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CP Polar
Polar Climate Insights and Impacts
The Arctic climate is changing at a rate, which takes many people – including climate scientists – by surprise. The ongoing and anticipated changes provide vast economic opportunities; but at the same time they pose significant threats to the environment.
ECRA aims to advance Arctic climate research for the benefit of society by raising awareness of key scientific challenges, carrying out coordinated research activities using existing resources, and writing joint proposals to secure external funding for coordinated, cutting edge European polar research and education projects. Arctic ECRA is a network of climate research institutions from different European countries and provides a breadth of expertise including theory, observations, modelling, operational forecasting and logistics.
- Why is Arctic sea ice disappearing so rapidly?
- What are the local and global impacts of Arctic climate change?
- How to advance environmental prediction capabilities for the Arctic and beyond?
The new Co-Chairs of this CP are:
Thomas Bracegirdle - BAS, U.K.
Einar Örn Ólason - NERSC, Norway
Key Topics
Why is Arctic sea ice disappearing so rapidly?
What are the local and global impacts of Arctic climate change?
How to advance environmental prediction capabilities for the Arctic and beyond?
Workshops
Arctic ECRA has organised three Workshops as well as one Policy Briefing at the European Parliament so far. For further information on the Workshops, please follow this link.
Resources
Arctic ECRA published its Strategy and Work Plan in 2014 that outlines the key research topics to be addressed under this Collaborative Programme as well as strategies to achieve those goals and implementation mechanisms. It is available for download at this link.
A Factsheet presenting key Arctic issues as well as recommendations for research priorities in H2020 and beyond was prepared for ECRA’s General Assembly 2017. It is available for download at this link.
Consider also two reports by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme: Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost (SWIPA) summary for policy makers (download) and the report on Adaptation Actions for a changing Arctic (AACA, download).
Coordination
This Collaborative Programme is coordinated by
Thomas Bracegirdle, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), UK.
Atmospheric and Climate Scientist
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Einar Örn Ólason, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), Norway
Sea-Ice Modeller
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