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Page 1: The International Human Dimensions Programme  on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)

International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change

IHDPThe International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)

Barbara GöbelExecutive Director IHDP

Research in Response to the 3rd Assessment report IPCC, Bonn, 21 June 2004

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International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change

IHDP

IHDP: Role and Objectives

Generate scientific knowledge on coupled human-environment systems

Achieve comprehensive understanding of global environmental change processes and their consequences for sustainable development

Make scientific contributions to explore:

the anthropogenic drivers of global environmental change

the impact of such change on human welfare

human responses to global environmental change

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International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change

IHDP

ICSUICSU ISSCISSC

Scientific CommitteeScientific Committee

SecretariatSecretariat

CORE PROJECTS

GECHS

IDGEC

IT

LUCC

CAPACITY BUILDING

NETWORKING

POLICY MAKING INTERFACE

JOINT PROJECTS

Carbon (GCP)

Food (GECAFS)

Water (GWSP)

Human Health

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International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change

IHDP

CORE RESEARCH PROJECTS

Industrial Transformation (IT)

Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS)

Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (IDGEC)

Land Use and Land-Cover Change (LUCC)

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International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change

IHDP

Urbanisation

NEW CORE RESEARCH PROJECTS

Global Land Project (co-sponsored IHDP/IGBP)

LOICZ Land and Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (co-sponsored IHDP/IGBP)

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International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change

IHDP

IHDP Cross-Cutting Questions

GEC

HS

IDG

EC

IT

LU

CC

Vulnerability / Resilience / Adaptation

Thresholds / Transitions

Governance

Social Learning / Knowledge

Synthesis of Core Projects‘ Research

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International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change

IHDP

IHDP Mid-Term Review Process (2004-2005)

6th Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Research Community

(9-13 October 2005, Bonn)

Synthesize contributions of IHDP research (workshops, publications):

(2) Tresholds / Transitions

(1) Vulnerability / Resilience / Adapation


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