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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...
IGBP Reports 25-47
Here you can download copies of early IGBP Reports as pdfs.
IGBP Report 25
(pdf, 1.9 MB)
LOICZ Science Plan
IGBP Report 26 (pdf, 2.7 MB)
Towards a Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS)
IGBP Report 27 (pdf, 4.7 MB)
Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle: The Operational Plan
IGBP Report 28 (pdf, 5.9 MB)
IGBP in Action: Work Plan 1994- 1998
IGBP Report 29 (pdf, 2.1 MB)
Africa and Global Change
IGBP Report 30 (pdf, 3.8 MB)
IGBP Global Modelling and Data Activities 1994-1998
IGBP Report 31 (pdf, 1.8 MB)
African Savannas and the Global Atmosphere Research Agenda
IGBP Report 32 (pdf, 6.1 MB)
International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Project
The Operational Plan
IGBP Report 33 (pdf, 9.9 MB)
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone Implementation Plan
IGBP Report 34 (pdf, 1.4 MB)
BAHC-IGAC-GCTE Science Task Team Report of First Meeting
IGBP Report 35 (pdf, 6.1 MB)
Land-Use and Land-Cover Change Science/Research Plan
IGBP Report 36 (pdf, 2.6 MB)
The IGBP Terrestrial Transects: Science Plan
IGBP Report 37 (pdf, 4.1 MB)
IGBP Northern Eurasia Study:Prospectus for an Integrated Global Change Research Project
IGBP Report 38 (pdf, 1.8 MB)
Natural Disturbances and Human Land Use in Dynamic Global Vegetation Models
IGBP Report 39 (pdf, 3.4 MB)
Modelling the Transport and Transformation of Terrestrial Materials to Freshwater and Coastal Ecosystems Workshop Report
IGBP Report 40 (pdf, 361.4 kB)
Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC)
Science Plan
IGBP Report 41 (pdf, 1 MB)
The Miombo Network: Framework for a Terrestrial Transect Study of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in the Miombo Ecosystems of Central Africa
IGBP Report 42 (pdf, 491.5 kB)
The Kalahari Transect: Research on Global Change and Sustainable
Development in Southern Africa
IGBP Report 43 (pdf, 419.6 kB)
Predicting Global Change Impacts on Mountain Hydrology and Ecology: Integrated Catchment Hydrology / Altitudinal Gradient Studies
Workshop Report
IGBP Report 44 (pdf, 1 MB)
START Implementation Plan 1997-2002
IGBP Report 45 (pdf, 3.9 MB)
Past Global Changes Status Report and Implementation Plan
IGBP Report 46 (pdf, 759.5 kB)
Global Wetland Distribution and Functional Characterization: Trace Gases and the Hydrologic Cycle Workshop Report
IGBP Report 47 (pdf, 2.4 MB)
Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics Implementation Plan
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