has published six case specific policy briefs:

• Protecting the small Danish islands against future climate change

• Adapting to heavy rainfall and flood risk, lessons learned from Møre and Romsdal

• How to improve climate change adaptation in small and remote communities in Iceland

• Faroe Islands and climate change adaptation - securing remote communities against future storms

• Wilder and wetter climate will challenge small municipalities: Managing landslide risk

• Collaboration on climate change adaptation on open land

Finally, CliCNord’s research has been mentioned in the media:  

• Adresseavisen (22/10-2023)

• Gimini.no (18/10-2023)

• Gimini.no (24/3-2024)

• Nationen (24/4-2024)

This project has received funding from the NordForsk Nordic Societal Security Programme under Grant Agreement No. 97229