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Climate Change Impacts on the Marine Environment: Research Results And Public
Perception (CLAMER/ 826)
Contract Number:
Scientific Coordinator:
Funding
FP7-ENV-2009-1-244132-CLAMER
Dr E. Papathanassiou
EU
Starting Year: 2010
Duration: 18 months (01/04/10-30/09/11)
Total Budget: 2.889 €
Study Area:
EU
Scientific team (ΗCMR): Dr E. Papathanassiou, Dr H. Kaberi, N. Streftaris
Other participants: (1) Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, NIOZ, The Netherlands, (2)
Marine Board – European Science Foundation, ESF-MB, France, (3) Centre for Environment,
Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, CEFAS, United Kingdom, (4) Flanders Marine Institute, VLIZ,
Belgium, (5) Danish Meteorological Institute, DMI, Denmark, (6) Plymouth Marine Laboratory,
PML, United Kingdom, (7) University of Brest, UBO-IUEM, France, (8) Università Politecnica
delle Marche, UNIVPM, Italy. (9) Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, HCMR, Greece, (10)
National University of Ireland – Galway, NUIG, Ireland, (11) Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts
and Sciences, NIOO-KNAW, The Netherlands, (12) Natural Environment Research Council,
NOCS-NERC, United Kingdom, (13) University of East Anglia, UEA, United Kingdom, (14)
Océanopolis, SOPAB, France, (15) Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, SAHFOS,
United Kingdom, (16) Spanish Council for Scientific Research, CSIC, Spain, (17) University of
Tromsø, UoT, Norway
Brief Description of the Program: Although there is no certainty regarding the precise nature
and rate of future climte change, even the most moderate scenarios predict a continuing change of
the marine environment, with associated major environmental and social impacts. To prepare
society for the necessary mitigation and adaptation measures, the awareness of citizens to research
results, both certainties and uncertainties, in this specific area should be raised. During the last
years, much new information has been gathered in large EU- funded research, but to date this
information has not been synthesized nor has it become an important part of public knowledge.
The aim of this project is to make a synthesis of EU research results on the impacts of climate
change on the marine environment and to make this knowledge and its socio-economic
consequences better known to European citizens and society at large. Together with expert
representatives of major Networks of Excellence, large EU projects and research networks, we will
produce a state –of-the-art overview of European research results on the effects of climate change
on the marine environment. An up-to-date overview of public knowledge and perception of the
effects of climate change on marine environments and their socio-economic consequences will be
produced by means of polls and questionnaires. The results will be used to identify themain issues
to be addressed and the best practices to be used during the outreach activitiew. Enhancement of
public knowledge on climate change impacts on marine environment, including the socio-economic
consequences, will be achieved by means of challenging and innovative tools such as an interactive
Pan-European conference at the end of 2010 and a high-quality internet based portal within an e-
learning platform. These outreach activities will build upon rcent experience as has been gathered
within EU-funded research to communicate with European citizens on impacts of climate change
on marine ecosystems.
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