Report available on SCAR Antarctica Day events at COP21 in Paris

Dr Julian Gutt, Chief Officer of the SCAR Scientific Research Programme, Antarctic Thresholds - Ecosystem Resilience and Adaptation (AnT-ERA), has produced a report on the SCAR events at COP21, which is available on the AnT-ERA website at: http://www.scar.org/srp/ant-era#COP21.

SCAR partnered with the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) to host a press briefing on the impact of climate change on the cryosphere, which was webcast live.  A recording of the webcast is available on the UNFCCC media website:
http://unfccc6.meta-fusion.com/cop21/events/2015-12-01-10-30-international-cryosphere-climate-initiative-icci-and-scientific-committee-on-antarctic-research-scar-irreversible-impacts-of-climate-change-on-antarctica

​A side event was also held in the COP21 Nordic Pavilion in the afternoon entitled “View from Two Poles: Climate Lessons from the Arctic and Antarctica”.  It was opened by Dr Valérie Masson-Delmotte, winner of the 2015 Muse Prize and Co-Chair of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Working Group 1.