A team of Arctic scientists – including British Antarctic Survey (BAS) climate scientist Dr Jeremy Wilkinson – are hosting their fourth Arctic Basecamp in Davos this week (20-24 January) at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting.
A team of Arctic scientists – including British Antarctic Survey (BAS) climate scientist Dr Jeremy Wilkinson – are hosting their fourth Arctic Basecamp in Davos this week (20-24 January) at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting. Their goal is to highlight climate change in the Polar Regions.
The Arctic Basecamp, provides a platform for the scientists to engage with business leaders and figures in the public eye.
On Monday (20 January), environmental activist Greta Thunberg will join the camp to launch the #UniteBehindTheScience campaign led by Christiana Figueres, previously Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Arctic Basecamp scientists. This is aimed at highlighting the need for science and evidence-based decisions to have a bigger role when looking at impacts of climate change.
On Tuesday (21 January) Dr Jeremy Wilkinson will participate in a panel with the CEO of Google X and others to talk about the use of technology in Arctic marine science.
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