Step into the Arctic Turning Point

Registration now open for Toronto Climate Week 2026

Photo by Hubert Neufeld on Unsplash

June 2036.

The ice did not disappear all at once.

At first, it was measured in satellite imagery and scientific reports: percentages, anomalies, projections. Then came the shipping corridors. The military exercises. The speculative maps dividing up mineral reserves beneath thawing waters.

Capital flowing through the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB) since 2026.

Now, in June 2036, the Arctic has crossed a threshold.

For the first time in recorded history, the Northeast Passage is fully navigable at the beginning of summer. Global shipping companies are preparing for a new era of trade routes that cut transit times between continents by nearly a third. Governments are expanding territorial claims. Oil, gas, copper, nickel, gold, zinc, and rare earth extraction projects are accelerating across the region.

And beneath it all:

A geopolitical scramble is underway.

Russia, Canada, the United States, Nordic states, multinational corporations, scientists, and Indigenous nations are all moving through the same rapidly shifting landscape — each carrying competing visions of sovereignty, security, prosperity, survival, and stewardship.

Military patrols have intensified. Surveillance infrastructure is expanding. Existing governance systems are beginning to fracture under the pressure of a world transformed by climate change.

At the same time, Inuit, Sámi, Nenets, and other Arctic Indigenous communities are asserting their own authority and demanding new models of governance rooted in relationship to land, water, and future generations.

No single actor controls what happens next.

The question is whether humanity can navigate the turning point before it becomes a point of no return.

You Are Being Convened

And you’re the first to know! (paid subscribers, read till the end for your discount code)

This June, The Climateverse invites you into Arctic Turning Point — a live in-person climate futures simulation exploring governance, conflict, cooperation, and survival in a rapidly transforming Arctic.

Over the course of the experience, participants will step into an emergency multi-stakeholder forum responding to unfolding developments across the region in real time.

You may find yourself negotiating shipping access, responding to ecological collapse, navigating territorial disputes, protecting Indigenous sovereignty, managing corporate interests, or attempting to prevent military escalation under conditions of deep uncertainty.

There are no easy answers.

No guaranteed consensus.

Only the challenge of thinking together at the edge of transformation.

During the simulation, participants will:

• Receive live scenario updates as the situation evolves

• Navigate competing priorities and incomplete information

• Explore possible governance and coordination mechanisms

• Respond to escalating tensions and emerging opportunities

• Engage with the complexity of climate futures beyond headlines and abstraction

• Co-create artifacts marking the shift from convention to new future possibilities

This is not a workshop.

It is a live exercise in collective imagination, strategic foresight, and navigating contested futures.

Guiding Question

What new forms of governance, coordination, or collective action become possible in a rapidly changing and contested Arctic?

Registration opens Wednesday 13th at 9am

Spots are limited.

Join us at the frontier of climate futures.

https://luma.com/arctic

Hope to see you there!

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