Impact Assessment – the Key to

Responsible Arctic Development

Hans Christian Krarup, Golder Associates

Impact Assesments – Why?

Regulatory requirement

Corporate requirements

The right thing to do

A genuine interest in understanding potential impacts and developing mitigation measures

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Framing

Regulatory frameworks – are there regulatory requirements?

National vs. Regional

Corporate requirements

IFC

Equator Principles

Other conventions, standards etc.

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When things go badly wrong – Italy - Railway

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When things go badly wrong – France - Airport

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It can also happen in Iceland

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REGULATORY

INTERNAL

An approach to ESIA

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Stakeholder Engagement

Screening and

Scoping

Formal

EIA Procedure

PUBLIC

Capture what is important – get it right

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The environment

Family Health

Economics

Culture

Community

Avoid stakeholder fatigue and achieve

effective engagement

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Social Baseline Study (SBS) Approach

Study led by one Company

Representatives of each company to sit on a

panel to support the study

Study to be coordinated by an international

consultancy

Local information to be provided by local experts

Collaboration!

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Selected SBS Results

Traditional activities and traditional culture impact the formal economy,

e.g. through less time for formal employment

Number of hunting licences and hunted animals has decreased since

2007

Greenlanders hunt sea mammals (seals, polar bears and whales), land

mammals (musk ox, and reindeer) and several bird species

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Selected SBS Results

Unemployment rate is 9.4%, highest among young people

Population growth has been concentrated in towns, at the expense of

settlements

Ongoing emigration, especially among young women

2005 – 2011: 42% increase in the number of students enrolled in

educational programs and 46.5% increase in the number of students

graduating

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Critical Issues to Address in Baffin Bay SIAs

The potential for inter-generational and

geographical disputes over the speed and

nature of development

Impacts on intra household relationships

Less dogs – more snowmobiles

Fishing/hunting licensing system as a

barrier for employment of locals in industry

Gender relations vary between towns and

villages and might cause sensitivity

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Thank you

hckrarup@golder.com

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