HAI-FESHokkaido University Arctic Initiative for Future Earth and SDGs

Building a world-leading problem-solving Arctic research center
～Contribution to the United Nations SDGs centered on field research～

Vision:
To realize the sustainable use of the Arctic

Mission:
Constructing an international collaborative research platform,
Collaborating with industry-academia-government stakeholders, and
Contributes to the United Nations SDGs and graduate school education.

Goals:
To grasp the actual situation of environmental changes,
To strengthen the domestic industry-academia-government collaboration network and serve as an international collaboration research institute, by integrating the research capabilities of the Arctic Research Center, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Earth Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, and Slavic-Eurasia Research Center,
To promote problem-solving research that contributes to the United Nations SDGs by launching “Future Earth Global Arctic-Net (FEGA-Net).”

NEWS

• 2024.11.18A special seminar was held at the Arctic Research Center with Dr. Espiritu Aileen, who is visiting the Center.
• 2024.11.11A forum on Japan-Europe Forum on Recent Data Center Trends was organized.
• 2024.11.5A workshop focusing on disaster prevention policies and collaboration between rescue experts in the Arctic and North.
• 2024.10.28New publications concerning Coastal fisheries adaptations to increasing climate change exposure in Japan: Associate Professor Jorge García Molinos (ARC-HU)
• 2024.10.7A workshop was organized as a part of the EU Political Counsellors’ visit to Hokkaido

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