The ambition of creating an international network of climate committed citizens got closer in 2007, when Germany and Ireland joined the founding countries the Netherlands and the UK.

In 2007 our Ambassadors travelled to Spitsbergen, in Svalbard in Arctic Norway. (using rail travel where possible, and offsetting their flights through Cool Your Jets) Our Ambassadors got up close and personal with Arctic issues; from glacial retreats; endangered polar bear habitats (but thankfully not to polar bears!) and cultural impacts of climate change on local people.

But part of the group also delved deeper into one of the biggest threats in the Arctic, the gradual decline of Arctic Sea Ice. They joined sea ice specialists Christian Haas from the Alfred Wegener Institute and French explorer Jean-Louis Etienne on the Arctic Ocean itself, close to the Geographic North Pole. Learning from the scientists, they helped collect field data to verify airborne radar readings.

Ambassadors were challenged to respond to their privileged experience by creating a climate change solutions project that saved C02, money and educated their peers.

Most projects are still in progress, with initial pilot results due by November 2007. You can read about our Ambassadors here:

Rob Bell
Neil Jennings
Lesley Butler
Anne Leeflang
Julian de Blücher
Lars de Keijser