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Published:
November 17, 2015
Reflections on a three-decade legacy
The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) will come to a close at the end of this year after three decades of fostering international collaborative research and synthesis on global change.
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Published:
November 17, 2015
Use of and access to content on this website
Text and images produced by IGBP in house are free to use with appropriate credits.
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Published:
November 12, 2015
Bella Gaia performance and panel discussion to mark IGBP's closure
A musical performance by Bella Gaia will celebrate the achievements and legacy of IGBP. The performance will be held in San Francisco on 17 December 2015.
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Published:
October 27, 2015
IGBP @ AGU 2015: update
IGBP will hold its Landmark Synthesis Event at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in December this year. Preparations for the event are in full swing. Here's a brief update.
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Published:
September 28, 2015
iLEAPS newsletter special issue on Asia: call for contributions
The Integrated Land Ecosystem Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS) invites short articles for its November 2015 special issue newsletter. Please submit by October 15 .
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Published:
September 21, 2015
Workshop: Effects of ocean acidification on ecosystems and human societies
This free workshop will assess the Swedish research capacity and prospects for national and international collaboration. It will be held from 24-25 November 2015. Please register by 20 October.
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Published:
September 21, 2015
Vacancy: Global Land Project seeks Executive Officer
The Global Land Project (GLP) is seeking applications for the position of Executive Officer of its International Project Office (IPO), which will be hosted by the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) of the University of Bern, Switzerland. Apply by 17 October 2015 .
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Published:
July 27, 2015
Call for contributions to GLP newsletter: biodiversity and land systems
The Global Land Project (GLP) invites short articles on the relationship between biodiversity and land systems for its October 2015 newsletter.
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Published:
July 23, 2015
Workshop on co-design and co-production for early-career scientists
This workshop will be held in conjunction with the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in December 2015. Future Earth and IGBP invite applications from early-career scientists from around the world. Please apply by 28 August.
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Published:
June 18, 2015
AGU Fall Meeting 2015: Submit abstracts to sessions co-sponsored by IGBP
IGBP is co-sponsoring over 60 scientific sessions as part of its package of activities at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. We strongly encourage global-change researchers and practitioners to submit abstracts to these sessions by the 5 August deadline.
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Towards Future Earth:
evolution or revolution?
During its three decades of existence, the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) built research networks, facilitated synthesis and enhanced capacity around the world. Its trajectory may ...
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A personal note on IGBP and the social sciences
Humans are an integral component of the Earth system as conceptualised by IGBP. João Morais recalls key milestones in IGBP’s engagement with the social sciences and offers some words of advice for Fut...
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IGBP and Earth observation:
a co-evolution
The iconic images of Earth beamed back by the earliest spacecraft helped to galvanise interest in our planet’s environment. The subsequent evolution and development of satellites for Earth observation...
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Engaging policy:
IGBP’s three-decade legacy
Although IGBP has primarily contributed to knowledge creation and synthesis, it also has a robust track record of interacting with policy processes. Ninad Bondre and Sybil Seitzinger take stock of the...
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Around 500 million people worldwide live on deltas, but many of the world's deltas are sinking due to mining, damming and other causes. IGBP has produced an infographic highlighting the challenges to the world's deltas. -
A new data visualization released on the first day of the plenary negotiations at the UNFCCC’s climate negotiations (COP-19) in Warsaw articulates climate risks and the challenge of remaining below 2 degrees. -
Videos now online from the Stockholm public forum to mark the launch of the IPCC's climate report, 28 September 2013 (Fifth Assessment Report Working Group I summary for policymakers). The event was organized by IGBP and partners.
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IGBP closed at the end of 2015. This website is no longer updated.
IGBP was sponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU).
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Global Change Magazine No. 84
This final issue of the magazine takes stock of IGBP’s scientific and institutional accomplishments as well as its contributions to policy and capacity building. It features interviews of several past...
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Global Change Magazine No. 83
This issue features a special section on carbon. You can read about peak greenhouse-gas emissions in China, the mitigation of black carbon emissions and the effect of the 2010-2011 La Niña event on gl...
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