Permafrost Pathways hosts Arctic youth, commemorates partnership with International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry

Partners celebrated new collaboration with special day of Arctic programming

Arctic Indigenous youth leaders gather with Arctic Initiative, Woodwell Climate, and ICR staff as the MOU is signed.

Arctic Indigenous youth leaders gather with Arctic Initiative, Woodwell Climate, and ICR staff as the MOU is signed.

photo by Dee Sullivan/ MinFin Photography

As part of a new partnership between Permafrost Pathways and the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR), the Arctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School (Arctic Initiative) and Woodwell Climate Research Center (Woodwell Climate) hosted 18 Indigenous youth from across the circumpolar North for a day of science, mapping, storytelling, and policy programming. Woodwell Climate Senior Scientist and Permafrost Pathways Lead Dr. Sue Natali signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ICR Executive Director Anders Oskal and Woodwell Climate President Dr. Max Holmes establishing a new relationship focused on climate change and Arctic resilience.

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