ALASKA'S CHANGING ARCTIC: ENERGY ISSUES AND TRENDS
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How to cite this report
Lovecraft, A., Boylan, B., Burke, N., Glover, A., Parlato, N., Robb, K., Thoman, R., Walsh, J., & Watson, B. (2023). Alaska’s changing Arctic: Energy issues and trends for the Alaska State Legislature and its citizens (M. Biermann & H. McFarland, Eds). Center for Arctic Policy Studies, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Data credits and authors
The following data credits correspond to the numbers in figure captions in this online version.
Alaska in the Arctic
Section author
- Amy Lovecraft, UAF Center for Arctic Policy Studies
Data credits
1 • Krauss, M., Holton, G., Kerr, J., & West, C.T., 2011. Indigenous Peoples and Languages of Alaska. Fairbanks and Anchorage: Alaska Native Language Center and UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research.
2 • ANCSA Regional Association
Alaska’s Arctic oil economy
Section authors
- Brett Watson, UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research
- Noah Burke, University of Alaska Anchorage
- Amy Lovecraft, UAF Center for Arctic Policy Studies
- Nicholas Parlato, UAF Center for Arctic Policy Studies
Data credits
3 • Content from Arctic Energy Policy, designed by Heather McFarland
4 • Adapted from Glomsrød et al., 2021
5 • Adapted from Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development
6 • Adapted from Alverez et al., 2020
Alaska’s Arctic energy system
Section authors
- Kate Robb, UAF Alaska Center for Energy and Power
- Amy Lovecraft, UAF Center for Arctic Policy Studies
Data credits
7 • Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Research and Analysis Section, 2020
8 • U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Annual
9 • Erin Trochim, Alaska Center for Energy and Power; Greg Poelzer, University of Saskatchewan, based on an earlier version by Gwen Holdmann
Climate smart infrastructure
Section authors
- John Walsh, UAF International Arctic Research Center
- Rick Thoman, UAF Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy
- Amy Lovecraft, UAF Center for Arctic Policy Studies
Data credits
10 • National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, 2016
11 • Adapted from Scenarios Network for Alaska + Arctic Planning
12 • Bieniek et al., 2018
13 • Alaska Interagency Coordination Center, map created by Zav Grabinski
14 • Sergey Marchenko, UAF Geophysical Institute; supported by U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; contract No. W913E521C0010
15 • Department of Defense Climate Adaptation Plan, 2021
Alaska in International Affairs
Section authors
- Brandon Boylan, UAF Arctic and Northern Studies
- Ariane Glover, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Amy Lovecraft, UAF Center for Arctic Policy Studies
Data credits
17 • Durham University; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark; Economist, 2022
18 • China Customs, India Trade Ministry, graph in AlJazeera, 2022
19 • The Economic Complexity Observatory
20 • Adapted from Alaska LNG
Content advisors
Pearl Brower, Memry Dahl, Hajo Eicken, Diane Hirshberg, Jeremy Kasper, Glenn Wright
Editing and design
Maureen Biermann, editor; Heather McFarland and Mike DeLue, design; Rod Boyce, copy editing
Acknowledgments
We are grateful for feedback and input on this report from Matt Heavner, Gwen Holdmann, Chad Hutchison, Pat Pitney, Jody Simpson and other anonymous reviewers.