Sustainable development is a major challenge of our age. In 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, the concept of global development named “sustainable developmen t”, derived from the Brundtland Report, was officially acknowledged; it can be classified as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations”. In 2015, the UN General As sembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals and which implementation should involve not only governments but also transnational companies, charity foundations, com munity, NGOs and academia worldwide. Essentially, sustainable development i mplies equilibrium between the economic, environmental and social fields of human activity. &nbs p;
In 1991, the Governor of the State of Alaska Walter J. Hicke l initiated the establishment of the international non-government organizat ion of Northern regions’ governors “The Northern Forum”, whose mission is t o improve the quality of life and support sustainable development in the co ld-climate regions. Until now, the Northern Forum has been the only interna tional organization of the North and the Arctic aimed to maintain interregi onal cooperation throughout the circumpolar Arctic and establish the “North -South” dialogue, primarily with the countries of the Asia-Pacific. &n bsp;
Over its history of almost 30 years, the North ern Forum has implemented numerous projects working for the socio-economic development of the regions and organized hundreds of events. The organizati on’s General Assembly is held biannually, where the general issues of the r egions and business partners’ collaboration are addressed in addition to th e organizational ones. Lately, the practice of holding the Northern Forum G overnors’ Summit to identify the priority areas of cooperation for the shor t-term has been introduced. 10 working groups have been set up to launch pr oject activities in the areas of cooperation.
The Northern Forum is a pro-active participant of the large-scale international platforms established in Iceland, Norway, Finland and the Russian North-We st, where the full range of the Arctic development issues is addressed. At the same time, the regional concerns of the northern territories adjacent t o the Arctic zone and having all the markings of cold regions are under-cov ered. The discussion of the Arctic’s North-East sustainable development iss ues is also quite shallow, which makes it impossible to properly assess the significance and contribution of such a vast territory to the sustainable development of the North in the global context, taking into account that mo st of the permafrost is located here and all climate changes occurring in t his micro-region have global impact.
At this end, as well as taking into account the need for joining efforts in a chieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sus tainable Development, the autonomous non-profit organization “ The University of the Arctic in Russia” and the Northern Forum’s Working Group on Regional Adaptation to Climate Change have initiated the establishment of The Northern Su stainable Development Forum – a permanent international exper t platform in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) under the auspices of the Northe rn Forum.
In the future, this Fo rum will become annual and seeks to become one of the world’s leading platf orms for discussing the issues and prospects of sustainable development of the Arctic and the North and implementing relevant projects on the 17 Susta inable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development throughout the circumpolar Arctic and the Extreme North.
Goal – bring together the most prominent experts of the circumpolar and Asian countries for future project activities. Yakutia can become a bridge joining the Arctic and Asia. The participants of the Fo rum will represent various fields of expertise: academia, officialdom, comm unity service and business.
For more information see the website: http://nsdf.ru/en/главная-с траница/
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