Improving Public Understanding The goal of the PCCO is to
provide tools for improving public understanding of the
mechanisms driving climate change, and possible responses to
prevent or adapt to change. Exploring and understanding the
natural workings of the Earth's climate, the PCCO will retrace
the evolution of the Earth’s climate, and its possible future.
The Observatory will also set out to explain the current drivers
of climate change arising from human activities (including
industry and agriculture), and how our future actions will
depend on our capacity to understand the pace and direction of
change. An international Project The International Polar
Foundation is working with local partners to establish Polaris
Climate Change Observatories in several regional locations
around the world. The Polaris Climate Change Observatory
regional platforms will provide the public, policy makers,
industry and civil society with a forum for interaction and for
developing the collaborative actions required for an adapt