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The International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP)

The International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP). Sybil P. Seitzinger Executive Director IGBP Stockholm, Sweden. Some Developments in 2009. ICSU Review of IGBP 2009 (prioritize, strategic interactions) IGBP new activity – Integration, Synthesis and Exploration topics

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The International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP)

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  1. The International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) Sybil P. Seitzinger Executive Director IGBP Stockholm, Sweden

  2. Some Developments in 2009 • ICSU Review of IGBP 2009 (prioritize, strategic interactions) • IGBP new activity – Integration, Synthesis and Exploration topics • ICSU Visioning Process for Future of GEC Research • Proposed Closer Alignment of Major Funders and ICSU GEC Program Priorities

  3. Integration, Synthesis & ExplorationInitial Topics Identified IGBP SC 2009 Initial Funding from IGBP • Earth-system impacts from changes in the cryosphere • Megacities and coastal zones • GEC and needs of least developed countries (workshop next week) Encouraged for Further Development • Aerosols • Global limits to growth • Geoengineering:Facts or Fiction • Changing nutrient loads in coastal zones and the open ocean • Global nitrogen assessment and a future outlook • Earth-system resilience: Earth-system prediction • Role of land cover and land use in modulating climate

  4. Integration and Exploration Bringing together economists, historians, ecologists, biogeochemists, policy and other stakeholders …… It’s related to the Myan culture The free lunch follows the morning session. It costs ten bucks. But in C4MIP the boundary layer properties were everything….. I think it’s nitrogen

  5. Integration and Exploration Earth-system impacts from changes in the cryosphere Megacities and the coastal zone GEC and needs of least developed countries

  6. Megacities in the Coastal Zone

  7. Climate Change Index Instant snapshot state climate system For policy, industry , public Integrates natural variability DRAFT stage – release Nov 2009

  8. Some Developments in 2009 • ICSU Review of IGBP 2009 • IGBP new activity – Integration, Synthesis and Exploration topics • ICSU Visioning Process for Future of GEC Research (1st meeting 30 Sept – 1 Oct 2009) • Proposed Closer Alignment of Major Funders and ICSU GEC Program Priorities

  9. Challenge 1 Create the capability to forecast future global environmental conditions and their consequences for people Challenge 2 Develop theobservation systems needed to manage Global Change Challenge 3 Determine how to anticipate, avoid and cope with dangerous Global Change Challenge 4 Determine how to achieve collective social action in response to Global Change Challenge 5 Develop and evaluate innovative responses to Global Change ICSU Visioning Draft Grand Challenges

  10. Open Science Conference 2012 • A planetary meeting focusing on solutions • Engaging the full global environmental change community • Call out for host nations – Deadline 30 October Planet Under Pressure: New Knowledge, New Solutions

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