British Antarctic Survey - National and Public Good activity

英国南极调查局（BAS）的工作人员提供知识和建议，以促进英国的利益，主要客户是英国政府，其机构和行业。BAS产生关于极地地区变化及其全球影响的知识，可以为国家公益服务。一个典型的例子是南极冰盖对全球海平面上升的影响，这对保护英国海岸附近的社区和基础设施产生了影响。BAS为NERC和英国政府提供有关北极和南极极地问题的建议。BAS的科学专业知识为许多问题提供极地政策建议，例如海冰及其对气候，商业和生态系统的影响。英国政府在南极治理中发挥着重要作用，并日益关注北极地缘政治和科学。此外，英国科学院的科学领导核心团队也被多个政府部门所利用。其中包括内阁办公室关于其自然灾害风险登记册（COBRA）的信息，BEIS关于气候变化及其影响的信息，以及DEFRA关于臭氧和南大洋渔业的具体建议。我们与英国气象局等政府机构密切合作，并在空间天气预报（如卫星）和海冰预报（如航运）等领域与英国工业界建立了越来越紧密的联系。除了这一系列既定承诺外，BAS还随时响应政府的要求。每年，BAS都会对政府部门和机构的许多请求做出快速响应。例如，BAS例行在请求当天提供信息，以支持对议会问题的回答，并向特别委员会（例如海洋酸化）和所有党派团体（例如极地地区所有党派议会小组）提供书面和口头证据。BAS的专业知识也越来越多地与极地地区以外的问题有关。例如，向英国海外领土（如圣赫勒拿岛、Ascension岛和Tristan da Cuhna）以及我们的极地专长可以利用的领域（如喜马拉雅山的水资源）提供咨询。在本提案中，我们寻求在5年内为我们的承诺提供资金，并提供持续的应要求服务。本提案涵盖了不属于ALI/分区范围的BAS工作人员的活动，特别是为NPG用户和客户提供专业知识。本提案将继续开展最近审查过的活动（关于每项活动的更广泛背景和对跟踪记录的评估，见BAS NC-NPG评价文件）。

British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff provide knowledge and advice to further the UK's interests, the principal customers being the UK Government, its agencies, and industry. BAS produces knowledge on change in the polar-regions and its global impact that can serve the national public good. A prime example is the influence of the Antarctic ice sheet on global sea level rise, which has consequences for the protection of communities and infrastructure close to the UK coast. BAS provides NERC and the UK Government with advice on polar issues, both Arctic and Antarctic. BAS scientific expertise provides polar policy advice on many issues, for example sea-ice and its impacts on climate, business, and ecosystems. The UK Government maintains a prominent role in Antarctic governance and an increasing focus on Arctic geopolitics and science.In addition, BAS's core team of scientific leaders is utilised by several government departments. These include the Cabinet Office with regard to its natural hazards risk register (COBRA), information for BEIS on climate change and its impacts, and specific advice for DEFRA on ozone and Southern Ocean fisheries. We work closely with government agencies such as UK Met Office and we have increasingly strong links to UK industry in areas such as forecasting of space weather (e.g. satellites) and sea ice (e.g. shipping). Beyond this portfolio of established commitments, BAS is responsive to government requests as they arise. Each year BAS provides a rapid response to many requests from government departments and agencies. For example, BAS routinely provides information on the day of request to support answers to Parliamentary questions and provide written and oral evidence to Select Committees (e.g. Ocean Acidification) and All-Party Groups (e.g. All-Party Parliamentary Group on Polar Regions). Increasingly, BAS's expertise is also relevant to issues outside the polar regions. For example, providing advice to British Overseas Territories (e.g. St Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cuhna), and areas where our polar expertise can be used (e.g. on water resources in the Himalayas). In this proposal we seek to fund our commitments over 5 years and provide a continued on-request service. This proposal covers the activity of BAS staff that is not covered by ALI/Partition, in particular the provision of expertise for NPG users and customers. This proposal will continue activities which have been recently reviewed (see BAS NC-NPG evaluation document for the wider context of each activity and assessment of track record).