EU-PolarNetConnecting Science with Society

Dr. Nicole BiebowExecutive Manager of EU-PolarNet

Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

Purpose of EU-PolarNet

On-going dialogue with the European

Commission

Integrated European polar research

programme

Infrastructure access and

usage plan

International cooperation

Transatlantic Research Alliance

Integrated European Polar

Research Programme

Societal relevance &

research Needs

Co-design process

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Research Planning Efforts

Destilling what is already there….

…and extracting key priorities.

Getting stakeholder input. Clustering input into research priorities.

Getting stakeholder input.

Writing the Research Programme.EU-PolarNet

How we learned to think inter-disciplinarily

One issue – multiple angles

The EU-PolarNet White Papers

Available at: www.eu-polarnet.eu

The Integrated European Polar Research Programme

Research Need 1: A better understanding of climate change (and weather extremes) in the polar regions and its link to lower latitudes

Research Need 2: Informed weather and climate action

Research Need 3: Understanding the vulnerability and socio-ecological systems and enhancing their resilience

Research Need 4: Prospering Communitiesin the Polar Regions

Research Need 5: Challenges and opportunities for Polar operations

Research Need 6: Secure and Peaceful Polar Regions

Research Need 7: Inclusive creation, access and usage of information and knowledge

Mario Hoppmann (AWI)

Thanks a lot for the attention and please visitwww.eu-polarnet.eu for further information