1. The International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP)
Sybil P. Seitzinger
Executive Director IGBP
Stockholm, Sweden

2. Some Developments in 2009
ICSU Review of IGBP 2009 (prioritize, strategic interactions)
IGBP new activity – Integration, Synthesis and Exploration topics
ICSU Visioning Process for Future of GEC Research
Proposed Closer Alignment of Major Funders and ICSU GEC Program Priorities

3. Integration, Synthesis & Exploration Initial Topics Identified IGBP SC 2009
Initial Funding from IGBP
Earth-system impacts from changes in the cryosphere
Megacities and coastal zones
GEC and needs of least developed countries (workshop next week)
Encouraged for Further Development
Aerosols
Global limits to growth
Geoengineering:Facts or Fiction
Changing nutrient loads in coastal zones and the open ocean
Global nitrogen assessment and a future outlook
Earth-system resilience: Earth-system prediction
Role of land cover and land use in modulating climate

4. Integration and Exploration
Bringing together economists, historians, ecologists, biogeochemists, policy and other stakeholders ……
It’s related to the Myan culture
The free lunch follows the morning session. It costs ten bucks.
But in C4MIP the boundary layer properties were everything…..
I think it’s nitrogen

5. Integration and Exploration
Earth-system impacts from changes in the cryosphere
Megacities and the coastal zone
GEC and needs of least developed countries

6. Megacities in the Coastal Zone

7. Climate Change Index DRAFT stage – release Nov 2009
Instant snapshot state climate system
For policy, industry , public
Integrates natural variability
DRAFT stage – release Nov 2009

8. Some Developments in 2009 ICSU Review of IGBP 2009
IGBP new activity – Integration, Synthesis and Exploration topics
ICSU Visioning Process for Future of GEC Research (1st meeting 30 Sept – 1 Oct 2009)
Proposed Closer Alignment of Major Funders and ICSU GEC Program Priorities

9. ICSU Visioning Draft Grand Challenges
Create the capability to forecast future global environmental conditions and their consequences for people
Challenge 2
Develop the observation systems needed to manage Global Change
Challenge 3
Determine how to anticipate, avoid and cope with dangerous Global Change
Challenge 4
Determine how to achieve collective social action in response to Global Change
Challenge 5
Develop and evaluate innovative responses to Global Change

10. Open Science Conference 2012
Planet Under Pressure: New Knowledge, New Solutions
A planetary meeting focusing on solutions
Engaging the full global environmental change community
Call out for host nations – Deadline 30 October
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