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...
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...
Terms of Current IGBP-SC Officers and Members
ICSU Appointed Officers
James P.M. Syvitski, Chair: 1st term 2012-2014
Chen-Tung Arthur Chen, Vice-Chair: 1st term 2008-2010, 2nd term 2011-2013
Opha Pauline Dube: 1st term 2008-2010, 2nd term 2011-2013
Jean Palutikof, Vice-Chair: 1st term 2010-2012
Jan Willem Erisman, Treasurer: 1st term 2009-2011, 2nd term 2012-2014
ICSU Appointed Members
Raymond S. Bradley: 1st term 2010-2012
Eduardo S. Bronizio: 1st term 2011-2013
Mercedes Bustamante: 1st term 2007-2009, 2nd term 2010-2012
Martin Claussen: 1st term 2012-2014
Christiane Lancelot: 1st term 2009-2011, 2nd term 2012-2014
Patricia A. Matrai: 1st term 2011-2013
Cheikh Mbow: 1st term 2012-2014
Dahe Qin: 1st term 2007-2009, 2nd term 2010-2012
S.K. Satheesh: 1st term 2011-2013
Mitsuo Uematsu: 1st term 2011-2013
Carlos Nobre, Past Chair: 2012 - (IGBP SC Chair from 2006-2011)
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...
How green is my future?
UN panel foresees big growth in renewable energy, but policies will dictate just how big.
UK:
'The Anthropocene: a new epoch of geological time?'
Royal Society, Philosphical Transactions A