e-NEWS February 2007
Carbon Research Activity 2007
RECENT ACTIVITIES |
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STATUS OF CURRENT CAPABIILITIES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
FOR CARBON CYCLE DATA ASSIMILATION |
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15-19 January 2007, San Antonio, Texas, USA | |
Organized around the theme of "Bridging the Studies of Weather
and Climate", the purpose of this meeting |
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JOINT CANADA-MEXICO-USA CARBON PROGRAM (JNACP) PLANNING MEETING | |
25-26 January 2007, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA | |
A
meeting to foster a community of NACP scientists
that can effectively tackle complex, crosscutting |
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FUTURE ACTIVITIES |
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BIOENERGY EUROPE 2007 | |
5- 6 February 2007, London, UK | |
Information
on the latest EU legislation and incentive schemes
that aim to increase the use of biomass |
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FLUXNET SYNTHESIS WORKSHOP 2007 | |
19-22 February 2007, Italy | |
Key
topics for discussion include flux tower based
global estimates of NEE and its components, decada |
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ARCTIC CARBON ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP (AMAP/CLiC/IASC) | |
27 February - 1 March 2007, Seattle, USA | |
A
scientific synthesis and assessment of the Arctic
carbon cycle |
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CARBON MARKET INSIGHTS | |
13-15 March 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
This
years event will reflect on major issues including
the opening up of the EU emissions trading scheme |
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DEVELOPING PROTOCOLS AND NETWORKS FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL
CARBON MANAGEMENT |
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TBA 2007, Japan | |
This
workshop will initiate the development of an
infrastructure to promote an international network
of |
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Contact: Shobhakar
Dhakal and Brent
Yarnal. Scoping Paper: (doc, 266Kb) http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/meetings/2007/GCP_Penn_NIES.doc |
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URBAN AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS AND THEIR CARBON IMPLICATIONS | |
28-30 March 2007, Tsukuba, Japan | |
Objectives of the workshop:
Contact: Shobhakar Dhakal |
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OCEAN SURFACE: pCO2 AND VULNERABILITIES | |
11-14 April 2007, UNESCO, Paris | |
The
purpose of this workshop is to review the current
knowledge base and enhance international |
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CARBON IN THE PEATLANDS: STATE OF THE ART AND FUTURE RESEARCH | |
15-18 April 2007, Wageningen, The Netherlands | |
The
symposium aims to bring together leading scientists
of different disciplinary fields to summarize
the |
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Contact: Juul Limpens | |
Meeting Website: http://www.peatnet.siu.edu/cc07mainpage.html | |
ATMOSPHERIC CO2 INVERSIONS | |
24-27 April 2007, Purdue University (IN), USA | |
Contact: Rachel Law | |
Website: http://www.purdue.edu/transcom/meetings%20_purdue.php | |
IMPACTS OF LANDCOVER CHANGE ON ECOSYSTEM CARBON AND WATER
AGU CYCLING JOINT ASSEMBLY (B03 SESSION) |
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22-25 May 2007, Acapulco, Mexico | |
We
invite contributions from experimental, remote
sensing and modeling studies that attempt to
quantify impacts of land use change on carbon and water cycling. Some relevant questions include the following: What are the ecological and functional changes in the water balance as a result of grass to woody plant conversion (and vice-versa), and how might these changes alter carbon and nutrient cycling? How do land cover changes affect evapotranspiration pathways? How does a change in ecosystem functional types impact carbon stores, and how might this alter soil nutrient cycling and trace gases? We hope that these studies will bridge disciplinary understanding by examining the linkages between hydrology and ecology. |
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Abstracts due 1 March. | |
Contact: Russell L. Scott and Alejandro E Castellanos | |
Website: http://www.agu.org/meetings/ja07/ | |
NCAR ADVANCED STUDY COLLOQUIUM, "REGIONAL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY:
NEEDS AND METHODOLOGIES" |
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June 4-15 2007, Boulder, Colorado | |
The colloquium will provide unique hands-on learning components
and significant opportunities to discuss the state of the science and future directions of the field with colleagues and a select group of keynote speakers. Graduate students involved in research on regional-scale terrestrial biogeochemical cycles of carbon, water and nitrogen are invited to apply. |
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For more information: NCAR symposium (doc, 29Kb) | |
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY WORKSHOP (IEW) | |
25-27 June 2007, Stanford University, CA, USA | |
Abstract
submissions are invited for the following topics:
Adaptation and mitigation, Energy security, Geopolitics of natural gas, Global energy resources, Micro-credits and energy development "Energization", Social sciences and energy scenarios, The European Emissions Trading Scheme, UNFCCC/Post-2012 regimes, Uncertainty and probabilities in E3 (energy-economy-environment) modeling. |
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Abstract submission deadline: 28 February 2007 | |
Workshop Website: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/ECS/IEW2007/index_1stannouncement.html | |
7th MEETING OF THE SCIENTIC STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE GCP | |
20-23 August 2007, Kruger NP, South Africa | |
Contact: Pep Canadell and Shobhakar Dhakal |
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CARBON CYCLE RESEARCH IN AFRICA | |
24-26 August 2007, Kruger NP, South Africa | |
Symposium and field visit to Kruger National Park |
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WEST SIBERIAN PEATLANDS AND CARBON CYCLE: PAST AND PRESENT | |
26-30 August 2007, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia | |
The
goal of The 2nd International Field Symposium
is to present research results and to promote
the |
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CARBON-CLIMATE-HUMAN INTERACTIONS IN TROPICAL PEATLAND: CARBON POOLS, FIRE, MITIGATION, RESTORATION AND WISE USE | |
28-31 August 2007, Yogyakarta, Indonesia | |
