This policy brief reports key findings of a study carried out by the NDPHS Expert Group for Non-communicable diseases. The study analyzed official mortality data on premature deaths under 70 years of age in eight countries in the Northern Dimension area (Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden) and found that the PYLL rate (“Potential Years of Life Lost”) …
This Policy Brief elaborates recommendations for developing digital technologies that improve the safety of navigation and reduce shipping costs in the Arctic. This issue is of utmost importance for Russia and European countries, since the growing freight traffic requires prompt and secure provision of modern and innovative logistics solutions. The Northern Dimension Partnership for Transportation and Logistics provides a platform …
Northern Dimension Institute Policy Brief 7 – December 2019 Systemic biomonitoring needed to mitigate Arctic health risks This Policy Brief highlights the need for biomonitoring to assess the risks of public health disorders and negative demographic implications caused by the ingestion of hazardous pollutants into the human body. These pollutants can accumulate in food chains and spread with migratory species …
Northern Dimension Institute Policy Brief 6 – September 2019 Healthy ageing innovations in care for older residents of remote northern areas The number of older people is rising in all developed societies. Taking care of them is a tremendous challenge, especially in remote and rural areas. Our innovation is based on understanding the needs of older people living in remote …
Northern Dimension Institute Policy Brief 5 – June 2019 Euro-Asian land transport links – opportunities for rail Growing trade volumes between Asia and Europe, changes in the goods structure and new localization patterns of industries and businesses in Asia and to some extent even in Europe in combination with strategic infrastructure and operational improvements on Euro-Asian land-routes, in particular by …
Northern Dimension Institute Policy Brief 3 – February 2019 Ensuring the Sustainability of Euro-Asian Transport Connections Growth in Euro-Asian trade and rising interest in the Arctic call for coordinated policies Trade volumes between EU and Asia, particularly China, are constantly growing, which challenges the capacity of existing Euro-Asian land and maritime connections. Together with trends in global logistics, such as …
Northern Dimension Institute Policy Brief 4 – January 2019 Healthy Ageing Calls for a Holistic Approach Ageing is a challenge and an opportunityBy 2020, the number of people aged 60 years and older will outnumber children younger than 5 years globally. This challenges ageing societies with increasing costs related to population ageing and with a growing need for …
Northern Dimension Institute Policy Brief 2 – January 2019 The curbing of black carbon emissions offers many benefits for the Arctic Black carbon emissions are a global problem with special significance for arctic regionsTemperatures in the Arctic are rising clearly faster than the global average temperatures. The main reason are increasing amount of greenhouse gases, but black carbon, …
Northern Dimension Institute Policy Brief 1 – January 2019 Designing innovative public services Contemporary challenges that ND area governments face are increasingly sophisticated and complex. This is due to the rapid development of technologies that blur the boundaries between the government and citizens, and because of societal changes such as ageing of the population and increasing immigration flows. …
