1. IGBP Updates for DIVERSITAS SC Meeting 22-24 March 2011 Sybil Seitzinger Executive Director IGBP

2. To provide essential scientific leadership and knowledge of the Earth system to help guide society onto a sustainable pathway during rapid global change IGBP Strategic Vision

3. Integrated Earth-System Approach

4. Land

5. Integrated Earth-System Approach Ocean

6. Integrated Earth-System Approach Atmosphere

7. Integrated Earth-System Approach Terrestrial-Ocean

8. Integrated Earth-System Approach Terrestrial-Ocean

9. Integrated Earth-System Approach Ocean-Atmosphere

10. Core projects

11. 2K year regional climate reconstruction network

12. Villalba et al. 2009 Palaeo-3 (special issue) Neukom et al., 2010, Climate Dynamics TT-Anomaly wrt 1901-1995, o C Regional and sub-regional climate of South America

13. Ocean acidification (Feely et al., 2008) Data: Atmospheric CO2 Pieter Tans, Seawater data: David Karl

14. Biological responses to ocean acidification Response genotypes Symbiodinium sp. to ocean acidification Brading et al. in press and SOLAS Newsletter Productivity (umol O2/cell/h) Growth rate ( per day) A1 A13 A2 B1 Genotype Hall-Spenser et al. 2010 Science Laboratory pH 8.2 pH 7.8 Natural CO2 Vents

15. Ocean acidification IMBER and SOLAS provide international coordination and direction Summaries for policymakers Symposia

16. 3 rd Symposium: Monterey, CA 24-27 September 2012 Summary for policymakers www.ocean-acidification.net www.highCO2-iii.org

17. IGBP’s second synthesis Bringing together biogeochemists, with biodiversity, social scientists, economists, policy makers,.....

18. FTIs Ocean nutrient limitation Megacities N toolbox Synthesis Topics Least Developed Countries Cryosphere (2) Geoengineering impacts Megacities Adaptation N and climate LULCC and climate Air quality and climate Changing nutrient loads

19. http://ileaps.org/multisites/lulcc/ Synthesis Stake holders, decision makers Integration LULCC IPCC Roadmap (science, decision makers) Species comp. CO2 flux agri hydrol

20. Second Synthesis Geoengineering impacts Lynn Russell Nitrogen and climate Jan Willem Erisman

21. The cryosphere Ray Bradley, Qin Dahe Second Synthesis Megacities & coasts Mark Pelling Needs of least developed nations Pauline Dube

22. Core projects Challenge - transition

23. 2500 participants 40 % from developing countries Enhanced partnerships A new vision for global sustainability research