May 2, 2012
U.S. Global Change Research Program publishes ten-year strategy
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) has released the new National...
Apr 11, 2012
An international group of funding agencies has announced an "International...
Mar 28, 2012
To surmount sustainability hurdles societies need a new yardstick of national...
20 million Euros for international research
An international group of funding agencies has announced an "International...
Mar 28, 2012
Inclusive Wealth Report unveiled
To surmount sustainability hurdles societies need a new yardstick of national...
Building our Future
Human infrastructure both contributes to and is affected by global change. The...
Risky Business
A sequence of devastating earthquakes and a large number of weather-related catastrophes made 2011 the most expensive year ever for natural catastrophe losses for insurance companies. Owen Gaffney spoke to the world’s largest reinsurance company Munich Re’s Head of Geo Risks Research, Peter Höppe.
Addicted to resources
Industrialisation is consuming natural resources at rates that are demonstrably unsustainable in the long term, points out Helmut Haberl.
"Welcome to the Anthropocene" film and still images
A visually spectacular animated film, Welcome to the Anthropocene, has been released on the eve of...
The promise and perils of creating markets to pay for public goods
Some payment mechanisms to support ecosystem services can be environmentally harmful, warn experts in...
IGBP research presented to Dalai Lama
Global-change researcher Diana Liverman presented IGBP's Great Acceleration graphs to the Dalai Lama...
photo: KungWu/Istockphoto
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IGBP is expanding its range of stakeholders and scientists to include more people working in the fields of sustainability and development, policymakers, industry and the public.
Facts
IGBP is a research programme and network of over 10,000 researchers and stakeholders in global change and global sustainability research.
Links:
International
group of funding agencies
Belmont Forum
Downloads:
IGBP Vision
(pdf, 210 kB)
IGBP Constitution (pdf, 96 kB)
IGBP Stakeholders
Research community
- Natural scientists
- Social scientists (economics, governance, behavioural change, anthropology...)
- Environmental engineers
- Sustainability researchers
- Development researchers
Policymakers
- International (for example, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Environment Programme, Food and Agriculture Organisation)
- National
- Non-governmental organizations (for example, IUCN)
Funding agencies
- International Group of Funding Agencies (IGFA)
- We have a network of scientists in over 70 countries. We are always interested in discussing research strategies with funders in all countries.
Public
Ultimately, our main stakeholder is the general public. Our work is publicly funded through research funding agencies around the world. We make every effort to communicate our work to a wide audience. If you have any ideas, contact our communications team.
How to get involved
IGBP sponsors research projects and other initiatives, particularly projects with regional and global agendas. Contact our deputy directors if you would like more information.
Developing countries
IGBP provides a mechanism for developing-country scientists to work with researchers in the developed world. We have national committees in over 70 countries and we are keen to build more links. If you would like more information contact the chair of the national committee in your country or email our Director of Communications.
Joining the network
- Join our mailing list for regular email bulletins - vacancies, research, reports, meetings
- Subscribe to our six-monthly magazine, Global Change. Sign up in the righhand column
- Check out the events calender for meetings and events in your country
- Attend our major international science conference in 2012, Planet Under Pressure: new knowledge towards solutions
- Call our projects and ask how your work can be brought into the IGBP network
- Contact your national committee and see how you can contribute. if you don't have one, contact us about starting one
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May 23, 2012
May 24 - May 24, 2012
Symposium in conjunction with the 27th IGBP SC Meeting, Bergen, Norway
27th IGBP Scientific Committee Meeting
May 24 - May 24, 2012
"Norwegian science highlights: Bio-Geo-Chemical Cycles and sustainable pathways in the Ocean, Atmosphere and Land"
Symposium in conjunction with the 27th IGBP SC Meeting, Bergen, Norway
Hosted by the Research Council of Norway and supported by Bjerknes Centre and the University of Bergen
Global Change Magazine No. 78
In this issue, we take a look at the Anthropocene, humanity's epoch. We also examine urban expansion, consumption of resources, natural catastrophes' effects on economics and how to better build our...
Global Change Magazine No. 77
In this issue you can debate the influence of climate on history, familiarise yourselves with the International Nitrogen Initiative, and find out how publishing the "hockey stick" graph changed life...
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