International action on GLObal warming

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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.
•  Its 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
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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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Inspired by scientific research.
Sea level changes in Venice Archaeometry based
on Canaletto's paintings
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Is it possible to see the sea level, as it was
in the past?
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.
Camera obscura tent-model
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Was Canaletto really reliable in his
paintings? Canaletto was very accurate in e
very detail, as it can be recognised in two ways
(1) Superimposing his paintings to modern pic
tures, (2) looking at details, e.g. architectura
l 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.To test the 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 demos
• Scientific conference
• Activities with local population
• Participation of celebs
• 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)