Press

Press are requested to note that the official release of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) and its related overview report will take place on Tuesday 9 November, during the ACIA International Scientific Symposium on Climate Change in the Arctic, Reykjavik, Iceland, with a pre-release on Monday 8 November. Press are therefore kindly requested to respect the embargo on release of any ACIA results that are provided in advance of the 8 November pre-release date to facilitate the preparation of press or media communications.

Press materials including an ACIA international press release will be available from this site on Monday 8 November at 09:00 European time (GMT+1), by clicking on the following links:

Please note: Press materials are posted on this site as a service to those responsible for ACIA communications issues in the Arctic countries and the Permanent Participants organizations. With the exception of the ACIA International Press Release, the content of these press materials is the responsibility of the organizations that produced them, and they are not endorsed as official ACIA products.

ACIA Overview report: An electronic version of the full ACIA Overview report (PDF) will be available from this site on Monday 8 November at 09:00 European time (GMT+1), by clicking on the following link: Read the ACIA Overview report (PDF)

Please note: The available PDF files are intended for individual viewing and personal use and should not be posted on other websites or otherwise distributed in electronic or print form.

A (draft) French translation of the ACIA overview report can be found undert the links to press materials (see above).

Press conferences are being arranged in several countries as part of national ACIA communications activities. Two press conferences are being arranged during the ACIA Symposium in Reykjavik. The first is provisionally scheduled for 10:30 on Tuesday 9 November (see link below), and the second for 13:00 on Friday 12 November.

For information on these events, click the following links:

ACIA Highlights: An 'ACIA highlights' document, which summarises information on selected findings of the ACIA assessment is being produced for the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting that will take place on the 24 November. Persons interested in obtaining a draft of the 'highlights' document can click on the following link: Read the ACIA Highlights document (PDF)

Please note: The available PDF file is intended for individual viewing and personal use and should not be posted on other websites or otherwise distributed in electronic or print form.

ACIA Overview graphics: A selection of graphics from the ACIA Overview report will be available from this site on Monday 8 November at 09:00 European time (GMT+1). Click here to link to the ACIA graphics page.

Graphics Usage Policy:
The ACIA graphics are being made available for use by individuals and groups involved in non-commercial enterprises, for example, students, teachers, researchers, scientists and scientific institutes, policy units, etc. engaged in producing reports, scientific or policy papers, presentation and outreach materials, etc. The images (jpeg files) may be downloaded from the ACIA website or delivered on request (in the form of an e-mail message specifying the required images).
Under these arrangements:
The individual or group concerned is generally expected to be interested in using single or a limited number (up to 10) of the available graphics.
The ACIA graphics are available for non-commercial purposes, as such they may not be further distributed electronically, in any form, as individual files. Users of the ACIA graphics must make appropriate acknowledgement of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) as the source of the graphics and include a full citation to the ACIA report from which they are taken. The necessary citation information is included in the Graphics Catalog PDF file.
Organizations engaged in commercial ventures who wish to use or reproduce selected ACIA graphics are requested to contact ACIA with details of the intended use of the graphics, arrangements for acknowledgment/citation of the source, and if appropriate, compensation (financial or in-kind) for permission to use the graphics. For further information send an e-mail to grabhorn@earthlink.net or s.wilson@inter.nl.net

ACIA experts: Lead authors of the ACIA scientific assessment will be available to answer questions on the scientific background to the ACIA assessment during the ACIA Symposium (Reykjavik, 9-12 November). Interviews with ACIA experts in Reykjavik can can be arranged by contacting Hrefna Guðmundsdóttir: Phone: +354 591 2026 (direct); +354 822 4030 (mobile); e-mail: hrefnag@ust.is. Click here for a list of the ACIA scientific experts. A list of ACIA spokespersons, including addiitional contacts, is available as part of the US Press kit (see 'press materials' above).

Media and press are encouraged to contact the organizers in advance of the Symposium. Main contact points and responsibilities are as follows:

Hrefna Guðmundsdóttir - ACIA Press contact/coordinator in Iceland

Phone: +354 591 2026 (direct); + 354 591 2000 (institute); +354 822 4030 (mobile)
Fax: +354 591 2010
e-mail: hrefnag@ust.is

The ACIA press coordinator (Hrefna Guðmundsdóttir) is the main contact point for the press on Iceland. She will provide press materials that have been produced by ACIA in advance of the Symposium, and can arrange contacts between the press and ACIA scientists and experts, etc. During the Symposium, she will be responsible for press logistics, and arrangement of press meetings, etc., coordinating on these matter with the Arctic Council Secretariat (Bryndís Kjartansdóttir) and Congress Reykjavik.

Contact address:

Environment and Food Agency of Iceland,
Suðurlandsbraut 24,
IS-108, Reykjavík,
Iceland
www.ust.is

Tove Kolset - ACIA Communications Coordinator

Phone: +47 22 85 87 84/50 (office); +47 977 63 198 (mobile)
Fax: +47 22 84 87 51
e-mail: tove.kolset@cicero.uio.no

The ACIA communications coordinator (Tove Kolset) is responsible for exchange of information regarding activities to commmunicate the results of ACIA results in different countries, including media communication, through the ACIA communications network and communications forum.

ACIA and AMAP Secretariats - General Information on ACIA and ACIA Press and Communications Activities

For general information regarding ACIA and related press and communications activities, or for re-direction to relevant contact points, etc., you are welcome to contact the ACIA and AMAP Secretariats. These are located in Alaska and Norway, respectively, so you can contact the Secretariat most convenient in relation to your geographical location and time zone. Contact information is as follows:
ACIA Secretariat
(Patricia Anderson)
P.O Box 757740
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7740
USA

Phone: +1 907 474 5415
Fax: +1 907 474 6722
e-mail: patricia@iarc.uaf.edu

 AMAP Secretariat
(Lars-Otto Reiersen)
P.O Box 8100 Dep
N-0032 Oslo
Norway

Phone: +47 23 24 16 32 / +47 23 24 16 35
Fax: +47 22 67 67 06
e-mail: amap@amap.no