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The International Polar Foundation
Bridging the science-society divide
Boulder, Colorado, 21 July 2005
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
IPF Objectives
Inform, Educate, Demonstrate, Cooperate
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.
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
IPF Approach
Inform, Educate, Demonstrate, Cooperate
• 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
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
The Polar Regions
Communicating, monitoring, modelling
• 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
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
The Polaris Centre, Brussels
Sustainable renovation of a heritage site
• Polaris C.C.O:
Climate Change
Observatory
• Domus in Terra:
International Centre
for Sustainable
Development
• Brussels Museum of
Polar History and
exploration
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
The Domus in Terra
International Centre for Sustainable Development
• 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…
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
Museum of Polar History & Exploration
The history of exploration and science in the Polar Regions
• 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 International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
The Polaris C.C.O., Toronto
A revolutionary new approach to green buildings.
Climate Change and Polar Research exhibitions
In partnership with the Canadian Scientific Community
and the University of Toronto
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
The Polaris C.C.O. , Japan
The next generation : Sustainable architecture &
hybrid technologies for energy and natural lighting
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
The Belgian Antarctic Base
Clean Design - energy efficiency, zero waste target, new
materials, interdisciplinary cooperation for innovation
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
Earth Observation Network for Schools
Development of a low cost environmental observation kit 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
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
The Arctic Drift - Arktica Observatory
IPY 2007-2008 Arctic Observation and Monitoring
• 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
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
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
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
IPF Founders
• Alain Hubert, explorer
• Hugo Decleir, glaciologist
• André Berger, climatologist
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org
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
The International Polar Foundation : www.polarfoundation.org