Final report of the EU Polar Science Week 2024 published! The final report of the European Polar Science Week 2024 (Sept 2024, Copenhagen) was published on 4 April 2025. The report highlights key messages from the scientific sessions at EPSW 2024, namely: Understanding polar regions as a holistic system Enhancing connection of models and data […]
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EU-PolarNet 2 brochure “European Polar Research Priorities” published One of the most important tasks for EU-PolarNet 2 was to prioritise research topics in polar research. Based on the results of the previous work of the EU-PolarNet consortium, particularly the five White Papers and the European Polar Research Programme (EPRP), the priority topics for European Polar
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credits: R. Badhe EU PolarNet 2 Releases White Paper with 80 Policy Recommendations to Strengthen International Collaboration in Polar Observations In April 2024, EU Polarnet 2 launched a white paper featuring 80 actionable policy-level recommendations aimed at enhancing international collaboration in polar observations. The white paper identifies over a hundred polar initiatives and offers
Webinar: “Permafrost Research: current activity and future needs” We are now inviting you to submit session proposals to the 2nd edition of the European Polar Science Week (EPSW) in September 3-6, 2024, in Copenhagen (Submission deadline: 15 March 2024). These sessions will be used to shape the oral programme of the EPSW. A call for
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New research from the European Parliament “Antarctica: What role for the European Union?” “The European Union has yet to communicate its strategic ideas for Antarctica. Unlike the EU’s engagement with the Arctic region, which is acknowledged to be both coherent and substantive, the southern polar region is best described as an emerging area of interest.
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Webinar: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON RESEARCH ON HUMAN HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IN THE ARCTIC People living in the Arctic, especially Indigenous people, are experiencing increasing challenges to their health and well-being owing to the impacts of climate change on their environment, affecting the species they hunt, fish or harvest and thus their food security, among others.
Webinar: “Permafrost Research: current activity and future needs” The permafrost webinar will provide an overview of EU Arctic permafrost research activities, current fields of study and future research needs in a policy relevant context. Our three presenters will include perspectives from multiple disciplines. Paul Overduin (Alfred Wegener Institute) will focus on the physical research activities
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EU-PolarNet 2 session at ASSW2023: advancing European Polar research strategies EU-PolarNet 2 is an EU project funded in Horizon 2020. It is composed of 25 partners representing all European Member States and Associated Countries with well-established Polar Programmes. The objective of EU PolarNet 2 is to provide a platform to co-develop strategies to advance the
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EU Polar Cluster Community Meeting: European Coordination of Polar Research. OPEN & HYBRID! The EU Polar Cluster invites all Cluster members and anyone interested in learning more about the EU Polar Cluster to this community meeting at ASSW2023. We will introduce the EU Polar Cluster and several Cluster members and talk about the future and
Webinar: Governing and protecting the Antarctic and Southern Ocean This EU-PolarNet 2 webinar, hosted by the European Polar Board, gives an overview of Antarctic Governance and various actors involved – the Antarctic Treaty and its related agreements including the Madrid Protocol; other international agencies and organisations that provide advice and support the work of the
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