Modelling Kivalina
‘Modelling Kivalina’ received the World Justice Project Prize Award for the collaborative project between Andrea Bagnato, Helene Kazan, Hannah Meszaros Martin, Daniel Fernández Pascual and Alon Schwabe. ‘Modelling Kivalina’, constructs new visions of climate change and indigenous rights for the community of Kivalina, Alaska.
Still from documentary film ‘Kivalina, the Coming Storm’
Kivalina is an Iñupiaq village of 400 people situated on a barrier island in the Arctic, on the northwest coast of Alaska. In recent years global warming has been postponing the formation of sea ice, exposing the shore to autumnal sea storms and thus placing the existence of Kivalina increasingly under threat. The lack of basic infrastructure, compounded by erosion and flooding, have pushed the village to seek relocation.
In 2006 Kivalina sued the twenty-four largest oil and gas corporations, maintaining that they should be held accountable for the consequences of greenhouse gas emissions, and therefore contribute to relocation costs. Following the failure of the legal forum to address Kivalina’s claims and the standstill of governmental relocation attempts, the Modelling Kivalina group travelled to Alaska to conduct a series of interviews with village residents, scientists, and political representatives.
To view the documentary film ‘Kivalina, the Coming Storm’: https://vimeo.com/410580253
In 2006 Kivalina sued the twenty-four largest oil and gas corporations, maintaining that they should be held accountable for the consequences of greenhouse gas emissions, and therefore contribute to relocation costs. Following the failure of the legal forum to address Kivalina’s claims and the standstill of governmental relocation attempts, the Modelling Kivalina group travelled to Alaska to conduct a series of interviews with village residents, scientists, and political representatives.
To view the documentary film ‘Kivalina, the Coming Storm’: https://vimeo.com/410580253