The polar regions as we knew them are not the same today and will not be the same tomorrow. Some of the future change is inevitable, locked in by past and current emissions, but we retain the possibility to halt some of the adverse impacts, adapt to the change and preserve key functions of the ecosystems, even if the window to act is quickly closing.

The most recent, indisputable scientific evidence not only defines the state of the environment and possible future courses, but also provides a roadmap of causation that underpins discerning the actions needed to start reversing the effects of decades of greenhouse gas emissions.

Alongside HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, whose long-lasting leadership on polar issues is internationally recognised, the partners of the Polar Initiative and the participants of the Symposium call for a greater protection of Arctic and Antarctic regions and for shedding a continuous light on the benefit they represent for the Planet and Humanity.

Read full call to action here: https://bit.ly/2poles1future-en