1. Strengthening the Coordination of Arctic Research programmes and Infrastructures in support of Climate and Environmental Observations Dr Paul Egerton Executive Director European Polar Board-European Polar Consortium

2. European Polar Board Governmental Funding Agencies and Ministies from 20 Countries France Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Greenland Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Russian Federation Romania Spain Sweden United Kingdom Portugal (New 2008)

3. European Polar Consortium 27 Governmental Agencies and Ministries Managing Polar Programmes in Europe Greenland Home Rule Partner

4. Elements of Coordinated European Polar Programmes and Infrastructures The Launch of joint programmes PolarCLIMATE with common peer review and coordinated funding and strategy. The access to and Linkage of Polar research new and existing Infrastructures with broad geographic and environmental coverage (enabling trans-national access). Policy Advice to European Governments and early warning of Polar Threats ‘Polar Alert’

5. France: C. Rabot, J. Corbel (AWI-IPEV Base) Germany: Koldenway (AWI-IPEV Base), Italy: Dirigibile Italia United Kingdom Russian Federation: Barentsburg, & Tiksi Greenland & Denmark: Arctic Station, Zackenberg, Sermilik, KISS, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources Norway: Sverdrup, Svalbard Hub Finland: (MIRACLE & FMI sites) Sweden: (Abisko and Swedish SCANNET sites) The Netherland: Poolstation ARCTIC OBSERVATORIES Poland- Hornsund The United States: Barrow, Toolik Lake Summit Station Canada Resolute = Regional Scientific and logistical Hubs and spheres of observations South Korea South Korea- Dasan station SCANNET sites Japan Rabben

6. A system at the European level to allow enhanced access of researchers to appropriate clusters of scientifically relevant research facilities.

7. INFRAPOLAR The INFRAPOLAR platform is a large-scale strategic coordination initiative to support the networking, synchronisation and trans-national access to more than 70 European and International research stations in the Polar Regions (Arctic and Antarctic). The Polar Assets controlled by 26 countries European and International partners will form the most comprehensive backbone for climate and Environmental Observation ever assembled and is a major vehicle for implementing governmental Agreements on the usage of research Facilities.

8. Observational Infrastructures and the strategy for the Arctic  Delivering a coherent set of Pan-Arctic, long-term, and multidisciplinary observations.  French Presidency Ministerial Meeting on Arctic Observatories in Monaco strong driver for political support.  Recommendations from the Sustained Arctic Observing Networks Group SAON. EU Communication on the Arctic and Funding Response in the Framework Programme.

9. European Partnerships in Polar Climate Science PolarCLIMATE: Research Themes www.esf.org/polarclimate

10. ERICON-AB European Polar Research Icebreaker Consortium AURORA BOREALIS http://www.eri-aurora-borealis.eu

11. 635* M Euro (April 2008) 8 th Largest New ESFRI Infrastructure Project In Europe & Largest Environmental Arctic Science Project

12. European Institutions, Governmental Ministries and Funding Agencies to Develop and implement Strategies in European Polar Research www.esf.org www.europolar.org www.europolar.ru www.euroipy.org The European Polar Board brings together: