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2020

North American Carbon Program (NACP) Open Science Meeting

23-26 March 2020, McLean, VA, USA The overall theme of the 2020 NACP Open Science meeting is "The Future is Here: North American carbon cycle science for a changed climate". The meeting will be organized around highly interdisciplinary science sessions including stakeholder engagement, carbon-climate feedbacks, new instrumentation and the carbon cycle modeling these advances enable, carbon and the economy, and spatial and temporal hotspots for natural carbon cycling. Keynote panels at the conference will cover a number of special topics at the interface between carbon science, social science, and carbon management policies. These include providing usable climate and carbon information, alternative carbon futures, policies and practices at the municipal level to mitigate carbon and address climate challenges, and youth and student perspectives on carbon-climate science needs. Meeting Flyer. Website: https://www.nacarbon.org/meeting_2020/index.html.

2019

TERENO-NEON Carbon Workshop

13-20 July 2019, Düren, Germany This 2019 Carbon summer workshop will provide an opportunity to learn how to use 'big data' from the Terrestrial Environmental Observatories (TERENO), National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) large networks of observatories while discussing an understanding of atmospheric, ecosystem, and below ground carbon processes, and the associated means to estimate CO2 and its role in the climate system. This Carbon summer workshop will also help develop the skills to access and use data in practice from a diversity of sources, including different networks. We will have a strong practical component that focuses on the data use. Both the scientific understanding and the data use will be brought together in group exercises. Website: https://mgenazzio.wixsite.com/carbonworkshop2019.

Urban Data Workshop

26-28 June 2019, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Organized Global Carbon Project and Sustainable Healthy Cities. The objective of this workshop is to assemble a core group of researchers and datasets that will contribute to developing a global dataset on urban area energy use in ways that add up and align with national totals. We call this method a Bot-Top approach because it combines as much bottom-up available data with top-down estimates. The method builds upon prior work that tested the methodology in China and is presently being tested in India and the USA. We want to expand from these three countries to include additional countries in Asia [e.g., Japan, Thailand, etc.], EU, Australia, and Africa [e.g., Kenya, South Africa, etc.]. Draft Agenda.

8th International symposium on non-CO2 greenhouse gases (NCGG8)

12-14 June 2019, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Organized by VVM. Non-CO2 greenhouse gases include many substances, such as methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), fluorocarbons (CFCs, HFCs, SF6, etc), black carbon, aerosols, and tropospheric ozone (O3). These contribute significantly to climate forcing. Reducing non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions is often more cost-effective than reducing CO2 emissions. The scope of NCGG8 will be global challenges, and local solutions. The NCGG conferences pay attention to: sources, sinks, and atmospheric processes of non-CO2 greenhouse gases; mitigation options and emission reduction technologies and practices; policies and measures, both in the public and private sectors; and the science-policy-industry interface We will invite submission of papers with respect to four themes, covering causes, effects and solutions of the environmental problems associated with non-CO2 greenhouse gases. These papers may report on science (from natural, social, technological or integrated sciences) and policy. Website: https://www.ncgg.info. E-Mail: office@ncgg.info.

Wetland fluxnet synthesis for methane

13-16 May 2019, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Wetlands provide many important ecosystem services, including wildlife habitat, water purification, flood protection, and carbon metabolism. Our ability to manage these services and predict the long-term health of wetlands is strongly linked to their carbon fluxes, of which methane (CH4) is a key component. Natural wetlands emit approximately 30% of global CH4 emissions, as their waterlogged soils create ideal conditions for CH4 production. They are also the largest, and potentially most uncertain, natural source of CH4 to the atmosphere. To understand and predict CH4 fluxes across wetlands globally, we propose the first synthesis of CH4 flux tower data accompanying a global database of CH4 emissions. Website: https://powellcenter.usgs.gov/view-project/5b1703d0e4b092d9651fcc8c.

First All-RECCAP2 Workshop

18-21 March 2019, Gotemba (at the foothill of Mount Fuji), Japan The workshop will gather scientists with expertise on regional and global budgets of GHGs (CO2, CH4, N2O), including atmospheric inversions, vegetation, soils and ocean models, existing and emerging observations, data mining and synthesis, from different regions of the globe. The main goal will be the planning to deliver (and explore the feasibility for regular updates) of regional assessment of GHG budgets based on scientific evidence, considering uncertainties, understanding of drivers, and retrospective analysis of recent trends. Additionally, key global assessments will be developed for their own value and in support to the regional GHG budgets. See one-page Justification and Objectives of RECCAP2. This meeting is supported by the National Institute for Environmental Studies (which will cover your accommodation, local transport and food in Japan), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Global Carbon Project. We hope you will be able to cover your airfare, but we do have a limited budget to support some airfares which will be allocated on the basis of the most needed. Our Japanese hosts are Nobuko Saigusa from NIES and Prabir Patra from JAMSTEC. RECCAP2 Science Committee: Philippe Ciais, Niki Gruber, Prabir Patra, Ana Bastos, Judith Hauck, Masao Ishii, Rob Jackson, Ben Poulter, Nobuko Saigusa, Pep Canadell Website: https://www.reccap2-gotemba2019.org. Justification and Objectives of RECCAP2.pdf.

2018

OCB Workshop on Oceanic Methane and Nitrous Oxide: The present situation and future scenarios

28-31 October 2018, Lake Arrowhead, California, USA Organized by the Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry (OCB) program. A three day workshop on oceanic methane and nitrous oxide covering chemical analysis, microbial metabolism, and our observational and predictive capabilities Where in the global oceans should spatial and temporal surveys be conducted to discern climatologically-relevant changes in water-column inventories of methane and nitrous oxide? This is an important question facing oceanographers today. However, attempts to answer this question stimulate many related and relevant queries concerning the production and consumption of methane and nitrous oxide in the ocean. For example, how will their water-column concentrations be influenced by factors such as increasing seawater temperatures, decreasing oxygen concentrations, and changing nutrient loading? Do we have sufficient analytical and observational capacity to conduct robust temporal surveys? Do we sufficiently comprehend the microbial metabolic pathways that produce and consume these two trace gases? This workshop will address these questions to help determine the future directions of methane and nitrous oxide measurements in the global oceans. Website: https://web.whoi.edu/methane-workshop/. E-Mail: stwilson@hawaii.edu.

3rd International Greenhouse Gas Workshop

22-25 October 2018, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST), Nanjing, China Organized by Zhiqiu Gao, Yongguang Zhang, Meng Huang, and Frank Griessbaum. Greenhouse gas (GHG) flux measurements are key to understanding the drivers of global climate change, the short and long-term consequences of ecosystem and agrosystem management, and related changes on multiple scales. Such information contributes to the identification and prediction of physical and physiological processes underlying ongoing and future environmental changes and helps influence important decisions on their mitigation, and related local and global policies. Although GHG flux measurements are conducted on a variety of scales, from a single leaf to a large region, many research projects are typically focused on one single scale, while actual physical and physiological processes are happening over a continuum of multiple scales. One of the major challenges associated with measuring and modelling over such a continuum is the transferability between measurement scales ranging from leaf and soil chamber, greenhouse based imaging, field towers and UAVs, to aircraft and satellites. This workshop is designed to bridge research efforts and measurement techniques at all scales into more vertically integrated approaches. Novel measurement techniques and innovative technologies are leading to new scientific findings in this area, by allowing researchers to approach their investigations in new ways. This workshop's speakers are among the leaders in their scientific disciplines, who will share their latest results with the community. In addition to the keynote lectures covering the above-mentioned topics, there will be demonstrations of new instrumentation and measurement techniques. A poster session will continue throughout the workshop, and all attendees are encouraged to contribute. Website: https://www.potsdam-flux-workshop.eu. E-Mail: contact@potsdam-flux-workshop.eu.

Combined IG3IS/TRANSCOM workshop 2018

17-20 September 2018, Lund University, Geocenter II, Lund, Sweden Organized by WMO-IG3IS. The workshop is sponsored by WMO, GAW and ICOS, and it is dedicated to the use of atmospheric measurements to improve the quantification and understanding of greenhouse gas fluxes. Like in previous TRANSCOM meetings, its covers the full scope of methods and applications, including the use of various types of measurements (global & regional networks, aircrafts, satellites, isotopes, etc.), and different methods (flux inversion, CCDAS, FFDAS, etc.) to constrain fluxes and processes (land biosphere, ocean, fossil) at scales ranging from global to local. The meeting will provide ample opportunity to discuss new developments, remaining bottlenecks, and how to take advantage of international cooperation and coordinated joint activities to support progress. The meeting will provide an overview of various ongoing activities and provides the opportunity to discuss or even initiate something new. Website: https://www.icos-cp.eu/TRANSCOM_IG3IS_meeting.

The 3rd ICOS Science Conference 2018

11-13 September 2018, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Organized by ICOS. The main theme of the conference is biogases and cycles, with 13 themes Climate change mitigation Major research questions in Earth Observations Globally integrative studies Data management and quality Decadal variability in biogeochemical cycles Newest new in research – scientific and technical developments Land sink – from residual to direct estimates Reactive gases Bridging the gap between bottom-up and top-down methods Urban greenhouse gas budget – from novel monitoring networks to source identification In-situ and remote sensing observations From data to useful services with societal meaning Recent examples of studies combining multiple approaches to understand regional and global C-cycle anomalies and their drivers Website: https://conference.icos-ri.eu/. E-Mail: Jouni Heiskanen.

International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions 2018

22-24 May 2018, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden Organized by Chalmers with support from Global Carbon Project and International Energy Agency, i.e. IEAGHG, IEAIETS and IEA Bioenergy. The objective of the Paris Agreement is to limit global warming to well below 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C. The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report quantified the global "carbon budget", that is the amount of carbon dioxide that we can emit while still having a likely chance of limiting global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The exact size of the carbon budget cannot be specified with high confidence since it depends on many uncertain factors, including emission pathways for non-CO2 climate forcers. This said, the remaining budgets for the 1.5°C and 2°C targets have been estimated at about 200 and 800 Gt of CO2 . With unchanged present emissions at about 40 Gt CO2/year these budgets would be exhausted in as few as 5 and 20 years, respectively. Consequently, most of the IPCC emission scenarios able to meet the global two-degree target require overshooting the carbon budget at first and then remove the excess carbon with large negative emissions, typically on the order of 400-800 Gt CO2 up to 2100. At the same time as negative emissions appear to be indispensable to meet climate targets decided, the large future negative emissions assumed in climate models have been questioned and warnings have been raised about relying on very large and uncertain negative emissions in the future. With the future climate at stake, a deeper and fuller understanding of the various aspects of negative emissions is needed. The purpose of the conference is to bring together a wide range of scientists, experts and stakeholders, in order to engage in various aspects of research relating to negative CO2 emissions. This will include various negative emission technologies, climate modelling, climate policies and incentives. Website: http://negativeco2emissions2018.com/. E-Mail: NegativeCO2@chalmers.se.

New Advances in Land Carbon Cycle Modeling

19-26 May 2018, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA Organized by Professor Yiqi Luo. A Mini-symposium and short training course for modelers who want to gain simplicity in coding, diagnostic capability, and computational efficiency for there carbon cycle models, and for students, post-docs and young scientists who want to learn carbon cycle modeling with CLM. You will learn: New theory on land carbon storage dynamics Matrix representations of land carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles A unified diagnostic system for full understanding of uncertainty sources Carbon cycle data assimilation system for both flux- and pool-based data Semi-analytic spin-up for computational efficiency Website: http://www2.nau.edu/luo-lab/?workshop. E-Mail: Dr. Lifen Jiang. More Information: Details and Tentative Schedule (pdf, 55kb).

Global Methane Forum

16-18 April 2018, Toronto, Canada Organized by the Global Methane Initiative, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), and the Government of Canada. Join your fellow methane experts and policy-makers from around the world to discuss options for methane reduction and abatement activities. This unique opportunity will grant participants access to: High-level plenary sessions on cross-cutting issues such as project financing. Technical sessions on biogas (agricultural sources, municipal solid waste, municipal wastewater systems), coal mines, and oil and natural gas systems. Joint GMI Subcommittee – CCAC Initiative level discussions on policy and projects. Site visits in the Toronto area highlighting innovative technology. Opportunities for networking with methane experts in the public and private sectors from around the world. The Forum will be held back-to-back with a CCAC Working Group Governance meeting, which will take place at the same venue on April 19-20. Website: https://www.globalmethane.org/gmf2018/. E-Mail: asg@globalmethane.org.

2017

The impact of the 2015/2016 El Niño on the terrestrial tropical carbon cycle: patterns, mechanisms and implications

13-14 November 2017, The Royal Society, London, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, UK Organized by Professor Yadvinder Malhi, Dr Rosie A. Fisher, Dr Luiz E.O. Aragão and Dr Lucy Rowland. The El Niño of 2015/2016 was one of the strongest tropical climate events for a century. This meeting will gather an international and multidisciplinary community of scientists to describe and understand how the terrestrial tropics responded to the El Niño, and what this can tell us about future stability of the tropics and the global carbon cycle under climate change. Website: https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2017/11/carbon-cycle/. E-Mail: scientific.meetings@royalsociety.org

Where are the greatest uncertainties in the global terrestrial Carbon Budgets? (Joint session iLEAP-Global Carbon Project, In 5th iLEAPS Science Conference)

Session D4, currently scheduled for 14 September in draft programme schedule, iLEAPS Science Conference 11-14 September 2017, Oxford, UK Organised by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology of the Natural Environment Research Council. Land ecosystems absorb around one quarter of anthropogenic CO2 emission each year, and thus act to mitigate climate change. However these CO2 "sinks" are modulated by climate change and variability. The response of land ecosystems to changing climate and atmospheric composition is arguably the most uncertain component of the global carbon cycle, and thus the land carbon sink is often derived as the residual from the other components (fossil and land-use emissions minus ocean sink minus atmospheric growth rate). Determining the land carbon sink locations, their variation through time, and attribution to underlying processes still remains a challenge. In this session we welcome both modelling and empirical studies that aim to either quantify, attribute or reduce uncertainties in the terrestrial carbon cycle across major global biomes. Studies are also welcome that present uncertainty reduction in expected future land-atmosphere CO2 exchange in terms of "permissible emissions" to achieve global warming stabilisation targets. iLEAPS Website: http://www.cvent.com/events/5th-ileaps-science-conference/event-summary-412288f4ffc64c1eb7d0f2f151fb5882.aspx. E-Mail: ileaps@archer-yates.co.uk

19th WMO/IAEA Meeting on Carbon Dioxide, Other Greenhouse Gases, and Related Measurement Techniques (GGMT-2017)

27-31 August 2017, Dübendorf, Switzerland Organized by Empa, WMO and IAEA GGMT is the cornerstone meeting for the observation of key greenhouse gases GHG) and tracers, their isotopes, assessment of new techniques, standardization, quality assurance, and data products. The scope covers challenges in the field of precise measurements of atmospheric greenhouse gases, data utilization and integrated products and observational network design. It provides an excellent platform for all scientists in this field to exchange the latest scientific findings and serves as the scientific backbone of the Global Atmosphere Watch Programme (GAW) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which has provided the umbrella to all GGMT meetings. Website: https://www.empa.ch/web/ggmt2017/overview. E-Mail: gaw@empa.ch

10th anniversary International Carbon Dioxide Conference (ICDC)

21-25 August 2017, Interlaken, Switzerland Organized by the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research The purpose of this conference is to bring together scientists from different disciplines to work towards an integrated view on the global cycle of carbon in the Earth System. Spatial scales considered range from local and regional towards global synthesis, temporal scales from hours to millennia. Periods addressed include the contemporary, industrial, and future, as well as the last millennia, glacial/interglacial, and stadial/interstadial periods. Presentations: http://www.icdc10.unibe.ch/program/presentations. E-Mail: info@oeschger.unibe.ch

2017 Joint NACP and AmeriFlux Principal Investigators Meeting
27-30 March 2017, North Bethesda, MD, USA Organised by NACP and AmeriFlux. Website: http://www.nacarbon.org/meeting_2017/index.html. E-Mail: support@nacarbon.org

Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon

21-23 March 2017, Rome, Italy Organized by the FAO The overall aim of the symposium is to review the role of soils and soil organic carbon in the context of climate change and sustainable development and build scientific evidence that could be assessed in the regular IPCC Assessment Reports, starting with the AR6 report and other reports to be produced during the 6th assessment cycle, as well as reporting to UNFCCC, UNCCD and reporting on the SDGs. Website: http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/soil-organic-carbon-symposium/en/. E-Mail: GSOC17@fao.org

International Forum on Disruptive Low Carbon Innovations

7-8 March 2017, London, UK Organised by Future Earth and the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, with support from the UK Government's Science and Innovation Network. This workshop is a new initiative bringing together leading firms, intermediaries, policymakers and researchers to explore the role disruptive innovations can play in shaping a future low carbon economy. Website: http://www.futureearth.org/europe/disruptivelowcarboninnovations. E-Mail: Asher Minns – a.minns@uea.ac.uk, or Charlie Wilson – charlie.wilson@uea.ac.uk

2016

The 2nd International workshop on Air-Sea Gas Fluxes: Progress and Future Prospects

6-9 September 2016, Brest, France This is a highly interdisciplinary workshop aimed at bringing the multiple communities (e.g. in situ, remote sensing and modelling) studying air-sea exchange and gas fluxes together to present and discuss recent advances, common aims, goals and challenges. Website: http://www.oceanflux-ghg.org/Workshop/Introduction Registration: http://www.oceanflux-ghg.org/Workshop/Registration

GCP-WUDAPT Workshop on Global Urban Carbon Mapping

29 June-1 July 2016, Thun, Switzerland Jointly organized by the GCP, WUDAPT, and Future Earth The main objective of the workshop is to discuss strategies for creating a platform for gathering quantitative and qualitative data at various urban scales, ranging from individual buildings, to neighborhoods, and municipalities. Special focus will be on mapping carbon emissions. More Information: Program (pdf, 174kb)

4th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World
3-6 May 2016, Hobart, Australia The Hobart symposium will build on the successful three previous symposia and offers the worldwide community of scientists working to understand ocean acidification opportunities to share their research results and develop new research collaborations. Website: http://www.highco2-iv.org Registration: http://www.highco2-iv.org/registration
GCP Scientific Steering Committee meeting
2-4 May 2016 Stanford University, USA Organised by the GCP
GCP–LUC4C Workshop: Carbon Emissions from Land Use Change
8-10 February 2016, LSCE, Paris, France Jointly organised by the GCP and LUC4C More Information: Draft Agenda (pdf, 374kb)
GlobBiomass 1st User Workshop & End of Phase 1 Review
2-5 February 2016, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria More Information: Agenda (final draft) (pdf, 210kb)
3rd Carbon from Space Workshop
26-28 January 2016, University of Exeter, UK Jointly organised by ESA, CEOS and the GCP Website: http://www.carbonfromspace.info More Information: Preliminary Programme (pdf, 27kb)

2015

Potsdam Greenhouse Gas Flux Workshop – From Natural to Urban Systems
19-23 October 2015, Potsdam, Germany Organized by GFZ, Climate-KIC LoCal, and LI-COR Biosciences (Industrial Partner) Website: http://www.potsdam-flux-workshop.eu E-Mail: contact@potsdam-flux-workshop.eu
4th International Workshop on Uncertainty in Atmospheric Emissions
7-9 October 2015, Krakow, Poland Organized by IBSPAN, IIASA, and Lviv Polytechnic National University Website: http://www.ibspan.waw.pl/unws2015/index.php?go=home E-Mail: 4thUncertWS@ibspan.waw.pl
Earth Explorer 8 User Consultation Meeting
15-16 September 2015, Krakow, Poland Organized by ESA. This meeting will discuss and present the Earth Explorer 8 candidate missions, CarbonSat and FLEX. Registration closes 15 August 2015. Website: http://www.congrexprojects.com/2015-events/15m24 Registration: https://www.eiseverywhere.com//ereg/newreg.php?eventid=125169&
Our Common Future Under Climate Change
7-10 July 2015, Paris, France Organized by ICSU, Future Earth, UNESCO and major French research institutions Website: http://www.commonfuture-paris2015.org
Deep Carbon Observatory Thematic Institute: Carbon from the Mantle to the Surface
1-3 July 2015, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California USA Organized by the Deep Carbon Observatory Website: https://deepcarbon.net/feature/deep-carbon-observatory-thematic-institute-carbon-mantle-surface#.VP-18uFdqMY
Global Carbon Project, Scientific Steering Committee meeting
22-24 June 2015, Oslo Norway
3rd InGOS/ICOS ("TTorch") Summer School
20-29 May 2015, Hyytiälä, Finland Organized by InGOS/ICOS Website: http://www.ingos-infrastructure.eu/SummerSchool2015 E-Mail: maria.provenzale@helsinki.fi or alex.vermeulen@nateko.lu.se
Model Evaluation with Regard to the Representation of Extreme Events and Variability
2-5 March 2015, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria Organized by ISI-MIP Inter-sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project Website: www.isi-mip.org E-Mail: isi-mip@pik-potsdam.de
First Biomass Science Workshop
27-30 January 2015, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy Organized by The European Space Agency More information: First ESA BIOMASS Workshop (pdf, 304kb) Website: http://seom.esa.int/polinsar-biomass2015/
5th North American Carbon Program (NACP) Principal Investigators' Meeting (PIM5)
26-30 January 2015, Washington DC, USA Organized by The U.S. North American Carbon Program More information: http://www.nacarbon.org/meeting_2015/index.html

2014

7th International Symposium on Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases [NCGG7]
5-7 November 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands The subject of the conference is Global Water and Energy Cycle. It will celebrate 25 years of GEWEX research and set the stage for the next phase of research addressing the World Climate Research Programme Grand Challenges on water resources, extremes, and climate sensitivity through observations and data sets; their analyses; process studies; model development and exploitation; applications, technology transfer to operational results, and research capacity development; and training for the next generation of scientists. Abstracts due 28 February 2014. More information: www.gewexevents.org
1st ICOS International Science Conference
23-25 September 2014, Brussels The conference is open for all scientists interested in research on greenhouse gases, biochemical cycles and climate change. The ICOS Science Conference will address: Atmospheric GHG concentrations and anthropogenic sources ICOS data and global biogeochemical modelling Biogeochemical cycles of forests, grasslands, wetlands and agricultural ecosystems Ocean GHG observations and fluxes Regional integrations Different GHG species More information: https://www.icos-cp.eu/news-and-events/science-conference
ICOS-NEON Greenhouse Gas Data Training Workshop
7-13 September 2014, OHP, Haute-Provence, France This 1 week course is aimed primarily at early career scientists including advanced PhD students, postdocs, and Junior Faculty. The motivation is to use in-situ data to address emerging issues in carbon cycle science including atmospheric science, biogeochemistry and ecosystem science. This workshop will provide the opportunity to learn how to use 'big data' from the ICOS and NEON large networks of observatories while discussing the frontier of carbon science and identifying new research opportunities. More information: http://coopeus2014ss.sciencesconf.org
ICOS Sweden Annual Workshop 2014
2-3 September 2014, Umeå campus of SLU, Sweden This workshop will focus on interactions between carbon and water cycles in boreal, arctic and sub-arctic ecosystems. It includes a field visit to the measurement stations Svartberget and Degerö in Vindeln. The workshop addresses data users as well as stakeholders. Deadline for registration is 1 July 2014. If you would like to give an oral presentation and/or a poster presentation, please send an also abstract of max half a page by latest 1 July. More information: http://www.icos-sweden.se/ ; flyer (pdf, 1mb)
12th AsiaFlux International Workshop
18-23 August 2014, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines For the last 15 years, the AsiaFlux community has been working hard together to bring key ecosystems under observation to ensure sustainability and quality of life in Asia. The terms such as 'monitoring' and 'under observation' go beyond just measurements and include synthesizing the observations to potential narratives and providing feedbacks, which serve as the source of the community learning toward sustainability. In Asia, we are barely any closer to a more sustainable community and there is an urgent need to improve the awareness and effectiveness of our efforts as scientists towards sustainability. We eagerly expect and hope that our theme – "Bridging Atmospheric Flux Monitoring to National and International Climate Change Initiatives" will guide us to the ways toward improving our service towards sustainable future. More information: http://asiaflux.net/asiafluxws2014/
TRANSCOM meeting
24-26 June 2014, University of Groningen, The Netherlands With the option to take a day extra (23rd) if we have overwhelming numbers of participants. We plan to have a rich program lasting multiple days, which covers all relevant fields of science in our quest to understand contemporary greenhouse gas budgets on local to global scales. In addition to the beautiful backdrop of the ancient city of Groningen, and its 400-year old university, we will of course organize this without additional fees, and a free dinner and fun excursion. Transport to, and your stay in, Groningen will be at your own expense, but we are trying to find some limited travel support for students. More information: www.rug.nl/research/transcom2014/
NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Monitoring Annual Conference
20-21 May 2014, Boulder, Colorado In our continuing effort to stay abreast of recent observations concerning trace gases, aerosols, radiation, ozone, and climate forcing and to provide a forum in which these observations can be relayed and discussed, we will be presenting the ESRL monitoring and research results of the past year. The meeting is not limited to ESRL reports and includes observations related to these themes by both independent and cooperative investigators, and other national and international programs. We welcome your active participation at this annual conference. More information: www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/annualconference/
7th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle
14-17 May 2014, The Hague, The Netherlands The increasing demand for fresh water and the impacts of climate change on water availability and extreme events highlight why water is a current major global concern and is "Trending Now." The Conference will celebrate 25 years of GEWEX research and set the stage for the next phase of research addressing the World Climate Research Programme Grand Challenges on water resources, extremes, and climate sensitivity through observations and data sets, their analyses, process studies, model development and exploitation, applications, technology transfer to operational results, and research capacity development and training for the next generation of scientists. Abstracts are invited for all topics, including: (1) the climate system; (2) land; and (3) atmosphere.   More information: www.gewexevents.org
The 10th International Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space (IWGGMS-10)
5-7 May 2014, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Register and submit your abstracts, the deadline for submission of abstracts is 1 February 2014.  More information: http://congrexprojects.com/2014-events/14c02/  In addition, the "Future GHG Mission Challenges Workshop" will be held on Thursday 8 May 2014 at the same location.
Green Energy for Sustainable Development
19-21 March 2014, Pattaya City, Thailand This event is to exchange research ideas, experiences, technical, social, financial, economic and policy issues covering greening energy utilization. Here, energy professionals, policy makers, researchers, members of the academe, engineers, members of the energy supply sector, etc., will have a platform to showcase research findings, technological innovations, transformative emerging technologies, and even to discuss burning global, regional and national issues in energy utilization for development and environment policies and programmes. More information: www.icue2014.ait.ac.th/

