The Programmatic Partnership

Carbon-Climate-Human system

English

Oct. 2003

GCP Science Framework and Implementation

Russian

Aug. 2004

Chinese

Dec. 2004

Spanish

Dec. 2004

The International Partnership

CSIRO,Canberra Australia

NIES,TsukubaJapan

IWG-NACP, D.C., USABeijing, China

CarboEurope, GermanyGHG CA, Italy

IOC/SCOR-CO2 PanelParis, France

Affiliate Office

Inter.Proj.Office

To be established in 2004

Vulnerability of carbon pools in the 21st Century

Grubber et al. 2004 (from Field and Raupach 2004, SCOPE-GCP rapid assessment)

1 proposal submitted, 2 in preparation

Preliminary analyses indicate a risk over the coming century of up to 200 ppm of atmospheric CO2

Vulnerability of the Carbon-Climate System

Grubber et al. 2004 (from Field and Raupach 2004, SCOPE-GCP rapid assessment)

• Compile a catalogue of vulnerable carbon pools.• Quantify the extent of these pools and their carbon content.• Assess the processes affecting the balance and release of carbon.• Analyze the impacts of these C releases on atmospheric [CO2] and climate change.

Fire/LUC

Designing less-C intense pathways for urban development

Mexico CitySantiago

Buenos Aires

Chiang MaiManilaJakarta

Ho Chi MinhNew Delhi

(Melbourne)

Throughout the integration of carbon management into the development strategies of cities:

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APNIAI/START

Network of Case Studies

• GHGs budgets for urban case studies• Links between emissions and socio/economic/institutional variables (past 20 years)•:Alternative pathways of urban development (50 years into the future)• Capacity building.

IOCCP [with the IOC-SCOR CO2 Panel]

International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project

• 13-15 January 2003, Paris, FranceInternational Workshop on Ocean Carbon Research and Observation Activities. Contact: Maria Hood, Chris Sabine

• 10-14 March 2003, Hazaki Town,Ibaraki, Japan International pCO2 sensor intercomparison experiment. Contact: Y.Nojiri• 14-17 January 2004, Tsukuba, Japan

Workshop on Ocean Surface pCO2, Data Integration and Database Development. Contact:Y.Nojiri

Repeated SectionsVolunteer Observing Ships

• Synthesize large-scale ocean carbon observation activities.• Promote acceptance of standardized measurement techniques• Improved accessibility to international carbon data sets

Other Activities

• Earth System Modelling (climate-carbon-socio/economic system).– Developing new data assimilation approaches for the global carbon cycle

(Australia led w/ ESA leverage funding for the next 3 years).– Developing new global socio-economic measurements and surrogates for

modelling purposes.

• Regional Carbon budgets: comparative study on regional approaches and developing a bottom-up global budget.

• Global/regional carbon sources and sinks.Transport Trace Gas Model Intercomparsion (TransCom phase 4).

P-O-E-T-I-Cs of the Carbon Cycle

• Integration of Human & Biophysical Forces

• Regional Development & the Carbon Cycle

Population

Culture

Institutions

Technology

Environment

Organization

Synthesis and Review Efforts

Canadell J, Ciais P, Cox P, Heimann P

(eds.) (2004) Quantifying Terrestrial

Carbon Sinks. Climatic Change.

Special Issue (in press)

Canadell J, Ciais P, Cox P, Heimann P

(eds.) (2004) Quantifying Terrestrial

Carbon Sinks. Climatic Change.

Special Issue (in press)

Field C, Raupach M (eds.) (2004) The

Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Humans,

Climate and the Natural World. Island Press,

Washington D.C.

Field C, Raupach M (eds.) (2004) The

Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Humans,

Climate and the Natural World. Island Press,

Washington D.C.

Canadell J, Zhou G, Noble I (eds.) (2002)

Land use/cover change effects on terrestrial carbon cycle in the Asian

Pacific region. Science in China. Special Issue 45

Supp.: 1-141.

Canadell J, Zhou G, Noble I (eds.) (2002)

Land use/cover change effects on terrestrial carbon cycle in the Asian

Pacific region. Science in China. Special Issue 45

Supp.: 1-141.

GCP (2003) Science framework and implementation.

Canadell J, DickinsonR, Hibbart K, Young O,

Raupach M (eds.).ESSP Rept. No. 1; GCP Report No. 1,

Canberra, p.69

GCP (2003) Science framework and implementation.

Canadell J, DickinsonR, Hibbart K, Young O,

Raupach M (eds.).ESSP Rept. No. 1; GCP Report No. 1,

Canberra, p.69

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