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

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...

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The IGBP Report Series contains the science and implementation plans of IGBP’s Core Projects as well as workshop reports and the output of other planning and implementation activities.

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Supplement to the IMBER Science Plan and Implementation Strategy. (2010)
2010-01-01
AIMES Science Plan and Implementation Strategy. (2010)
2010-01-01
IHOPEScience Plan and Implementation Strategy. (2010)
2009-01-01
PAGES Science Plan and Implementation Strategy. (2009)
2006-01-01
IGBP Science Plan and Implementation Strategy. (2006)
2006-01-01
IGAC Science Plan and Implementation Strategy. (2006)
2005-01-01
GLP Science Plan and Implementation Strategy. (2005)
2005-01-01
IMBER Science Plan and Implementation Strategy. (2005)
2005-01-01
iLEAPS Science Plan and Implementation Strategy. (2005)
2001-01-01
Global Change and Mountain Regions (BAHC) (2001)
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May 21 - May 23, 2012

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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