The Sami Council part of an expert committee on the socio-economic consequences of climate change
Photo: Saami Council/Áile Jávo
This summer, the government appointed an expert committee to investigate the socio-economic consequences of climate change.
The committee's mandate is, among other things, to both find more knowledge about the socio-economic consequences of climate change for exposed sectors and regions, and to identify areas of effort where the potential to reduce climate-related risk is great, these must be assessed against the cost of measures. This should contribute to increased knowledge about what the economic and welfare consequences of climate change mean for the country. The final report must be delivered in two years.
Gunn-Britt Retter, Arctic- and Environmental Unit leader, and member of expertcommittee. Photo: Saami Council
The committee, which will be chaired by Postdoctoral Fellow Ingrid Hjort, consists of seven members, and the Sami Council's Gunn-Britt Retter is one of them. The expert committee will work together with a secretariat for the committee.
Gunn-Britt is grateful to be asked to be a member of the expert committee. "When analyzing the socio-economic consequences of climate change and what it means for the economy and welfare in Norway, it is important that these consequences are also understood for business and social sectors in Sami society and that the consequences for Sami economy and welfare are understood. I am looking forward to starting this work in the autumn," says Gunn-Britt Retter.
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