2013

Radical Emission Reduction Conference
10-11 December 2013, Royal Society, London We face an unavoidably radical future. We either continue with rising emissions and reap the radical repercussions of severe climate change, or we acknowledge that we have a choice and pursue radical emission reductions: No longer is there a non-radical option. The deadline for submitting abstracts is 28 June. More information: http://tyndall.ac.uk/radical-emission-reduction-conference
Sustainable Negative Emissions: A Climate Risk Management Option?
6-7 December 2013, Tokyo, Japan Jointly organized by the Global Carbon Project, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change and the National Institute for Environmental Studies. The workshop is to revisit the notion of bioenergy combined with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) as part of a climate risk management strategy. The workshop is on invitation only and aims at bringing together a group of experts to address important questions which emerged from a previous GCP workshop while setting insights into a climate risk management context. Abstract, outlining workshop topics and objectives, is available below, along with logistical information. An agenda will be circulated in advance of the workshop. More information: Agenda (pdf, 703kb)
Global Carbon Budget 2013: rising emissions and a radical plan for 2 degrees
20 November 2013, Warsaw, Poland (Side Events & Exhibits: COP 19/ CMP 9) Global CO2 emissions reached a record high in 2012. Combining Annex 1 and Chinese emission trajectories this session both reinforces conclusions that emissions are inline with a 4 to 6°C rise by 2100, but also demonstrates how radical mitigation could yet deliver a 2°C and climate-resilient future.  Speakers: Dr Glen Peters, Global Carbon Project/CICERO Dr Shobhakar Dhakal, Asian Institute of Technology Professor Ye Qi, Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management Professor Kevin Anderson and Dr Alice Bows, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and University of Manchester Room & Time: 15:00—16:30, Room Wroclaw
The role of the boreal ecosystems for the regional carbon cycle
21-22 October 2013, Ultuna, Sweden ICOS Sweden Annual Workshop. ICOS Sweden focusses on measurements at boreal ecosystems and addresses the role of the boreal ecosystems for the regional carbon balance in its first annual workshop in October 2013. More information: www.icos‐sweden.se ; flyer (pdf, 429kb)
GEO CL-02 Task meeting "Global Carbon Observation and Analysis"
3-4 October 2013, WMO building in Geneva, Switzerland The aims of the meeting of the GEO Task CL-02 "Global Carbon Cycle Observation and Analysis" are to: i) better know each other, ii) enlarge the community contributing to this task, iii) better coordinate the work at global level, and iv) plan the next activities More information: www.geocarbon.net
International open science conference "Towards a Global Carbon Observing System: Progresses and Challenges"
1-2 October 2013, WMO building in Geneva, Switzerland The Conference is organized by GEOCARBON (www.geocarbon.net). The conference is open to the whole GEO community working on carbon cycle, including potential users and stakeholders. Anybody can apply to present their results and outstanding achievements in observing and modeling c-cycle and GHG, at any level: research, technology, methodology, policy, infrastructure, operational monitoring, etc. More information: www.geocarbon.net/geocongressi/iscrizione.php
Air-sea gas flux climatology: Progress and Future Prospects
24-27 September 2013, Brest, France In 2010 the European Space Agency and the international SOLAS community came together to support a new initiative towards further exploiting satellite Earth observation data to support and enhance SOLAS science. From this collaboration the OceanFlux series of projects were funded; three projects, one studying aerosols, one studying upwelling systems and one focussing on improving the quantification of air-sea exchange of greenhouse gases. The latter, called OceanFlux Greenhouse Gases is now in its final year and we are organising an international workshop to present results from all of the OceanFlux projects, for international groups to present their recent research and to plan for future collaborations and challenges. More information: www.oceanflux-ghg.org/Workshop
Greenhouse Gas Management in European Land Use Systems
16-18 September 2013, Antwerp, Belgium You are invited to submit your abstract for the following sessions: • Hot spots & hot moments of GHG fluxes • Attribution of GHG fluxes to natural and anthropogenic drivers • From plot to continental scale: data integration across scales • Towards GHG management The Abstract Submission is open until the 31 May 2013 More information: www.ghg-conference-2013.org
Open Science Conference on Isotopes of Carbon, Water, and Geotracers in Paleoclimate Research
26-28 August 2013, Bern, Switzerland The conference will bring together observationalists and modellers to exchange their latest insights on the opportunity, offered by isotopes, to quantitatively understand physical and biogeochemical processes and to unravel past and present climate change. Abstracts deadline: 31 May 2013. Please register at: www.oeschger.unibe.ch/events/conferences/isotopes/ More information: flyer (pdf, 410kb)
