What We Do
IGBP is an international scientific research program that studies the interactions between biological, chemical and physical processes and how they impact (and are impacted by) with human systems. The Programme is built on interdisciplinarity, international networking and scientific integration. It addresses questions where an integrated, international approach is necessary. IGBP adds value to a large number of individual, national and regional research projects through the integration of activities in order to achieve enhanced scientific understanding of the Earth System.
IGBP's integrating activities add value by:
• Developing international frameworks for collaborative research based on agreed agendas.
• Forming research networks to tackle focused scientific questions.
• Earth System Science Networks.
• Long time series observations.
• Guiding and facilitating construction of global databases.
• Model and data comparisons.