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The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
The International Polar Foundation
Bridging the science-society divide
Boulder, Colorado, 21 July 2005
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
IPF Objectives
To raise public awareness with regard to:
• The importance of Polar Research efforts and his contribution to understanding Climate Change.
• The role of the Polar Regions in the dynamics of the World climate system
• The vulnerability of the Polar Regions to climate change and pollution.
• The role of scientific education in environmentally responsible development.
Inform, Educate, Demonstrate, Cooperate
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
IPF Approach
• Raise the scientific capital of society by improving access to scientific education and information
• Develop training and educational skills to help us adapt to the needs of the new energy economy
• Promote investment in research
• Develop networks for cooperation with like minded organisations
• Demonstrate new technologies
• Communicate on sustainable development issues
Inform, Educate, Demonstrate, Cooperate
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
The Polar Regions
•Early warning systems
•Amplifiers of warming trends
•Custodians of past climate record and deep time
•Habitat for threatened fauna and flora
•Home to Arctic indigenous peoples
•Menace to low-lying regions
•Beacons of wilderness, purity and preservation values
Communicating, monitoring, modelling
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The Polaris Centre, Brussels
• Polaris C.C.O: Climate Change Observatory
• Domus in Terra: International Centre for Sustainable Development
• Brussels Museum of Polar History and exploration
Sustainable renovation of a heritage site
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The Domus in Terra
• Earth Port Eco Hub: bringing together actors active in addressing Sustainable Development issues
• Exhibition Centre for new technologies:
•Energy, production and efficiency
•eco-construction
•Manufacturing
•Agriculture…
International Centre for Sustainable Development
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Museum of Polar History & Exploration
• Mans relationship with the Polar regions
• Early exploration and whaling
• Historical scientific expeditions to the Polar Regions, e.g. the Belgica, Antarctica, 1897, the Fram, Arctic Ocean, 1893 etc.
• Collections e.g. Jean Malaurie, de Gerlache
The history of exploration and science in the Polar Regions
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The Polaris C.C.O., TorontoA revolutionary new approach to green buildings.
Climate Change and Polar Research exhibitions
In partnership with the Canadian Scientific Community and the University of Toronto
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The Polaris C.C.O. , JapanThe next generation : Sustainable architecture &
hybrid technologies for energy and natural lighting
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The Belgian Antarctic BaseClean Design - energy efficiency, zero waste target,
new materials, interdisciplinary cooperation for innovation
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Earth Observation Network for Schools
Simple to construct and operate
• Allows participants to learn:
•key scientific concepts related to materials and electronics
•how to manage and use observation data related to Climate Change
•The role of mathematical modelling in climate change forecasting
Development of a low cost environmental observation kit for schools
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The Arctic Drift - Arktica Observatory
• A re-enactment of Fridtjof Nansen’s 1893 Arctic Drift aboard the Fram
• The ship will remain in the Arctic for 2 years acting as:
•a drifting scientific base for IPY observation activities
•an educational platform for schools
•A demonstration project on sustainable energy
IPY 2007-2008 Arctic Observation and Monitoring
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IPY 2007-2008 Project Participation
• IPY CARE - ASR
• IPY MERGE
• IPY iAOOS
• IPY DAMOCLES
• IPY Be-Poles.
• 6CI –Sixth Continent Initiative
• Polar Festival in Brussels, coordinated with partners Worldwide
• Partnership with the Cousteau Foundation
• Partnership with UNEP and GRID Arendal
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IPF Founders
• Alain Hubert, explorer
• Hugo Decleir, glaciologist
• André Berger, climatologist
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IPF Honorary President & Members• Honorary President:
His Royal Highness Prince Philippe of Belgium
• Honorary Members:•Prof. Jörn Thiede (Director of AWI), Germany
•Prof. Chris Rapley (Director of BAS), UK
•Prof. Paul Crutzen (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995), Germany
•Dr. Okitsugu Watanabe (Former Director NIPR), Japan
•Dr. Susan Solomon (NOAA, Blue Planet Prize 2004), USA
•Prof. Lawrence Mysak (Mc Gill University), Canada
•Prof. Bert Bolin (IPCC Chairman 1988-1997), Sweden
•Dr. Svein Sveitdal (Director UNEP, GRID-Arendal), Norway
•Dr. Claude Lorius (LGGE, Gold Medal CNRS 2002), France
•Prof. Olav Orheim (Director Norvegian Polar Institute), Norway
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
Websites
• IPF website:www.polarfoundation.org
• Scientific website : www.sciencespoles.org
• Educational website : www.educapoles.org
• Adventure website: www.antarctica.org