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International Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Open Workshop

International Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Open Workshop. Montreal, Quebec October 16-18, 2003. Objectives. Produce research results relevant to policy-making community Promote and support research Build research capacity & international scientific networking (START)

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International Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Open Workshop

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  1. International Human Dimensions of Global Environmental ChangeOpen Workshop Montreal, Quebec October 16-18, 2003

  2. Objectives • Produce research results relevant to policy-making community • Promote and support research • Build research capacity & international scientific networking (START) • Synthesize and communicate research results

  3. IHDP Core Projects • Land use – land cover change • Institutional dimensions of global environmental change • Global environmental change and human security • Industrial transformation

  4. IHDP Joint Projects • Global environmental change and food systems (GECAFS) • http://www.gecafs.org • Global carbon project (GCP) • http://gaim.sr.unh.edu/cjp • Global water system

  5. Research Questions • Vulnerability/resilience • What factors determine capacity of coupled systems to endure & produce outcomes in face of social and biophysical change? • Thresholds/transitions • How can we recognize long-term trends in forcing functions and ensure orderly transitions when thresholds are passed? • Governance • How can we steer tightly coupled systems towards desired goals/away from undesired outcomes? • Learning/adaptation • How can we stimulate social learning in interest of managing dynamics of tightly coupled systems?

  6. Big Themes • Transition to sustainability / consumption • Scale issues • Vulnerability • Partnerships • Governance • Patterns of development & sustainability • Carbon cycle • Participatory/interactive science • Neoliberalism and globalization • Science – policy interface

  7. Big Questions • How to work across scales, harmonize research done at different scales • How to effect desirable governance institutions and processes • How to define, measure vulnerability and carry out analyses • How to achieve transition to sustainability • How to assure environmental security in context of adaptation activities

  8. Selected SessionThemes • Poverty & environment • Governance, institutions, policy • Scale • Vulnerability • Patterns of development<>Sustainability • Carbon cycle • Land use/land change dynamics • Environment & health • Public-private partnerships • Urban issues • Production/consumption

  9. Drivers & Responses Highlighted at Meeting • Drivers • Poverty, migration, urbanization & urban dynamics (hybrid cities), biodiversity, economy, rural livelihoods, food security • Industrial transition • Carbon cycle • Climate, land use/land cover change • Responses • Changes in governance, policy, institutions, regimes • Enhancement of resilience (adaptation) • Carbon sequestration • Provision of decision support

  10. Disciplines Represented(many associated with institutes) • Geography • Political science • Anthropology • Economics • Modelers • Rural sociology? • Policy • International relations • Public health, epidemiology • Ecology, fisheries

  11. Scale Issues • Spatial • Locality, region, national, international • Temporal • Current to perhaps 50 years out • Societal • Individual behavior, perceptions • Community, sectoral • Larger organizational levels (NGOs, national governments, etc)

  12. Summary for HARC • Little representation of arctic at meeting • Common sets of questions/themes serve to bring communities of interest together • Truly international • Interrelated funding mechanisms • Combination of large and small projects • Array of scales, geographical areas, methods

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