THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ARCTIC'S FOOD SECURITY: FOCUS ON REGIONAL EFFECTS, INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

Abstract

A complete study examines how climate change affects Arctic food security while exploring different geographical areas and analysing the susceptibility of native populations. The rapid Arctic warming triggers extensive environmental transformations that affect marine life, land-based animal populations, and wild vegetation sources, whereas indigenous communities depend on these resources for nutritional sustenance. The changes disturb the food resources on which Indigenous peoples depend for their survival. The study examines how climate change affects food security by analysing both environmental hazards and health-related threats as well as indigenous population adaptive measures based on existing literature analysis. Evidence from this research demonstrates that unique climate change effects between different Arctic regions need specific approaches for addressing food security problems. The study identifies how food insecurity gets worse because of socio-political and economic pressure factors including governance issues as well as external economic forces. The paper indicates indigenous populations adapted through multiple strategies but these responses fail to handle changing environmental conditions at current speeds. A comprehensive plan to guarantee Arctic food security requires better indigenous government control and climate adaptation support, together with elevated community-based tracking operations and sustainable resource utilisation practices.