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    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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    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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Towards new scenarios for analysis of emissions, climate change, impacts, and response strategies

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2008)
Moss R, Babiker M, Brinkman S, Calvo E, Carter T, Edmonds J, Elgizouli I, Emori S, Erda L, Hibbard K, Jones R, Kainuma M, Kelleher J, Lamarque J F, Manning M, Matthews B, Meehl G, Meyer L, Mitchell J, Nakicenovic N, O'Neill B, Pichs T, Riahi K, Rose S, Runchi P, Stouffer R, van Vuuren D, Weyant J, Wilbanks T, van Ypersele J and Zurek M
xxv, 124 p. : col. ill.
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This report summarizes the findings and recommendations from the Expert Meeting on New Scenarios, which focuses on the policymaking perspective of climate change, and on climate modeling scenarios for near term and long term.

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