Develop a climate change communications plan that outlines key messages (e.g., how climate change effects vary among subpopulations on both temporal and spatial scales, impacts to prey and denning habitat) regarding the threat to the Arctic and to polar bears from climate change and the need for the global community to reduce GHG emissions
Summary of the Action:
At the March 2020 biennial meeting of the Polar Bear Range States held in Norway, it was decided that a circumpolar communications plan that addresses the effects of climate change on polar bear conservation should be developed to help achieve Objective 2 of the CAP on climate change communications. It was decided that an ad hoc working group should be created to draft the plan.
The ad hoc Climate Change Communications Working Group (CCCWG) is composed of Range States representatives as well as invited external experts, including representatives from the scientific advisory body to the RS (the Polar Bear Specialist Group - PBSG) and representatives from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), indigenous rights holders and other relevant organizations that have targeted audiences and strong public reach. The ad hoc working group is time-limited and specific in scope. The main goal of the work is to develop a Climate Change Communications plan that outlines key messages and related communications actions about the impact of climate change on polar bears and their habitats.
Action Lead:
Andreas B. Schei (Norwegian Environment Agency, This email address is being protected from
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