Our Mission

The purpose of INPA is to support the use and operational procedures of infrastructures in Arctic, sub-Arctic, boreal and alpine regions, to support research and scientific development in the field of climate change and environment, and to increase general awareness about these topics within the general public and among politicians and decision makers.

To achieve the purpose, the main objectives of INPA are to improve international cooperation, to coordinate resources and research initiatives, to provide access to members’ infrastructures, to improve infrastructures’ operation and to financially support research and monitoring focusing on the Arctic, sub-Arctic, boreal and alpine areas and its global implications.

Our aims

  • Support and facilitate for research groups to access research stations in Arctic, sub-Arctic, boreal and alpine regions.

  • Support and facilitate the networking of these research stations to improve sharing of data, experience, standardized observations and human capital.

  • Make politicians, local residents and Indigenous People and other influential persons aware of climate change and environmental issues in the Arctic, sub-Arctic, boreal and alpine regions

  • Provide a one stop shop for the terrestrial Arctic in particular, accessible to the global science community including researchers, scientific programs, networks and organizations.

  • Support education at all levels both at home institutions and in the field to informand educated on Arctic ecosystems, biodiversiy and changes occuring in the region.

  • Interact with similar organisations in related environments such as mountain areas of the world, the third pole and the Antarctic.