# Presentation: 306768

## International action on GLObal warming

- An ASTC project in the frame of the International Polar Year (2007-2009)

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## WHY IPY?

- Largest science communication effort since a long time

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## Why Global Warming ?

- Poles will show rapid dramatic changes because of Global Warming
- Research on the Poles give evidence about climate history
- Universal and International by nature
- Still some ideas of discovery and adventure

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## It is here and now, and for long.

- The vision of the scientists.
- Human activities are releasing greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere, they already changed the climate. Models predict rise of temperature up to 5° Celsius by 2100. That will have an effect on global environment.
- We will have to adapt to that new situation, but options to limit emissions are available on short and medium term. (Numerous documents support this)
- The UNFCCC reports
- The science academies
- The University of California Study.

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## The political response.

- The Kyoto protocol.
- Not all countries have signed.
- G8, Scotland (July 2005).
- Long term action plan
- Technological solutions depending on free market laws only
- EU plan, June 2006
- “You control climate change”

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## Unexpected supporters for stronger and immediate action.

- « The policy of the public authorities, leaving the technical solutions to the free market is not going to work. Regulations are necessary ». Vice-president of Shell.
- Independent on Sunday, September 2005.
- « It’s heat to act against global warming ».
- BP, advertisement campaign world wide October 2005.
- California initiative in August 2006.

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## The ASTC response

- IGLO

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## The « IGLO » principles.

- 1. Strong dissemination of the science behind the global warming mechanisms.
- 2. Innovative tools for ASTC members to show the phenomena and document discussion and debates.
- 3. Consider outreach activities.
- 4. Large consortium to ensure visibility beyond the field and increase resources.
- 5. Use of ICT for communication and management
- 6. Creation of a scientific and Honor Committee
- 7. Important media partnership.
- 8. Debate on the scope of social action.
- 9. Raising the profile of ASTC and its members as recognized leaders in PUST

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## Project idea

- Creating basic common tools. Mainstream activity.
- Citizens participation. (picture collection).
- Demonstration activities
- The Toronto conference
- The South Pole “reality web cast”
- Closing conference and evaluation
- The dissemination of results

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## The IGLO toolkit

- All types of media for all types of audiences
- Free accessible
- Evolving during the project
- Common activity
- Including scientific documents
- Including citizens experiments

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## A sunny day in 1959 in the Alps.How does the same place look like today?

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## Sea level changes in Venice “Archaeometry” based on Canaletto's paintings

- Sea level changes in Venice “Archaeometry” based on Canaletto's paintings

- Inspired by scientific research.

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## Camera obscura tent-model

- Before **Canaletto **(1697-1768), artists made a quick draft on the site, and then concluded paintings in their studio, including many imagined.
- Following the ideal of Realist Art and in the need of money to keep up his standard of life, Canaletto and his nephew **Bellotto **(1720-1780) used a quick way to produce paintings using a camera obscura on the site.

**Is it possible to “see” the sea level, as it was in the past?**

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## He had excellent sight and wrote: “I, Zuane Antonio Canal, .... drew this painting aged 68, without glasses, A.D. 1766”

**     ****Was Canaletto really reliable in his paintings?**
**      ****Canaletto was very accurate in every detail, as it can be recognised in two ways: **
**(1) Superimposing    his paintings to modern pictures, **
**(2) looking at details, e.g. architectural features, black crusts on buildings**

- He had excellent sight and wrote: “*I, Zuane Antonio Canal, .... drew this painting aged 68, without glasses, A.D. 1766*”

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**1.T****o test t****he accuracy of each painting **** 2. To analyse buildings with no major restorations**

**Comparing the *****camera obscura***** with the *****photographic camera***

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## The picture sculpture

- Create thousands of stories about climate change.
- Condition is that members invite people to come for an event in the science centre and have a scientific conference on what is « change » and scientists that discuss the stories with the people.
- BU-MIT and Cambridge science festival.
- Demonstration for the rest of the planet
- Collect them and create a sculpture at the 5SCWC.

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## The demonstration activities

- A continent based competition between ASTC members.
- Choose a spot where an illustration can be made of the effects of global warming.
- Propose an intervention idea including:
- Experiments for demo’s
- Scientific conference
- Activities with local population
- Participation of celeb’s
- Web cast.
- Arrange media attention for it from the partnership cooperation.

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## Example of a potential intervention spot: Tuvalu island, 11.000 climate refugees in two generations.

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## Tuvalu, the first place on Earth to disappear

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## The Toronto 5SCWC

- A pre-conference activity based:
-  on the picture sculpture
- A debate on science communication: lessons learned from the action.
- YALE and ICLEI initiative (4 October 2007).
- Discussion about the limits of science centre action
- A plenary session on the future of the planet, both scientific and focused on large media attention.

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## The reality web cast

- 25 youngsters from 5 continents will spend 5 days on the sixth continent.
- Contacts with researchers and learn about the link between polar research and climate change.
- Face the most clear examples of the CC effects.
- Be in contact with schools world wide through the web to share their experience
- First video/web cast during the ASTC conference 2008.

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## The dissemination of results.

- Presentation of the general outcomes of the project and IPY
- For the members
- For the network
- For the understanding of the science behind
- For the understanding of our role
- What was the scientific contribution of IPY
- Did we make a difference (Pilot Projects)

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