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20.06.2012 | Publications
Inclusive Wealth Report 2012
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Measuring progress toward sustainability

The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) proudly announces the launch of the Inclusive Wealth Report 2012 (IWR 2012) at the Rio+20 Conference in Brazil. ...>
20.06.2012 | General news
Update of supplementary methodologies for estimating anthropogenic GHG emissions and removals from land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) activities
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Call for lead authors and review editors until 10 July 2012

The UNFCCC invited the IPCC to review and, if necessary, update supplementary methodologies for estimating anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks resulting from land u ...>
06.06.2012 | Publications
Building the future we want
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EEA Signals 2012

Signals 2012 brings together environmental issues such as sustainability, green economy, water, waste, food, governance and knowledge sharing. It is prepared in the context of the United Nations Confe ...>
29.05.2012 | General news
IPCC AR5 expert review for WG II (Impact, Adaptation and Vulnerability)
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Call for registration as expert reviewer by 9 June 2012

The WG II Expert Review takes place from 11 June to 6 August 2012. It seeks wide participation of experts and aims for a range of views, expertise, and geographical balance. The WG II Bureau therefore ...>
23.05.2012 | General news
Keep up with Rio+20
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climatiq News Coverage

20 years after the legendary United Nations Conference in Rio de Janeiro, the world will meet again at a conference on sustainable development from 20 - 22 June 2012. The ambitious goals are to find w ...>
16.05.2012 | Publications
Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe
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Challenges and opportunities for cities

Around three quarters of Europeans live in cities. Most of Europe's wealth is generated in cities, and urban areas are particularly at risk due to climate change. Europe should seize the opportunity o ...>
16.05.2012 | Publications
Environmental Indicator Report 2012
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Ecosystems Resilience and Resource Efficiency in a Green Economy in Europe

Reliable, relevant, targeted and timely environmental information is an essential element in implementing environmental policy and management processes. Such information can come in many formats - wit ...>
10.05.2012 | General news
CODATA Review Panel: Call to nominate an expert
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ICSU sets up a panel to review the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA)

The Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) is an Interdisciplinary Body of ICSU to improve the  quality, reliability, management and accessibility of data of importance to all fields of ...>
10.05.2012 | Publications
Factsheets Rio+20
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In view of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development Rio+20, ProClim- Forum for Climate and Global Change of the Swiss Academy of Sciences initiated factsheets on the sustainability top ...>
09.05.2012 | Publications
Dimensions, Issue spring 2012
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Shades of Green - Global Perspectives on the Green Economy

The IHDP Secretariat is proud to announce the launch of its new magazine, Dimensions. Dimensions is designed to reach a wide range of readers who are interested in global environmental change, sustain ...>
30.04.2012 | General news
Future Earth: Research Program for Global Sustainability
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Will the present World Research Programs WCRP, IGBP, IHDP, DIVERSITAS and ESSC be replaced?

Future Earth is a new 10-year initiative which aims to deliver knowledge to enable societies to meet their sustainable development goals in the coming decades. "Future Earth" will replace the existing ...>
26.04.2012 | General news
Wetlands: Supplement to the IPCC Guidelines on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories
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Call for Expert Review until 11 June 2012

The First Order Draft (FOD) of the “2013 Supplement of the IPCC Guidelines on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands” is open for expert review. If you are an expert in one of the fields outli ...>
26.04.2012 | General news
Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) launched
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UN establishes a biodiversity panel similar to IPCC for Climate Change

After several years of international negotiations, the final operational design of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was agreed in Panama last Friday April ...>
26.04.2012 | Publications
Achieving food security in the face of climate change
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Final report from the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change

Business as usual in our globally interconnected food system will not bring us food security and environmental sustainability. Several converging threats – from climate change, population growth and u ...>
18.04.2012 | Publications
Switzerland’s International Environmental Policy 2012
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State and Outlook

The report “Switzerland’s International Environmental Policy 2012” provides an analysis of the international environmental regime (negotiations, agreements, institutions and instruments), detailing Sw ...>
16.04.2012 | Publications
IGBP Newsletter 'Global Change' No 78, March 2012
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Anthropocene - the geology of humanity

This issue looks at the Anthropocene, humanity's epoch. It also examines urban expansion, consumption of resources, natural catastrophes' effects on economics and how to better build our future. ...>
11.04.2012 | Meeting report
13th Swiss Global Change Day - Meeting Report
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On 4th April 2012 the Swiss global change research community met for the 13th time on the Swiss Global Change Day in Bern. About 270 participants attended the event and about 80 posters were presented ...>
23.03.2012 | General news
Launch of European Climate Adaptation Platform
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Major new website

The European Climate Adaptation Platform (CLIMATE-ADAPT) is a publicly accessible, web-based platform designed to support policy-makers at EU, national, regional and local levels in the development of ...>
09.03.2012 | General news
SPARC International Project Office now at ETH Zurich
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The international project for atmospheric and climate research SPARC (Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate) relocated its coordination centre from Canada to Switzerland. On 7 February 201 ...>
09.03.2012 | Publications
WCRP Newsletter e-zine No 22
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February 2012

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