Dear Colleagues,
The Canadian Permafrost Association in partnership with Institute for
Breakthrough Energy Technologies CCC Ltd. (IBET) is exited to present this
dialogue series of its PCF Action Group.
The global effort to address climate change currently lacks a technical or
policy framework that adequately accounts for major feedback mechanisms,
including the accelerating thaw in global permafrost. Accordingly, for the
first time ever, world-class experts are convening in a series of workshops
to begin creating a PCF Intervention RoadMap - an action guide for policy
makers and investors. This process is intended as a regional supplement to
global decarbonization efforts and a complement to initiatives addressing
the local geophysical impacts of permafrost thaw.
Permafrost in Arctic tundra and in high-elevation regions has in past been
one of the world's largest carbon sinks, storing twice as much carbon as the
atmosphere. Warming global temperatures, however, are accelerating
permafrost thaw, turning the sink into a source. The PCF Action Group will
be examining technologies and methods of reducing permafrost thaw and/or
limiting emissions where thaw cannot be reduced, and weighing their relative
impacts - to identify the most promising areas for research and development
and to create a first-draft PCF Intervention RoadMap to assist policymakers
and green investors.
The PCF Intervention Roadmap will consist of four 90-minute Zoom-based
Dialogues:
1. Opening Dialogue: Why Permafrost Carbon Matters (March 4)
2 .Avoiding Permafrost Thaw: Managing Temperature (March 11)
3. Are Permafrost Thaw Interventions Possible? (March 18)
4. Permafrost Carbon Feedback - Priorities for Research, Policy and
Investment (March 25)
For more information or to register, visit https://bookwhen.com/pcf
Best regards,
Lukas Arenson
President, Canadian Permafrost Association
Vice Chair, PCF Action Group
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