ISO 37120 is an international list of standards that measure sustainability in urban cities. It boasts 49 equally-weighted core indicators, along with 59 supporting indicators and 24 profile indicators. Gathering all of this data can give cities insight into their sustainability, but does it work for Anchorage, Reykjavík or Yakutsk as well as it does for Seattle and São Paolo? In a recent study, ISER's Matthew Berman and co-author Robert Orttung analyzed how ISO 37120 could be improved to make it an effective tool for the Arctic.
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Visiting Fulbright Scholar and Doctor of Law, Elena Gladun, will give an overview of recent educational and research projects in Siberia and Yamal regions of the Russian Arctic, the most effective supports for sustainable development, and Indigenous rights and interests at a lunchtime talk on Friday, May 17, in ISER’s conference room at noon.
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Come to ISER and hear Chris Southcott of Lakehead University in Ontario discuss the initial findings of the Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic project. That project is bringing together researchers and community representatives from northern Canada and other circumpolar areas to identify potential ways of improving the well-being of northern communities affected by Arctic resource development. Past resource development in the Arctic has often created social and economic challenges for northern communities but provided little benefit for them. Dr.