Project description
Raising public awareness about polar regions in Turkey
Polar regions face the consequences of climate change in an acute way as they are important for global climate regulation. However, the public has limited basic knowledge of the relationship between climate change and polar regions. Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the EDUCATE project will increase awareness about polar regions and global climate change and break the stereotypes around researchers. The project will present the conducted studies and results in an appropriate language, demonstrate the impacts of these studies on our world and daily life and introduce researchers and their professions. Moreover, it will focus on the young generation organising science workshops, exhibitions, seminars and concerts in Istanbul and Gaziantep.
Objective
Recent scientific reports of increasing global temperature, rising sea level trends, and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels clearly indicate the presence of global climate change. As important regions of the world for regulating the global climate system, the polar regions face the consequences of this change in an amplified way. Although the responsibility of mankind is evident for these results, basic knowledge on climate change and polar regions is limited in the public. Therefore, education and raising awareness on these subjects are essential to overcome this global challenge. This proposal aims increasing the awareness on polar regions and global climate change and fostering the recognition of related research and researchers in the public (especially young people) by presenting the conducted studies and results in an appropriate language, demonstrating the impacts of these studies on our world and daily life, and introducing researchers and their professions to create role models for the younger generation in a fun environment. To this aim, science workshops, stand activities, exhibitions, seminars, and concerts will be organized in İstanbul and Gaziantep cities. With the awareness campaign to be carried out before/during/after the events, an element of curiosity will be created about the polar regions, global climate change, and scientific researches on these issues by using digital platforms, as well as social and visual media. Planned activities will increase the public knowledge on basic principles and methods of related research on polar and climate science, improve the understanding of the impacts of climate change and related research on our daily lives, explain the importance and key benefits of these research to the public. In addition, the proposal intends to increase the interest of young people in polar and climate research, break the stereotypes about the researchers and give information on European Union and related opportunities.
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Programme(s)
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-MSCA-2022-CITIZENS-01
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06100 Ankara
Türkiye
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