Welcome to IGBP
The Cape Town Declaration on Science for Environmental Sustainability
In light of increasing global environmental problems related to climate change, international scientists today committed to an enhanced plan of international collaboration to pursue science that will help achieve sustainable development of common, global resources.
AfricanNESS Science Plan and Implementation Strategy published
The African Network for Earth System Science (AfricanNESS) science plan and implementation strategy “A Strategy for Global Environmental Change Research in Africa” focuses on four top-level issues: food and nutritional security; water resources; health; and ecosystem integrity. Framed around these issues, the science plan describes a strategy for global environmental change research in Africa that concentrates on eight thematic clusters: rainfall, land cover, livelihoods, cities, diseases & pests, Africa and the Earth System, marine, and integrated development.
IGBP Executive Director appointed
We are pleased to announce that Professor Sybil Seitzinger, Rutgers University, has been appointed Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. She will take up the appointment on 1 September 2008.
IGBP Congress Programme now available online
The Congress Programme is now available in electronic format. Please note that a hard copy will also be included in all conference bags.
Meeting on Global Environmental Change to Attract Top Scientists
Media are invited to attend the IGBP 4th Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, starting 5 May 2008. The theme is “Sustainable Livelihoods in a Changing Earth System”, and scientists at the meeting will be available, within the constraints of their meeting schedules, to talk with media about global environmental change issues ranging from adaptation and sustainable development, food security, and water resources, amongst other topics.
Review of IGBP: Input sought by 15 May 2008
A review of IGBP is being conducted by ICSU, the programme’s sponsor, in collaboration with the International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research. The review centers on the overarching question of “what do scientists, sponsors, and end-users get out of participating in and supporting the international programme that they would not have gained if it did not exist?”
The Review Panel invites input at igbp.review@icsu.org. Alternatively, you can complete a web-based survey.
Comments will be particularly useful if received by 15 May 2008. Read further details of the review.