Key Uncertainties in the Global Carbon-Cycle: Perspectives across terrestrial and ocean ecosystems
6-10 August 2013, NCAR, Boulder, USA The workshop seeks to develop a multi-disciplinary approach to global carbon cycle science by integrating knowledge from both land and ocean communities. We are bringing in a great group of leading carbon-cycle scientists from both the marine and terrestrial communities during the middle week of the three-week ASP summer graduate student colloquium. More information: http://www.carboncyclescience.gov/news/august-2013-workshop-key-uncertainties-global-carbon-cycle Workshop is planned to be webcast live at: http://www.fin.ucar.edu/it/mms/ml-live.htm
9th International Carbon Dioxide Conference
3-7 June 2013, Beijing, China Since 1981 the worldwide scientific community meets every four years at an international conference for an exchange of the latest knowledge and to gain a better understanding on the multitude of interdisciplinary aspects of the global carbon cycle More information: http://icdc9.lasg.ac.cn/dct/page/65536
Open Science Conference on Climate Extremes and Biogeochemical Cycles
2-5 April 2013, Obergurgl near Innsbruck, Austria Ecosystem responses to climate variabolity and weather extremes. Recovery of ecosystems after extreme events. Long-term observations and large scale modeling. Feedback mechanisms from the bioshpere to the climate system. More information: http://bgc-extremes2013.org/ More information: flyer (pdf, 458kb)
4th North American Carbon Porgram (NACP) All-Investigators Meeting
4-7 February 2013, Albuquerque, NM, USA The Next Decade of Carbon Cycle Research: From Understanding to Application More information: http://www.nacarbon.org/meeting_2013/index.htm

2012

Third International Symposium on The Ocean in a High-CO2 World
21-24 September 2012, Monterey, California, USA The symposium aims to attract more than 300 of the world's leading scientists to discuss the impacts of ocean acidification on marine organisms, ecosystems, and biogeochemical cycles. It will also cover socio-economic consequences of ocean acidification, including policy and management implications. More information: http://www.highCO2-iii.org To subscribe to email updates: secretariat@scor-int.org
PhD course on "Carbon dynamics and exchange in peatlands"
25 August - 2 September 2012, Vindeln close to Umeå, Sweden This course will provide comprehensive coverage on topics related to peatland carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas exchange including: hydrological control at landscape as well as biogeochemical levels; the role of mires for atmospheric composition of greenhouse gases and climatic feed backs; ecosystem level controls on Net Ecosystem Carbon Balance (NECB); the role of nutrients for mire carbon dynamics and exchange; vegetation and plant physiology as determinants of carbon input to the mire; mire methane biogeochemistry; partitioning terminal carbon mineralization into methane and carbon dioxide production. More information: 2nd announcement flyer (pdf, 53kb)
OCB Summer Science Workshop
16-19 July 2012, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA The focus of this year's workshop will be on the following themes: Multiple stressors in marine ecosystems Ocean biogeochemistry from satellite data Land-ocean transport and linkages with global change Integrating measurements across multiple time and space scales More information: http://www.whoi.edu/workshops/ocbworkshop2012/
Carbonate Chemistry Feedbacks within Reef Habitats
9-13 July 2012, Cairns, Australia This themed workshop invites contributions on field-based process studies of carbonate chemistry within coral reefs to better assess the primary feedbacks and controls of ocean acidification on coral reefs. Special attention will be given to efforts that integrate data from field-based studies with theoretical models to improve predictions of the response of reefs to ocean acidification. More information: flyer (pdf, 72kb)
Transcom Meeting
4-8 June 2012, Nanjing, China The are four themes suggested for this meeting. The plan is to spend half a day on each theme with some presentations and a lot of time for discussion. Paper submissions are encouraged on these themes. More information: flyer (pdf, 104kb), agenda (pdf, 154kb)
GCP Scientific Steering Committee meeting
13-15 April 2012, Marrakesh, Morocco (by invitation only).
Planet Under Pressure: new knowledge towards solutions
26-29 March 2012, London, UK A major international conference sponsored by the International Council for Science and its four global-change programmes. Deadline for submissions: 18 March 2011. More information: www.planetunderpressure2012.net
Disturbance Regimes and Climate-Carbon Feedback
13-15 February 2012, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Integration of disturbance ecology and biogeochemistry to predict future dynamics of terrestrial carbon cycle under global change. More information: http://www.nimbios.org/workshops/WS_carbon

