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

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The International Human Dimensions Programme on
Global Environmental Change (IHDP)
Barbara Göbel Executive Director IHDP Research
in Response to the 3rd Assessment report IPCC,
Bonn, 21 June 2004
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IHDP Role and Objectives

• 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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JOINT PROJECTS
CORE PROJECTS
GECHS IDGEC IT LUCC
Carbon (GCP) Food (GECAFS) Water (GWSP) Human
Health
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CORE RESEARCH PROJECTS
Global Environmental Change and Human Security
(GECHS)
Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental
Change (IDGEC)
Industrial Transformation (IT)
Land Use and Land-Cover Change (LUCC)
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NEW CORE RESEARCH PROJECTS
Urbanisation
Global Land Project (co-sponsored IHDP/IGBP)
LOICZ Land and Ocean Interactions in the Coastal
Zone (co-sponsored IHDP/IGBP)
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IHDP Cross-Cutting Questions
Vulnerability / Resilience / Adaptation
Thresholds / Transitions
Governance
Social Learning / Knowledge
Synthesis of Core Projects Research
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IHDP Mid-Term Review Process (2004-2005)

• Synthesize contributions of IHDP research
  (workshops, publications)

(1) Vulnerability / Resilience / Adapation
(2) Tresholds / Transitions
6th Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of
Global Environmental Change Research Community
(9-13 October 2005, Bonn)