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1. CLAMER
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Climate Change &
Marine Ecosystem
Research Results
EU Project: FP7-2009-1-244132
General coordinators: Katja Philippart & Carlo Heip, NIOZ
Irish partner: Anthony Grehan, NUIG

2. 17 CLAMER Partners
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3. Beneficiary name Short name Country
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research NIOZ The Netherlands
Marine Board – European Science Foundation ESF-MB France / Belgium
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science CEFAS United Kingdom
Flanders Marine Institute VLIZ Belgium
Danish Meteorological Institute DMI Denmark
Plymouth Marine Laboratory PML United Kingdom
University of Brest UBO-IUEM France
Università Politecnica delle Marche UNIVPM Italy
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research HCMR Greece
National University of Ireland – Galway NUIG Ireland
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences NIOO-KNAW The Netherlands
Natural Environment Research Council NOCS-NERC United Kingdom
University of East Anglia UEA United Kingdom
Océanopolis SOPAB France
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science SAHFOS United Kingdom
Spanish Council for Scientific Research CSIC Spain
University of Tromsø UoT Norway 3

4. Why CLAMER?
It is now common knowledge that climate change is one of the main
challenges facing society in the coming decades.
EU research on climate change impacts on the marine environment has led
and is leading to important advances in scientific knowledge.
But these impacts are not well known or understood by the wider European
and global public.
This is partly due to:
inadequate communication of research results to the public, including
the wider scientific public, agencies and policy makers.
most people have no strong direct involvement with the marine
environment (beyond the beaches).
This gap in knowledge and communication needs to be filled to help
catalyse formulation and acceptance of the necessary mitigation and
adaptation measures for the marine environment. 4

5. Trace Gases: CO2 Time Series

6. Project Aims
1. Summarise EU research results on the impacts of
climate change on the marine environment.
2. Survey the existing public knowledge and
perception of the impacts of climate change on
the marine environment and its socio-economic
consequences in different parts of Europe.
3. Organise an international conference and other
outreach activities to fill the identified gaps in
the general public’s knowledge.
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7. CLAMER Work Packages
WP1 : EU Research Results
Leaders: Niall McDonough & Jan-Bart Calewaert
WP2 : Public Perception & Awareness
Leaders: John Pinnegar & Paul Buckley
WP3 : Conference & Outreach Activities
Leaders: Jan Mees & Jan Seys
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8. WP 1: EU Research Results
Leaders: Niall McDonough & Jan-Bart Calewaert,
Marine Board-ESF
Primary objectives:
1.Compile a ‘state of the art’ summary of EU research results on the
impacts of climate change on the oceans, including all the major
regional seas and habitats in Europe.
2.Identify the gaps to be filled by future European marine climate
change research:
For the scientific audience (review papers)
For policy makers (position papers, fact sheets, an IPCC
like report)
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9. The SEP
Name Institute Expertise
Deep-water coral ecology and sustainable ocean resource
1. Dr. Anthony Grehan NUIG
management
2. Prof. Dr. Carlo Heip (Chair) NIOZ Benthic ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
3. Dr. Jun She DMI Regional climate change, waves and 3D ocean modelling
Global change impacts on marine ecosystems, ecology and sustainable
4. Dr. Manuel Barange PML
use of marine resources
5. Prof. Dr. Paul Tréguer UBO Marine biogeochemistry
6. Prof. Dr. Paul Wassmann UoT Environmental biology, arctic marine ecology, C-flux
7. Prof. Dr. Phil Weaver NOCS Marine geology, geosphere-biosphere interactions
8. Dr. Rachel Warren UEA Economic, climate and climate impact modelling
9. Prof. Dr. Roberto Danovaro UNIVPM Deep sea biodiversity and ecology
10. Prof. Dr. Vangelis
HCMR Ecotoxicology, marine ecology and ecosystem management
Papathanassiou
11. Prof. Dr. Marion Gehlen LSCE Marine geochemistry
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12. Prof. Dr. Temel Oguz METU Black Sea ecosystem and circulation dynamics