This International Symposium will present the most up to date information on tropical peatlands, especially their role in the global carbon cycle and levels of GHGs released by them as a result of deforestation, drainage, land use change and fire. A workshop will provide a platform for data synthesis and integration in order to inform decision makers of the global environmental benefits of maintaining tropical peat carbon stores in situ and impress upon the UNFCC the importance of including peat carbon in its post 2012 policies on climate change. |
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Contact: Susan Page | |
Website: http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/staff/sep5/tropeat/carbopeat | |
VULNERABILITY OF METHANE HYDRATES | |
TBA 2007, IIASA, Austria | |
Methane hydrates are an energy source of potentially staggering magnitude compared with other known hydrocarbon deposits. It is found in deposits in Polar Regions and in costal shelves around the world. Both global warming and the decision to extract them (if it becomes economically feasible) could open a large new source of carbon to the atmosphere over the next century with its associated impacts to climate change. The workshop will explore the risks for large releases over this century based on present trends in global warming, technological development, and energy economics. |
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Contact: Nebojsa Nakicenovic and Pep Canadell | |
Scoping paper : Methane Hydrates Workshop 2007 (doc, 220Kb) | |
14th WMO/IAEA MEETING OF EXPERTS ON CARBON DIOXIDE, OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES, AND RELATED TRACER MEASUREMENT TECHNQUES | |
10-13th September 2007, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland | |
The 14th meeting will review current WMO data quality objectives. It will be "issue oriented” covering such topics as CO2, stable isotopes, radiocarbon in CO2, O2/N2, CH4, N2O, CO, and H2 measurements, calibration, quality control, data management, and archiving. New and emerging technology will also be discussed including measurements from satellites and flux tower studies with discussion how to best integrate and apply global greenhouse gas observations to address the needs of the users of this important Global Earth Observation (GEO) system. |
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Contact: Yrjö Viisanen and Tuomas Laurila | |
For more information: First announcement 14th WMO/IAEA Meeting | |
2nd INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON UNCERTAINTY IN GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES | |
27–28th September 2007, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria | |
Methods for the proper accounting of human-induced GHG sources and sinks at national scales have been stipulated by institutions such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and many countries have been producing national assessments for well over a decade. As increasing international concern and cooperation aim at policy-oriented solutions to the climate change problem, however, a number of issues have begun to arise regarding verification and compliance under both proposed and legislated schemes meant to reduce the human-induced global climate impact. This workshop, jointly organized by the Austrian-based International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the Systems Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, brings together international experts to address relevant uncertainty issues underlying the assessment of greenhouse gases. |
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Contact: Joanna Horabik ghg2007@ibspan.waw.pl | |
Website: http://www.ibspan.waw.pl/ghg2007/ | |
5th ANNUAL CARBONEUROPE-INTEGRATED PROJECT MEETING | |
8-12 October 2007, Poznan, Poland | |
Contact: Annette Freibauer | |
GREENHOUSE 2007 | |
2-5 October August 2007, Sydney, Australia | |
The conference will present an opportunity for scientists and representatives from industry and all levels of government to hear the latest findings in climate science, and discuss the implications for Australia and the region. The conference will focus on projections for the future; the use of probabilities for risk management; the impact that climate change will have on human activity; and changing perceptions of climate change. |
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Website: http://www.greenhouse2007.com/ | |
SOUTHEAST ASIA REGIONAL CARBON AND WATER PROJECT | |
SARCS Call for Proposals - Phase III (2007) | |
Objectives: To enhance understanding of the spatial and temporal
patterns of the contemporary regional carbon
and water cycles. |
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RECENT PRODUCTS |
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CARBON POLICY BRIEF | |
The
Global Carbon Project worked with the United
Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) and the Scientific Committee on Problems
with the Environment (SCOPE) to prepare this
overview of the dynamics of the carbon-climate-human
system.
We explore a systems approach to managing these
interactions in terms of the gap between current
carbon emissions and those needed to stabilize
atmospheric CO2 as
well as their vulnerability and inertia. Download: http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/Policy_Brief.html |
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NEW WEBPAGE FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL CARBON MANAGEMENT | |
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/ | |
TERRESTRIAL C SINK SATURATION | |
A synthesis of terrestrial processes controlling carbon fluxes in and out of the biosphere with an emphasis on the future dynamics of carbon sinks and sources on land. Download: (pdf, 1.0Mb) http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/products/paper_specialissues_books/canadell.2007.sinksaturation.springer.pdf |
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CLIMATE PROJECTIONS OVER TROPICAL PEATLANDS | |
The
activity on vulnerability of tropical peatlands
has produced the first assessment of climate
change over the main tropical peatlands regions
of Southeast Asia and Amazon as a key measure
of its future vulnerability to large C emissions. |
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GLOBAL CARBON PROJECT - SCIENCE FRAMEWORK | |
The Science Framework of the Global Carbon Project
is available in English, Chinese, Japanese and
Russian. |
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VISIT THE GCP CARBON PORTAL FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES | |
http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/carbon_portal.htm If you wish you submit an entry for the next eNEWS,
please send an email to pep.canadell@csiro.au. |