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Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Comité scientifique pour les recherches antarctiques
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Contact Details
URL: https://www.scar.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SCARAntarctic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scar_tweets?lang=en
Founded
1958-02 The Hague Netherlands
History
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Initiate, develop and coordinate high quality international scientific research in the Antarctic region (including the Southern Ocean), and on the role of the Antarctic region in the Earth system; provide objective and independent scientific advice to the Antarctic Treaty System and other international bodies.
Events
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- Cooperates with: Antarctic Treaty (AT)
- Cooperates with: Hydrographic Commission on Antarctica (HCA)(observer)
- Links with: Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP)
- Links with: Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
- Links with: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
- Links with: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Links with: International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)
- Links with: International Whaling Commission (IWC)
- Links with: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Links with: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- Links with: World Meteorological Organization (WMO)(agreements)
- Links with: Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM)
- Links with: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Supports: Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea Level (ISMASS); Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics (ICED); International Partnership in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS); Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS); Southern Ocean Regional Panel (SORP).
- Cooperates with: International Antarctic Institute
- Cooperates with: International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- Cooperates with: International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH)
- Cooperates with: Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)
- Cooperates with: Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)
- Links with: Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC)
- Links with: Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)(agreements)
- Links with: Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
- Links with: Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP)
- Links with: European Polar Board (EPB)(agreements)
- Links with: Future Earth
- Links with: International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)(agreements)
- Links with: International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS)(agreements)
- Links with: International Permafrost Association (IPA)(agreements)
- Links with: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
- Links with: Past Global Changes (PAGES)
- Links with: Polar Educators International (PEI)
- Links with: Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)(agreements)
- Links with: World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
- Links with: International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO)
- Links with: International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI)
- Memorandum of Understanding with: Asian Forum for Polar Sciences (AFoPS)
- Links with: Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON)
- Memorandum of Understanding with: ICOMOS International Polar Heritage Committee (IPHC)
Publications
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE3209
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