ESSP Programmes and their projects
IGBP-International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
Projects:
GAIM Global Analysis, Integration and Modelling (in the process of
changing into AIMES-Analysis, Integration and Modelling of
the Earth System
GLOBEC Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics
IGAC International Global Atmospheric Chemistry
iLEAPS Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study
IMBER Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research
LOICZ Land Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone
LUCC Land-Use and Land-Cover Change
GLP Global Land Project
PAGES Past Global Changes
SOLAS Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study
IHDP-International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change
Projects:
GECHS Global Environmental Change and Human Security
IDGEC Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
IT Industrial Transformation
LUCC Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (co-sponsored with IGBP)
LOICZ Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (co-sponsored with IGBP)
WCRP-World Climate Research Programme
Projects:
GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
CliC Climate and Cryosphere
Clivar Climate Variability and Predictability
SPARC Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate
SOLAS Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study
DIVERSITAS-An International programme of biodiversity science
Core projects:
Cross-cutting networks:
- Agriculture and Biodiversity
- Freshwater Biodiversity Network
- Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment
- Global Invasive Species Programme
ESSP-Earth System Science Partnership of IGBP, IHDP, WCRP & DIVERSITAS
Joint Projects:
GECAFS Global Environmental Change and Food Systems (GECAFS)
GCP Global Carbon Project (GCP)
GWSP Global Water System Project (GWSP).
Global Change and Human Health (in the early development phase)
MAIRS is being implemented by START, the START TEA-RC and Chinese donors. It collaborates or intends to collaborate with the Earth System Science Partnership Programs: IGBP, WCRP, IHDP and DIVERSITAS.
The International Council for Science (ICSU) is the common scientific sponsor of the four (IGBP, IHDP, WCRP & DIVESITAS) international global environmental change programmes
