Report on melting snow and ice presented in Copenhagen today


	The Norwegian Polar Institute \| Employees \| Contact \| Available positions \| Norwegian

Home

Polar regions

The Arctic »
Antarctica »
Barents Sea »
Svalbard »

Polar themes

Climate »
Contaminants »
Biodiversity »
Geology »
Env. monitoring »
International Polar Year »

Services

Conferences »
Publications »
Maps »
Library »
Logistics and facilities »

Report on melting snow and ice presented in Copenhagen today

Former Vice President Al Gore and Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre presented their global report on melting ice at a side event of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP 15) 14 December.

The report was commissioned by Former Vice President Al Gore and Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre as they co-chaired the conference Melting Ice: Regional Dramas, Global Wake-Up Call 28 April in Tromsø. The Norwegian Polar Institute has been in charge of the report, with help from many of the world's leading scientists in the field.

The report can be downloaded from our publications archive Brage.

Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs Per Stig Møller and Greenland Premier Kuupik Kleist was also present at the event, to present a report on the Greenland ice sheet.

In the media:
The New York Times
U.S. News & World Report
Chicago Tribune
CBS 47.TV
Japan Today

Published: 14.12.2009
Last modified: 16.12.2009

Search in the news archive

Search in the photo library

Fact Sheets

The Cruise Handbook for Svalbard

Attachments

Melting snow and ice

NPI in the media:

Norwegian Polar Institute
Polar Environmental Centre
NO-9296 Tromsø

Tlf. +47 77 75 05 00 | Faks +47 77 75 05 01 | Communications director: Gunn Sissel Jaklin | Web editors: Marte Lundberg and Inger Lise Næss