WP 4 started with fieldwork in Eastern Finnmark
The work package 4 “Local and global futures: young people’s visions of sustainable livelihoods and inclusive environmental decision-making” is starting this summer and us researchers Stephan Dudeck (University of Tartu), Thora Herrmann (University of Oulu), and Ilaria Sartini (Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ) just came back from a preliminary fieldwork in Easter Finnmark, Norway. We were welcomed by the beautiful colours of this season, the nice weather and the enthusiasm and kindness of the people we met in Unjárga, Varangerbotn, Berlevåg, Kongsfjord, Tana, Vardø, and Vestre Jakobselv.
One of the steps of the project is to organize a workshop where young people discuss their visions about the future in relation to climate change, climate change mitigation measures and their impact at the local level. That is why, to prepare the workshop with our colleagues from Unjárga, it was important to us that we -who do not live there- also tried to better understand the pressing topics in the communities of North Varanger.
