pdf IP073: Addressing Critical Knowledge Gaps Identified by the IPCC in Antarctica's Future Contribution to Sea Level Rise by International Collaboration

ATCM XLV and CEP XXV 2023, Helsinki, Finland

Information Paper

IP073: Addressing Critical Knowledge Gaps Identified by the IPCC in Antarctica's Future Contribution to Sea Level Rise by International Collaboration

Submitted: 26 April 2023

Summary:

ATCM XXL WP0039 DML-RINGS and Enderby Land RINGS – opening extensive international collaboration to close critical data gaps for sea-level projections (Norway, Germany, Australia, Belgium, China, Finland, India, Japan, Sweden, United States) suggests that Parties lend their support to the pan-Antarctic RINGS initiative and encourage coordinated regional efforts to close data gaps, using the DML and Enderby Land effort as a useful example and test case for the broader Antarctic needs. This Information Paper provides further information about the societal and scientific rationale of the RINGS initiative, as well as information about the regional efforts initiated to contribute to RINGS and points to further published information related to this.

ATCM - Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
CEP - Committee for Environmental Protection
45th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
29 May - 8 June 2023