10. WP 2: Public Perception
& Awareness
Leaders: John Pinnegar & Paul Buckley, CEFAS
Primary objectives:
1.Evaluate the success and/or failure of previous attempts to
disseminate EU research results among the general public,
especially those projects concerning climate change in the marine
environment and:
Identify projects that were successful in this regard
Highlight tools and techniques that proved popular
Offer recommendations with respect to future dissemination
efforts and outreach methodologies
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11. WP2 objectives continued
2. Assess the public perception and knowledge of EU research on
climate change impacts on the marine environment, including:
the socio-economic consequences
their views about adaptation and mitigation measures
Subcontractor TNS will poll at least 9 European countries
3. From this analysis:
identify the priority gaps to be filled by CLAMER WP 3
establish a strategy to communicate research results (from
WP1)
inform the development of appropriate and acceptable climate
change measures
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12. WP 3: Conference
& Outreach Activities
Leaders: Jan Mees& Jan Seys, VLIZ
Primary objectives:
1.Join elements from WP1 and WP2 and translate the knowledge into
messages and recommendations at different levels that are
understandable for:
• The general educated public
• Teachers
• Policy makers
• Scientific journalists
• etc
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13. Achieving WP3
Depending on the target, different strategies will be implemented to obtain
wide and balanced information and participation from affected European
countries and beyond:
An international pan-European conference (September 2011,
Brussels)
A 50’ televised film plus shorter DVD (Leader: Océanopolis)
Glossy Book (Leaders: SAHFOS/CSIC)
Website and portal
Displays at marine institutes and aquaria
Press coverage of the CLAMER project and conference
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14. WP Workflow & dissemination
WP3: Conference
& outreach
activities
Scientific General
community Public
Policy
makers
WP2: Public
WP1: EU
perception &
Research results
awareness
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15. Advisory Group
The AG will formulate an independent opinion on the relevance,
general progress and products of the CLAMER project in relation to
their specific expertise and competence.
Representatives from a number of stakeholder organisations have been
approached, including:
IPCC
World climate Research Programme
NGO’s: IUCN, Seas at Risk, WWF
ICES
EFARO
Representation from the coastal unions: EUCC UK
Waterborne TP
EATIP
European dredging association
Europeche
European parliament contact
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16. Project delivery plan:
18 short months!
CLAMER Start: 1st April 2010
Website and portal open: August 2010
Science policy briefing on EU research: April 2011
Scientific review paper on EU research: April 2011
Finish public perception and valuation survey and assessment: April 2011
Events at aquaria and marine institutes: Summer 2011
International conference: September 2011
Book launch: September 2011
Film launch: September 2011
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17. WP2 Task 2: Climate Change
Impacts on the Marine
Environment: Research Results
& Public Perception Survey
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18. While global environmental problems have existed for a long
time, its only in recent years that they have become
widespread matters of concern among the general public.
In 2007 the issue of climate change was
at the forefront of the debate on global
environmental problems. This culminated
in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize being
awarded jointly to Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Al
Gore.
In the 2008, a Special Eurobarometer
survey on “European’s attitudes
towards Climate Change”, global
warming and climate change ranked as
the second most serious problem by
the Europeans.

19. At the country level, absolute majorities in nearly all
countries regard "global warming/climate change" as a
serious problem, with the exception of citizens in the Czech
Republic (45% consider this to be a serious problem), Italy and
Portugal (both 47%).
In Cyprus (92%) and Greece
(90%) around nine in ten
citizens think that “global
warming/climate change” is
one of the most serious
problems. In Slovenia this
figure is as high as eight
respondents in ten.

20. The extent to which respondents feel informed about certain
topics related to climate change, i.e. their subjective level of
information, appears to be a crucial influence on their
perception of “global warming/climate change”.
In fact, Those who say that
they feel informed about the
issue are significantly more
inclined to think that “global
warming / climate change” is
one of the most serious
problems our world faces
today.
However, there seems to be a
gap between what is known
through research and what
policy makers and the
public know and
understand regarding the
impacts of Climate Change
on the Oceans

21. Research Need Objectives
Fill the gap between what is
known through research and
Identify the marine and coastal
what policy makers and the
climate change issues that European
public know and understand
citizens know and care about.
about the impact of climate
change in the Oceans.
Test European citizens’ awareness of
Help catalyse formulation and major research initiatives, highlight the
acceptance of the mitigation and perceived urgency and establish
adaptation measures for the whether they would be prepared to
marine environment. make financial commitments to “adapt”
to long-term marine climate change.
TNS will conduct a multi-country internet survey
Ireland will participate through the sponsorship of the Marine Institute,
EPA and Heritage Council

22. Ocean acidification - an Irish problem?

24. Key Recommendations
1. The potential consequences of ocean acidification
need to be addressed in climate change and
environmental policy development, especially in
relation to mitigation strategies to reduce carbon
emissions.
2. A nationally coordinated multidisciplinary marine
climate change and ecosystem monitoring and
research programme should be firmly established
for Irish waters with ocean acidification monitoring
as a cornerstone.
3. This should take place within the framework of
international monitoring obligations and policy
requirements. Strong links and partnership
should be developed with ocean acidification
programmes in other European countries.
4. Specialist capacity and expertise is further required
and existing infrastructure needs to be further
developed and maintained. It will also facilitate
future involvement of Irish researchers in
international projects in this field. Focused
research into impacts of ocean acidification will
enable progressively better evaluations to be made
of the threat posed to the Irish marine environment
and economy.

25. Thank You
http://www.clamer.eu
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