The Programmatic Partnership Carbon-Climate-Human system

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The International Partnership CSIRO,Canberra Australia NIES,Tsukuba Japan IWG-NACP, D.C., USA Beijing, China CarboEurope, Germany GHG CA, Italy IOC/SCOR-CO 2 Panel Paris, France Affiliate Office Inter.Proj.Office To be established in 2004

Vulnerability of carbon pools in the 21 st Century Grubber et al (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 CO 2

Vulnerability of the Carbon-Climate System Grubber et al (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 [CO 2 ] and climate change. Fire/LUC

Designing less-C intense pathways for urban development Mexico City Santiago Buenos Aires Chiang Mai Manila Jakarta Ho Chi Minh New Delhi (Melbourne) Throughout the integration of carbon management into the development strategies of cities: Asia Pacific C-S America APN IAI/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 CO 2 Panel] International Ocean Carbon Coordination Project January 2003, Paris, France International Workshop on Ocean Carbon Research and Observation Activities. Contact: Maria Hood, Chris Sabine International Workshop on Ocean Carbon Research and Observation Activities March 2003, Hazaki Town,Ibaraki, Japan International pCO 2 sensor intercomparison experiment. Contact: Y.Nojiri January 2004, Tsukuba, Japan Workshop on Ocean Surface pCO 2, Data Integration and Database Development. Contact:Y.Nojiri Workshop on Ocean Surface pCO 2, Data Integration and Database Development 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.: 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.: GCP (2003) Science framework and implementation. Canadell J, Dickinson R, 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, Dickinson R, Hibbart K, Young O, Raupach M (eds.). ESSP Rept. No. 1; GCP Report No. 1, Canberra, p.69