Project Description
Invitation to the Nordic Tipping Week
Event in a nutshell
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- Where: Helsinki and Rovaniemi
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- When: 21-23.10.2025 in Helsinki and 24.10.2025 in Rovaniemi
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- Purpose: Assess the direct and indirect impacts of AMOC tipping points on the Nordic region, and the societal adaptation strategies.
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- Costs: The event is free, with food and lodging covered for all participants, and travel support is available for early career scientists and those from lower-income countries. We will also cover the Helsinki-Rovaniemi train for those who will participate in both parts of the event (limited availability).
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- Deadlines: Abstract submission and registration by 22.8.2025
Registration & Abstract submission:
In response to the Open Letter to the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Council is funding a workshop and a report on the direct and indirect impacts of AMOC tipping points on the Nordic region. The first part of the event will take place in Helsinki and focus on the interdisciplinary science of AMOC tipping and its broad impacts, whereas the second part will take place in Rovaniemi and focus on local knowledge, adaptive capacity of northern livelihoods and knowledge and skills through stakeholder interaction. The Rovaniemi event will be carried out as a Heritage Futures workshop in collaboration with University of Turku, Futures Research Center.
More information in pdf
Text by: Hanna Lappalainen, Univ of Helsinki