U.S. Global Change Research Information Office Provides access to data and information on global environmental change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global warming related educational resources for users worldwide. http://www.gcrio.org/
Extractions: (posted February 2004) Implementing Climate and Global Change Research: A Review of the Final U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan . Report (issued 18 Feb 2004) from the National Research Council (NRC). See also the NRC press release (also issued 18 Feb 2004), Government Climate Change Research Plan Provides Guiding Vision And Should Be Implemented, But Needs Additional Funding . (posted 18 Feb 2004). ...and Earlier Additions Dr Global Change is a reference service that can assist you in finding information and data relevant to global environmental change. Answers are prepared by GCRIO staff along with staff from U.S. Government agencies. U.S. Global Change Research Information Office, Suite 250, 1717 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20006. Tel: +1 202 223 6262. Fax: +1 202 223 3065. Email:
Extractions: About IHDP The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) was initially launched in 1990 by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) as the Human Dimensions Programme (HDP). In February 1996, the International Council for Science (ICSU) joined ISSC as co-sponsor of the Programme. At this time, the name of the Programme was changed to IHDP, and the Secretariat was moved to Bonn, Germany, through a generous grant from the German government. IHDP is an international, interdisciplinary, non-governmental science programme dedicated to promoting and co-ordinating research. Its aims are to describe, analyse and understand the human dimensions of global environmental change. IHDP's programme is designed around its three main objectives of research, capacity building and networking. Increasingly these activities are carried out in collaboration with the international partner programmes on global environmental change: the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), the
Extractions: Core Science Project Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (IDGEC) Institutions are systems of rules, decision-making processes and programs that give rise to social practices, assign roles to the participants and guide their initial interactions. IDGEC's research agenda centers on the examination of the role of social institutions in causing, exacerbating and solving large-scale environmental problems. The analysis looks particularly closely at concepts of institutional fit, interplay, and issues of scale. The core activities of IDGEC circle around three themes: ocean governance, forest use and carbon management; the circumpolar North and Southeast Asia are regional foci.
Extractions: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Healths Global Environmental Change and Our Health website provides middle-school students and educators with original, student-friendly content and health-focused lesson plans to help them understand the effects of global climate and environmental change on our health. The site is now live!
Human Health & Global Environmental Change: Fall Courses 2002 HUMAN HEALTH global environmental change. A multidisciplinary course designed to meet the demand for a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship http://www.med.harvard.edu/chge/course/
Extractions: Online Textbook: an archive of past lectures and course material GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE A multi-disciplinary course designed to meet the demand for a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between human health and the global environment for future physicians, policy-makers and public health experts. Course Requirements
Center For Health And The Global Environment-The Course HUMAN HEALTH AND global environmental change. Harvard Medical School 12 Sessions on Thursdays 200600 PM September 21December 14, 2000. http://www.med.harvard.edu/chge/course.html
Extractions: Cannon Room, Ground Floor of Building C at Harvard Medical School, which is located between 200 and 260 Longwood Ave, in Boston. The Green Line D and E trains both have stops for Longwood Ave. This course is also available via videotape, please e-mail Tracy Graham tracy_graham@hms.harvard.edu for more information or call her at 617-432-2164. Course DirectorsEric Chivian, Paul R. Epstein, Daniel A. Goodenough, Howard Hu, Timothy E. Ford Lectures will be open to the general public and auditors, but enrollment for credit will be limited to a total of 60 for the five sectionspreference will be given to students from Harvard Medical School, the Harvard School of Public Health, and the Kennedy School of Government, and to Environmental Science Public Policy majors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, but will otherwise be open on a first-come, first-serve basis to all students at Harvard University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts, and MIT. The signature of an instructor is required. Evaluation will be based on class participation, the poster session, and final papersstudents will have the option of pass/fail or numerical grades.
WHO: Global Environmental Change And Health global environmental change, Location WHO WHO sites global environmental change. global environmental change and health. http://www.who.int/globalchange/en/
Extractions: Links Global environmental change Location: WHO WHO sites Global environmental change Large-scale and global environmental hazards to human health include climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, loss of biodiversity, changes in hydrological systems and the supplies of freshwater, land degradation and stresses on food-producing systems. Appreciation of this scale and type of influence on human health requires a new perspective which focuses on ecosystems and on the recognition that the foundations of long-term good health in populations rely in great part on the continued stability and functioning of the biosphere's life-supporting systems. It also brings an appreciation of the complexity of the systems upon which we depend. FURTHER INFORMATION Climate change and health
International Pacific Research Center Providing an international, stateof-the-art research environment to improve understanding of the nature and predictability of climate variability and regional aspects of global environmental change in the Asia-Pacific sector. http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/
Extractions: Welcome to the International Pacific Research Center We are a climate research center conceived under the U.S.Japan Common Agenda for Cooperation in Global Perspective. Our focus is climate variation and predictability in the Asia-Pacific region, including regional aspects of global environmental change. The IPRC Science Plan outlines our goals and research strategies. The Asia-Pacific Data-Research Center (APDRC) is a branch of the IPRC. It provides the international research community with easy access to climate data and products, and conducts research to improve data collection and preparation. Address: Pacific Ocean Science and Technology Bldg., Room 401, 1680 East-West Road, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 ( click for map Phone: Fax:
