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October 22, 2012
Published: October 22, 2012
A new 10-year international initiative on global environmental research for sustainability was successfully launched at the mammoth UN Rio+20 Summit in June. The initiative, Future Earth: research for global sustainability, will provide a cutting-edge platform to coordinate scientific research internationally.
State of the planet film to open Rio+20 Summit (20-22 June 2012)
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A visually spectacular animated film on the state of the planet encapsulating 20 years of IGBP research and produced by IGBP and partners, is scheduled to open the largest ever United Nations summit, Rio+20, tomorrow, 20 June.
Published: October 22, 2012
Future Earth launched at Rio+20
Published:
October 18, 2012
The team responsible for the initial design of the new Future Earth initiative met in Paris on 20-21 September to agree on the broad outlines of recommendations for the research framework, governance, stakeholder engagement and communications strategy. In the wake of Rio+20, the Team also agreed on the importance of strategically positioning Future Earth in the science-policy landscape, as a key science provider for the definition of Sustainable Development Goals.
Published: October 18, 2012
The European Space Agency is hosting a fourth Living Planet Symposium in Edinburgh, UK, from 9 - 13 September 2013. Deadline for submissions 15 February.
Published: October 17, 2012
The Global Carbon Project (GCP) is seeking a highly motivated and independent person as Executive
Director of International Project Office (IPO) in Tsukuba, Japan, located at the Center for Global Environmental Research of the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). Deadline for applications: 19 November 2012. More information, download job description
(pdf, 74 kB).
Published: October 17, 2012
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is inviting experts to participate as Expert Reviewers in the Working Group One Assessment Report 5 (Climate Change the Physical Basis) to be published in 2013. The draft document will be available for review until 30 November. Register here.
Published: October 16, 2012
The deadline for abstract submission for the international conference Water in the Anthropocene, sponsored by the Global Water System Project is 31 October 2012. The focus of the conference is the global dimensions of water system changes due to anthropogenic as well as natural influences. The conference will be held in Bonn, Germany, 21-23 May 2013. Click here for the conference webpage.
Published: October 16, 2012
Worldwide, there are now 23 cities with populations in excess of 10 million - known as megacities. With this number set to increase in the coming decades, particularly in developing countries, a new report analyses the impact of both megacities and rapid urbanisation on climate and air quality.
Future Earth proposes 3 research themes at final meeting
The team responsible for the initial design of the new Future Earth initiative met in Paris on 20-21 September to agree on the broad outlines of recommendations for the research framework, governance, stakeholder engagement and communications strategy. In the wake of Rio+20, the Team also agreed on the importance of strategically positioning Future Earth in the science-policy landscape, as a key science provider for the definition of Sustainable Development Goals.
Published: October 18, 2012
Living Planet Symposium announced
The European Space Agency is hosting a fourth Living Planet Symposium in Edinburgh, UK, from 9 - 13 September 2013. Deadline for submissions 15 February.
Published: October 17, 2012
Vacancy: Global Carbon Project Executive Director
The Global Carbon Project (GCP) is seeking a highly motivated and independent person as Executive
Director of International Project Office (IPO) in Tsukuba, Japan, located at the Center for Global Environmental Research of the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). Deadline for applications: 19 November 2012. More information, download job description
(pdf, 74 kB).
Published: October 17, 2012
IPCC call for expert reviewers
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is inviting experts to participate as Expert Reviewers in the Working Group One Assessment Report 5 (Climate Change the Physical Basis) to be published in 2013. The draft document will be available for review until 30 November. Register here.
Published: October 16, 2012
Water in the Anthropocene conference: call for abstracts
The deadline for abstract submission for the international conference Water in the Anthropocene, sponsored by the Global Water System Project is 31 October 2012. The focus of the conference is the global dimensions of water system changes due to anthropogenic as well as natural influences. The conference will be held in Bonn, Germany, 21-23 May 2013. Click here for the conference webpage.
Published: October 16, 2012
Megacities' impacts on climate and air pollution published
Worldwide, there are now 23 cities with populations in excess of 10 million - known as megacities. With this number set to increase in the coming decades, particularly in developing countries, a new report analyses the impact of both megacities and rapid urbanisation on climate and air quality.
Zooming in over the northern latitudes
The Arctic is warming twice as quickly as the rest of the world, with significant consequences for northern Eurasia. Cat Downy discusses how the European Space Agency is working with researchers to...
Earth-system science at a crossroads
The Planet Under Pressure conference underscored a rapidly changing landscape of Earth-system science. Mike Raupach says that the path ahead should combine the need for wider engagement with a...
A Rio retrospective
Media reports in Europe and North America were downbeat about the outcomes of Rio+20. But a more sober analysis points to some significant successes, not least for IGBP, reports Owen Gaffney.
Mapping a planet under pressure
A new way of analysing complex global challenges – DebateGraph – has caught the attention of the White House, the UK Prime Minister’s Office and CNN. Here, DebateGraph co-creater David Price discusses...
Google produced a new Google Earth tour on ocean acidification with partners IGBP and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for the major international conference, the Ocean in a High CO2 World, co-sponsored by IGBP.
The UN's largest event, Rio+20, opened last week with a short state-of-the-planet film encapsulating 20 years of IGBP research including concepts such as the Anthropocene and the Great Acceleration. The film, Welcome to the Anthropocene, was produced by IGBP's Owen Gaffney and Globaia's Felix Pharand Deschenes.
Seminar with Dr. John Ingram, Wednesday 18 April, at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm.
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2nd biennial Australian Earth System Outlook conference: In conjunction with the 25th IGBP SC Officers Meeting
Global Change Magazine No. 79
This issue highlights various aspects of Arctic climate change, including sea ice and methane. We also look at a new tool for analysing complex global challenges, the path ahead for the Earth-system...
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...
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