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Nov 17, 2015
Reflections on a three-decade legacy
The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) will come to a close at t...
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Nov 17, 2015
Use of and access to content on this website
Text and images produced by IGBP in house are free to use with appropriate credi...
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Nov 12, 2015
Bella Gaia performance and panel discussion to mark IGBP's closure
A musical performance by Bella Gaia will celebrate the achievements and legacy o...
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Towards Future Earth:
evolution or revolution?
During its three decades of existence, the International Geosphere-Biosphere Pro...
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A personal note on IGBP and the social sciences
Humans are an integral component of the Earth system as conceptualised by IGBP. João Morais recalls key milestones in IGBP’s engagement with the social sciences and offers some words of advice for Future Earth.
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IGBP and Earth observation:
a co-evolution
The iconic images of Earth beamed back by the earliest spacecraft helped to galvanise interest in our planet’s environment. The subsequent evolution and development of satellites for Earth observation has been intricately linked with that of IGBP and other global-change research programmes, write Jack Kaye and Cat Downy .
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Deltas at risk
Around 500 million people worldwide live on deltas, but many of the world's deltas are sinking due ...
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Climate change: the state of the science
A new data visualization released on the first day of the plenary negotiations at the UNFCCC’s clima...
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Climate Change:
the State of the Science
Videos now online from the Stockholm public forum to mark the launch of the IPCC's climate report, 2...
Climate change public event for IPCC launch
Date: September 28, 2013
Place: Kulturhuset,
Sergels torg, Stockholm
Contact: Owen Gaffney (owen.gaffney@igbp.kva.se)
Admission: This event is free.
Links:
Registration is required.
50% off entrance to Nobel Museum with proof of registration for this event.
On 28 September, IGBP and partners will hold a major public event for the launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Working Group I Summary for Policymakers, Climate Change 2013: the Physical Science Basis. This is the first event at which IPCC Working Group I Co-chairs present the findings of the newly-approved report to the general public. The event will be streamed live online.
THIS EVENT HAS NOW SOLD OUT.
The event will be streamed live here.
In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with former U.S. Vice President Albert Gore Jr.
On 27 September 2013, IPCC's Working Group I releases the Summary for Policymakers of the first part of the IPCC´s Fifth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2013: the Physical Science Basis.
On 28 September, there will be the first public event to discuss the report with the authors and co-chairs. We welcome your participation and questions.
Programme
13:00 Welcome and a short demonstration with Tom Tits Experiment
Dr Olov Amelin, Nobel Museum Director
13:05 Two centuries of global change
Professor Hans Rosling, Karolinska Institutet
13:25 IPCC Fifth Assessment Report Working Group I summary
Professor Thomas Stocker, Co-Chair IPCC Working Group I,
University of Bern, Switzerland
14:05 Panel discussion with questions from the audience
- Moderator: Adjunct Professor Johan L. Kuylenstierna, Executive Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute
- Professor Thomas Stocker, Co-chair IPCC Working Group I, University of Bern, Switzerland
- Professor Qin Dahe, Co-chair IPCC Working Group I, China Meteorological Administration
- Professor Deliang Chen, University of Gothenburg and IPCC Working Group I lead author
- Professor Markku Rummukainen, University of Lund and IPCC Working Group I lead author
- Dr Sybil Seitzinger, Executive Director, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, Stockholm
15:00 Close
The event will be held in English and streamed live online.
Questions in Swedish will also be welcome during the panel discussion.
More information about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Organizers
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeInternational Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
Nobel Museum
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Stockholm Environment Institute
Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Sciences
Funders
The Swedish Research Council Formas
The organizers kindly thank Tom Tits Experiment for developing the demonstration, and FLIR Systems for supplying the thermal imaging equipment.
More information:
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
Owen.gaffney@igbp.kva.se
IGBP closed at the end of 2015. This website is no longer updated.
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Global Change Magazine No. 84
This final issue of the magazine takes stock of IGBP’s scientific and institutional accomplishments as well as its contributions to policy and capacity building. It features interviews of several past...
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Global Change Magazine No. 83
This issue features a special section on carbon. You can read about peak greenhouse-gas emissions in China, the mitigation of black carbon emissions and the effect of the 2010-2011 La Niña event on gl...
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE:
How green is my future?
UN panel foresees big growth in renewable energy, but policies will dictate just how big.
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UK:
'The Anthropocene: a new epoch of geological time?'
Royal Society, Philosphical Transactions A