ICE BRIDGE: Bridging Ice Climate Technologies and Governance for Biodiversity in the Arctic
The research project ICE BRIDGE: Bridging Ice Climate Technologies and Governance for Biodiversity in the Arctic led by dr Romain Chuffart (Principal Investigator) and funded under the Biodiversity and Transformative Change call of the European Biodiversity Partnership Biodiversa+, will run from 1 January 2026 - 31 December 2028.
Focusing on the rapidly changing Arctic environment, the project investigates how emerging climate intervention technologies and their associated infrastructures may affect Arctic biodiversity, and how governance systems can proactively manage these risks. The research will examine the intersections between climate technologies (particularly solar radiation management), ecological vulnerability, and legal responsibility, and identify the regulatory and institutional designs required to protect biodiversity and promote climate and environmental justice.
The project is carried out in collaboration with leading researchers at partner institutions at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland (Finland); Nord University (Norway); Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain); Húsavík Research Center at the University of Iceland (Iceland); and the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (Germany).