Arctic seeds to inspire positive scenarios

The Arctic is experiencing profound changes, from amplified climate change to socio-economic transformations. It is home to about four million people – many of whom are Indigenous – whose ways of life are intrinsically linked to ecosystems. In this context, scenarios can help community members and stakeholders co-design plausible, if deeply uncertain, paths forward to the future they want, focusing on levers of change available to communities. In this talk, we will present a seeds-based approach to developing bottom-up, positive, Arctic scenarios that (1) braid different ways of knowing; (2) foster agency; and (3) explore a vast and plausible range of futures.