Don't put all eggs in one (geoengineered) basket

Should research efforts focus on single large-scale geoengineering schemes? Or...

Dec 16, 2011

Global emissions rebound to record levels after global financial crisis

Global carbon dioxide emissions increased by a record 5.9 per cent in 2010...

Nov 24, 2011

Conference deadline extends

The Planet Under Pressure management team is extending the oral presenters...

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FEATURES

Tracking groundwater depletion

As water demand rises rapidly, some regions are withdrawing groundwater faster...

Scientists who published the famous “hockey stick” graph experienced sustained attacks soon after the figure was incorporated in the 2001 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Now one of those scientists, Ray Bradley, has written a very personal account of his experience. He spoke to Owen Gaffney about his new book.

Learning from the past

When it comes to managing the environment, we rarely look beyond the past few years to inform decisions. John Dearing says this needs to change.

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MULTIMEDIA

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...

Single-celled plankton reveal past climates

How do scientists reconstruct past climate conditions on Earth? One way of doing this is by culturing...

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Publications

IGBP produces a range of publications: six-monthly magazine, Global Change, summaries for policymakers, reports, and articles in peer-reviewed journals.

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November 23, 2011 Interconnected risks and solutions for a planet under pressure Policy briefs for Rio+20 | The 2012 United Nations Rio+20 Summit must be seen in the context of a significant expansion of the scientific knowledge base since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit.
October 19, 2011 Biodiversity and ecosystems for a planet under pressure Policy briefs for Rio+20 | We share this planet with millions of other species and varieties of life, and depend on ecosystems for all our basic needs. While current trends in biodiversity and ecosystem services are sharply and dangerously negative, the right actions, developed and implemented promptly, can restore a biologically rich and ecologically viable planet.
October 18, 2011 Transforming governance and institutions for a planet under pressure Policy briefs for Rio+20 | Global environmental protection has featured high on the international political agenda since the United Nations (UN) Conference on the Human Environment in 1972. Yet, despite more than 900 environmental treaties coming into force over the past 40 years, human-induced environmental degradation is reaching unprecedented levels.
October 17, 2011 Food security for a planet under pressure Policy briefs for Rio+20 | The challenge of feeding the world efficiently and equitably is considerable, but not insurmountable. Achieving food security for all, both now and in the future, depends on putting in place a strong foundation of multi-lateral and cooperative mechanisms that work across disciplines, sectors and national boundaries.
October 15, 2011 Water security for a planet under pressure Policy briefs for Rio+20 | Water is the common thread that links all aspects of human development. Water security is therefore vital to all social and economic sectors as well as the natural resource base on which the world depends.
July 26, 2011 Global Change Magazine No. 77 Global Change Magazine | 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 for its authors.
May 31, 2011 Annual Report 2010 Annual report | The 2010 IGBP annual report is now available. It highlights, among other things, a recently constructed record of South American palaeoclimate, forest and grassland response to European heat waves, a review on marine food webs, and sources of Arctic pollutants.
April 11, 2011 Ocean Acidification Summarie for policymakers | A Summary for Policymakers from the Second Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World
April 11, 2011 Ocean Fertilization Summarie for policymakers | A scientific summary for policy makers
April 11, 2011 IGBP Executive Summary Summarie for policymakers | The Executive Summary of the volume Global Change and the Earth System, A Planet Under Pressure is used at several Swedish Universities as teaching material. In 2006 it was translated into Urdu, and the translation can also be downloaded below.