WHO: Global Environmental Change global environmental change. Largescale natural ecosystems. RELATED WHO SITE. - global environmental change and health. ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS. http://www.who.int/ceh/risks/cehchange/en/
Extractions: printable version Large-scale and global environmental hazards to human health include climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, loss of biodiversity, changes in hydrological systems and the supplies of freshwater, land degradation and stresses on food-producing systems. These processes influence the risks of vector-borne diseases, water and food-borne diarrhoea, and malnutrition, which are among the major burdens of disease in the developing world, and are disproportionately concentrated on children. In addition, as environmental degradation acts over a long-term and is potentially irreversible, children have the most to gain from measures to safeguard the integrity of natural ecosystems. RELATED WHO SITE Global environmental change and health
Global Environmental Change Program (GECP) global environmental change Program Department of Environmental Sciences University of Virginia. The global environmental change http://www.gecp.virginia.edu/
CIESIN Agriculture Guide CIESIN Thematic Guides. AGRICULTURE. AND global environmental change. Welcome to the CIESIN Thematic Guide on Agriculture and global environmental change. http://ciesin.columbia.edu/TG/AG/AG-home.html
Extractions: CIESIN Thematic Guides Welcome to the CIESIN Thematic Guide on Agriculture and Global Environmental Change. The purpose of this guide is to help you locate key documents and data sets that pertain to human dimensions of global environmental change related to agriculture. Although the aim is to provide the most relevant sources and data, this guide offers only an overview of available information. Agriculture is as ancient as human civilization itself and is the fundamental activity through which humans survive on earth. Especially in developing countries, agriculture is the primary contributor to the nation's economy. Agricultural practices, however, may contribute to global climate change: Arable farming, burning and clearing of forests, wetland rice cultivation, raising of livestock, and use of nitrogenous fertilizer can lead to increased concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere. Conversely, global climate change could affect agriculture by reducing the amount of land available for cultivation, decreasing crop yields, and threatening food security, especially in the developing countries. Therefore, systematically documenting and disseminating information related to the impact of agricultural activities on the global climateand vice versaare important tasks. Identifying appropriate technological and policy interventions to mitigate global climate change is crucial at the national, regional, and local levels. Considering indigenous environmental knowledge, including human adaptive strategies, is necessary to strengthen technological and policy initiatives.
GECHSUCI The global environmental change and Human Security Project Office at UCI (GECHSUCI) was established in 1999 to explore the ways in which environmental change http://www.gechs.uci.edu/
Extractions: The Global Environmental Change and Human Security Project Office at UCI (GECHS-UCI) was established in 1999 to explore the ways in which environmental change affects the lives and welfare of individuals and groups around the world, especially in developing countries. In 2003, GECHS-UCI was incorporated into the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs (CUSA) at UCI. GECHS-UCI's research and fieldwork on environmental security issues will be a a core project of CUSA. News and Events UPDATE! Occasional papers about unconventional security issues are available at the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs (CUSA) website. Nils Petter Gleditsch, will present "A Resource Curse? Scarcity and Abundance as Causes of Conflict." Thursday, January 22, 2004, 10:00 am in 408 MPAA Building. We participated in the "Conference on Environment, Conflict, and Cooperation: Gaps and Opportunities for Research and Policy Agendas" December 3-5, 2003. This event was held at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC and was co-sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programmes Division of Early Warning and Assessment and the Woodrow Wilson Centers Environmental Change and Security Project. On November 10, Bryan McDonald presented on The Controversy over Biotech Food: Implications for Science, Politics and Security at 12:00 noon in SE I room 225.
Extractions: Openbook Linked Table of Contents Front Matter, pp. i-xviii 1 Introduction and Background, pp. 1-18 2 Changes to the Biology and Biochemistry of Ecosystems, pp. 19-86 3 Changes in the Climate System on Seasonal to Interannual T..., pp. 87-126 4 Changes in the Climate System on Decade-to-Century Timesca..., pp. 127-190 5 Changes in the Chemistry of the Atmosphere, pp. 191-236 6 Paleoclimate Overview, pp. 237-292 7 Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, pp. 293-376 8 Observations, pp. 377-434 9 Processing and Distributing Earth Observations and Informa..., pp. 435-444 10 Modeling, pp. 445-516 11 Findings and Recommendations, pp. 517-536 Annex 1 - A Short History of EOSDIS, 1986 to 1995, pp. 537-541 Annex 2 - The EOS Information Federation, pp. 542-543
Extractions: Openbook Linked Table of Contents Front Matter, pp. i-vi Contents, pp. vii-xii Preface, pp. xiii-xvi Summary, pp. 1-2 Introduction, pp. 3-5 Case Studies: Contributions of Human Dimensions Research in ..., pp. 6-9 Key Scientific Questions, pp. 10-40 Lessons Learned, pp. 41-44 Research Imperatives, pp. 45-64 Conclusion: Key Research Issues for the USGCRP, pp. 65-65 Notes, pp. 66-68 References and Bibliography, pp. 69-84 GO TO PAGE:
Tropical Rain Forest Information Center (TRFIC) A major NASA data and information center supporting research and information on tropical forests, and their role in global environmental change. http://www.trfic.msu.edu/
Extractions: Thanks! he Tropical Rain Forest Information Center is a NASA Earth Science Information Partner ( ESIP ). Our mission is to provide NASA data, products and information services to the science, resource management, and policy and education communities. We provide Landsat and other high resolution satellite remote sensing data as well as digital deforestation maps and databases to a range of users through web-based Geographic Information Systems. We also provide scientific information on the current state of the world's tropical forests, and value-added expert services. more...
Internet Companion THE INTERNET COMPANION TO global environmental change AN ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE John Horel. University of Utah. http://www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/companion/climate.html
