Topic 1 "The changing Arctic and Antarctic"

WP 3: Sea ice – atmosphere – ocean – ecosystem interactions in a bi-polarperspective

WP 4: Antarctic Circumpolar Climate and Ecosystem Study

WP 5 : The role of degrading permafrost and carbon turnover in the coastal, shelf and deep sea environment

Topic 2 "Coastal change"
WP 3 : Coastal Systems under Global and Regional Pressures

WP 4 : Integrating observations for coastal management 

Topic 3 "Lessons from the past"

WP 1 : Past polar climate and inter-hemispheric coupling

WP3:  „Proxy development and innovation: the baseline for progress in palaeoclimate research (PIs Jelle Bijma and Sabine Kasten)