International Arctic Science Committee
The International Arctic Science Committee is a non-governmental organization in Germany that aims to encourage, facilitate and promote cooperation in all aspects of Arctic research in all countries engaged in Arctic research and in all areas of the Arctic region. Overall, IASC promotes and supports leading-edge multi-disciplinary research in order to foster a greater scientific understanding of the Arctic region and its role in the Earth system.
To achieve this mission IASC:
- Initiates, coordinates and promotes scientific activities at a circumarctic or international level;
- Provides mechanisms and instruments to support science development;
- Provides objective and independent scientific advice on issues of science in the Arctic and communicates scientific information to the public
- Seeks to ensure that scientific data and information from the Arctic are safeguarded, freely exchangeable and accessible
- Promotes international access to all geographic areas and the sharing of knowledge, logistics and other resources
- Provides for the freedom and ethical conduct of science
- Promotes and involves the next generation of scientists working in the Arctic
- Promotes bipolar cooperation through interaction with relevant science organizations
The core elements of IASC are its Working Groups, which identify and formulate science plans, research priorities, encourage science-led programs, promote future generations of arctic scientists and act as scientific advisory boards to the Council. Working Groups include the Terrestrial, Marine, Cryosphere, Atmosphere, and Social and Human.
Based on the scientific foci, the Social and Human Working Group adopted the following cross-cutting issues to address:
- Human health, well-being and ecosystem change
- Collaborative community research on climate change
- Competing forms of resource use in a changing environment
- People and coastal processes
- Perception and representation of arctic science
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