ClimateNarratives is an interdisciplinary research project in the climate sciences focusing on identifying risks, vulnerability, innovation and adaption possibilities for indigenous communities living along the coast of Greenland and on low-lying islands of the Pacific. Both of these communities live close to nature and to the ocean, and are facing new challenges and opportunities due to climate change: As the glaciers and the sea ice along the coast of Greenland retreats, new land is appearing and the fjords are opening; meanwhile, on low-lying island states of the Pacific, land is disappearing as the ice melts, and the communities are at an ever increasing risk of storm surges and floods.
What is novel with the ClimateNarratives project is the combination of climate science, social science and art together with local indigenous knowledge and narratives across cultures and generations in the search to identify challenges and possibilities in the face of current and as well as future climate changes.
ClimateNarratives tassaavoq silap pissusaanik ilisimatusarnerup iluaniilisimatusarfiit sammisaat akimorlugit suliniut, silap pissusaatanunarsuup ilaani sumiiffiit marluk inuiinut sunniutaanik misissuinermikimaqartoq, uani pineqarlutik Kalaallit Nunaata sineriaani najugallitaamma Manerassuarmi qeqertani pukkitsuni najugallit.
Silap pissusaata allanngorneratigut ajutoorutaasinnaasut eqqorneqartussallu suuneri,
ineriartortitseqqissagaanni sunik ineriartortitsisoqassanersoq aammasuut naleqqussarfigineqassanersut suliniut aqqutigalugu qulaajaasoqassaaq.Sumiiffiit pineqartut inui pinngortitamut imaanullu qanillutikinooriaaseqaramik silap pissusaata allanngorneratigut nutaanikunammilligassaqalerput periarfissarsiortariaqalerlutillu: Sermipuukkaaviisa immallu sikuata Kalaallit Nunaata sineriaani aakkiartorlutik milliartornerisigut nuna kangerluillu nunatai nuiartorput; nunarsuupilluatungaani Manerassuarmi qeqertat pukkitsut kiviartorput,ulissuarnernit qarsutsinernillu eqqorneqarnissaat aarlerinartuarluni.Suliniutip ClimateNarratives’ip nutaartaraa silap pissusaanikilisimatusarneruinnarani aamma inuiaqatigiilerinermik aammaeqqumiitsuliornermik imaqassagami.
Suliniummi nunaqavissut ilisimasaat oqaluttuaallu katersorneqassapput – kulturii kinguaarillu arlallit akimorlugit – taakkunatigut silap pissusaata allanngornerata maanna sunniutaasa siunissamilu sunniutigilerumaagassai suussusersiniarneqarput taamaaliornikkut unammilligassat suuneri periarfissallu suuneri qulaajarumallugit.
Header image by: Skade Henriksen / Karita Kajanto