Abstract
The rapid warming climate is causing the Arctic ice to retreat and the permafrost to melt. These visible manifestations of the ongoing climate change are few of many environmental and societal changes that take place in the Arctic. The acceleration of digitalization and implementation of digital technology bring new opportunities to follow the consequences of the warmer arctic climate, but also introduces new challenges in this region as the dependency on the digital technology increases. This paper focuses on the cyber ecosystem and discusses digital technology available for monitoring the consequences of a warming Arctic and its impact on Critical Infrastructure (CI) in Norway, such as communication networks, electric power transfer systems, water and wastewater, transportation infrastructure, oil and gas infrastructure. The need for reliable satellite communications is emphasized.
Highlights
Rising global temperatures causes impacts to the Arctic Region
This paper focuses on the cyber ecosystem and discusses digital technology available for monitoring the consequences of a warming Arctic and its impact on Critical Infrastructure (CI) in Norway, such as communication networks, electric power transfer systems, water and wastewater, transportation infrastructure, oil and gas infrastructure
Climate change is threatening to increase the vulnerability of Critical Infrastructure
Summary
Rising global temperatures causes impacts to the Arctic Region. The area is one of the most rapidly changing regions in the world, and changes observed since the 1970’s, like diminishing sea ice, melting glaciers and melting permafrost are all direct effects of this [1,2]. A variety of technologies have been utilized in this area to understand the climate emergency and new technologies are forming digital toolboxes of solutions that can help us understand these changes This introduces new challenges as the adoption and integration of digital tools and devices has led to an increasing interconnection of Cyber and physical infrastructure (e.g., buildings, roads, power lines, transport on land and on sea, etc.) making the society more vulnerable to threats and risks in case of malfunctioning cyber technologies. In the main part of the paper, a discussion of digital technology available for monitoring the consequences of a warming Arctic and its impact (and limitations) on some selected Critical Infrastructure sectors in Norway is presented.
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