Silap Pissusaata Allanngornera/Climate

Change Saqqummiisoq/Presentation by Lene K. Holm, ICC

Greenland

Sila – Inuk

Silap pissusiata allanngoriartornerata kingunerisaanik misissuineq / A Study of The Impacts of Climate Change in Greenland

Kalaallit NunaatGreenland facts

Kalaallit Nunaat 57.000 missaanik inoqarpoq

Greenland is inhabited by approximately 57.000

18-nik kommuneqarpoq 60-illu sinnilaarlugit nunaqarfeqarluni (200-it ataallugit inullit)

We have 18 Municipalities and more than 60 small communities (Under 200 inhabitants)

Kommunit amerlanersaat, 15-it Nunatta Kitaani inissisimapput

15 municipalities are situated in West Greenland

Oqaatsit/Languages Oqaatsivut tassaapput Kalaallisut oqaatsivut The first language we have is Greenlandic,

(Inuktitut) Taakku saniatigut Danskisut tuluttut allamiusullu

oqaatsinik ilinniarnissamut periarfissaqarpugut Besides that we can be taught in Danish English

and other languages Greenlandic and Danish are the official languages Kalaallisut Danskisullu oqaatsit pisortani

atorneqarput

InuusuutissarsiutitOccupation

Aalisarneq nunatsinni inuussutissarsiutit annersarivaat

The main income is from fishing Piniartuunerli Kulturitta tunngavigivaa Though is our culture stemming from

Hunting

Silap Pissusaata allanngorneraClimate Change

Silap pissusaata allanngornera avatangiisimi inuussutissartiutilinnit maluginiarneqarnera ersereerpoq

The Climate Change is already being observed by the users of the environment

Silap Pissusaata allanngorneranik takussutissaareersut Climate Change Examples

Ukiukkut sikusartut kingusinaarlutik sikusalersimapput,(sikugaangamik), siusinaarlutillu sikuertalersimallutik

Sea ice is forming later (if at all) than usual and breaks up earlier

Assersuutit/Examples Maluginiarneqarpoq uumasut pissusaat

allanngulersoq, allaat siornatigut takussaanngitsut takkuttalersimallutik

There are observed changes of animal behavior, new species are even spotted

Sermitat allanngoriartulerput, allaat ilaatigut taaguutit naleqqukkunnaarlutik

In some areas place names are no longer reflecting the place due to residing glaciers

Sila-Inuk Kikkut suliassaat/Who are

doing the project? Inuit Issittormiut Kattuffiata, ICC-p Kalaallillu

Nunaanni Aalisartut Piniartullu Kattuffiata, KNAPK-p suleqatigiinneratigut suliaq ingerlanneqartoq

Inuit Circumpolar Conference, ICC-Greenland and Kalaallit Nunaanni Aalisartut Piniartullu Kattuffiat, The Association of Fishermen and Hunters in Greenland, KNAPK, are cooperates in the Sila – Inuk project.

Sila-Inuk Silap Pissusiata allanngoriartornera ukiuni

makkunani malunniukkiartuinnarpoq, pingaartumillu Nunarsuup issittortaani tamanna malugilereerparput

The change of the climate in the world are in these years something that is taken note of, especially in the Arctic we observe changes due to the changing climate.

Misissuinissaq /Object of the Study

Kalaallit Nunatsinni innuttaasut Silap pissusaata allannguutaanik misigileriigaannik apersuinikkut katersinissaq

To collect the climate change observations made by residents of Greenland through interviews

Sooq Apersuinikkut?

Apersuinikkut ilisimasanik katersisinissap pingaaruteqassuisia uaniippoq Piniartut allallu pinngortitamik/asimik atuisut ilisimaarisaannik taamaalilluni katersisoqarsinnaammat. Tamakku aamma taaneqartarput Qangaaniit Avatangiisinik Uumassusilinnillu Ilisimasat, TEK, taakkuuppullu Kulturitsinnut atalluinnartut.

Why interviews?

To collect data through personal interviews with Greenland hunters and others who live close to the environment is important. That way we are able to get some of the knowledge these have that are of importance to the culture closely connected to the environment, what is also called TEK, Traditional Environmental/Ecological Knowledge

Kikkut / Who will be the informants?

Piniartut/Hunters Aalisartut/Fishermen Allallu asimik atuisuusut avatangiisimillu

ilisimasaqarluartullu / And other knowledgeable persons of the environment

Paasiniaanermi sumiiffiit sammineqartussat /

Locations whereat the interviews will be conducted

Kujataa / South GreenlandKitaa / West GreenlandAvanersuaq / North Greenland Tunu / east Greenland

Kikkut suleqatigineqassappat?

Ilaatigut: Issitumi ukiorititani 2007-2008-mi SIKU-mik (Sea Ice

Knowledge and Use)/ Immap Sikuanik Ilisimasat Atuinerlu) taallugu suliassaq suleqataafigaarput. Tassani aallaviuvoq Qaanaami Nunatta Avannaani Tunumilu piniartunik suleqateqarnikkut Immap sikuata pissusaanik assigiinngitsunik ilisimatuussutsinik paarlaaseqatigiinnissaq

Who are being partnered with?

Among others:

IPY (2007-2008) Project called SIKU, Sea Ice Knowledge and Use. In this hunters from Avanersuaq, North West Greenland and East Greenland will be exchanging their knowledge with other sciences on sea ice

Inernerisassai

Nunatsinni inuit namminneq takusaat misigisaallu katersorneqassapput

Qangaaniilli ilisimasat tunngavigineqassapput, Nunatsinnilu katersarineqalerlutik kingulissatta aamma pigisassaattut

Allannguutaalereersut tunngavigalugit ineriartortitsineq pisinnaanngussaaq, taakkuumata tamatta naleqqussarfigisariaqakkagut

Expected results Observations made by the inhabitants of

Greenland will be collected TEK will be the base for the collected data and

these data will remain in Greenland also for the coming generations

The changes that already are observed will steward us into the new situation that we all are to adapt to