2011

The Global Nitrogen Cycle
5-6 December 2011, London, England This meeting is centered around the current understanding of the global nitrogen cycle and the extent to which it has been modified by human activities. It will consider processes regulating the sources, transformation in and removal from the atmosphere and their effects on climate, terrestrial and marine ecosystems and human health, and likely trends through this century. More information: http://royalsociety.org/global-nitrogen-cycle/
Sixth International Symposium on Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases (NCGG-6) Science, Policy and Integration
2-4 November 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands The Air Quality and Climate Change Section of the Netherlands Association of Environmental Professionals (VVM) organizes the Sixth International Symposium on science, implementation and policy aspects of non-CO2 greenhouse gases (NCGG-6).  More information: www.ncgg.info Contact: Carolien Kroeze
World Climate Research Programme Open Science Conference – 'Climate Research in Service to Society'
24-28 October 2011, Denver, CO, USA A unique opportunity to assemble the large international scientific community to focus on key challenges and opportunities in advance understanding and prediction of variability and change of Earth's climate system on all space and time scales. Individuals are encouraged to submit an abstract of their presentation for review and selection by the Programme Committee. Submission deadline is on 30 April 2011. Note the poster session on "The Changing Role of the Ocean and Land in the Global Carbon Balance" (Session C44). More information: http://www.wcrp-climate.org/conference2011/
Carbon in a Changing World
24-26 October 2011, FAO, Rome, Italy This event is jointly organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Coordination Action on Carbon Observation Systems (COCOS) of the European Commission, and contributes to the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) carbon task. More information: http://dwms.fao.org/geo-carbon
International workshop on Asian greenhouse gases budgets
27-29 September 2011, Ahmedabad, India The aims of the workshop are (1) to improve the measurement network in the Asian region, (2) to bridge the gap between different estimates of GHGs fluxes, and (3) to develop a number of synthesis GHGs budgets for the region towards mitigating anthropogenic climate change. More information: flyer (pdf, 119kb)
27th New Phytologist Symposium: Stoichiometric flexibility in terrestrial ecosystems under global change
25-28 September 2011, Biosphere2, Oracle, AZ Focusing on terrestrial ecosystems, we will consider how the principles of stoichiometry can be applied to global change analysis. More information: http://www.newphytologist.org/stoichiometric/ Contact: newphytsymp@lancaster.ac.uk
3rd JST-JICA International Workshop on: Wild Fire and Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia
22-24 September 2011, Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia Important deadlines are: 20 August 2011: Registration form and abstract submission 22-24 September 2011: Workshop & field trip 31 October 2011: Deadline for proceeding manuscript More information: 1st Circular (pdf, 529kb)
The Ocean Carbon Cycle at a time of change: Synthesis and vulnerabilities
12-16 September 2011, UNESCO, Paris, France A joint IMBER/SOLAS synthesis meeting. More information: flyer (gif, 227kb)
FLUXNET and SpecNet Open-Workshop: Towards Upscaling Flux Information from Towers to the Globe
7-9 June 2011, Brower Center, Berkeley, CA To provide an intellectual forum for merging and regularizing FLUXNET and SPECNET activities across a spectrum of measurements and data synthesis scales. The goal is to produce an integrated and validated science system that allows us to quantify fluxes 'Everywhere, and All of the Time'.  More information: coming soon
7th International Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space
16-18 May 2011, Edinburgh, UK The deadline for abstracts is 21 January 2011. More information: sites.google.com/site/iwggms7hq
Climate Change, Forest Carbon Research and Policy: Current Status and Challenges
18 February 2011, Korea University, Seoul, Korea Contact: Yowhan Son More information: KU_Symposium_18Feb2011 (pdf, 2mb)
GHG-Europe workshop 'Agricultural Management: Quantifying response processes and the vulnerability of C pools and GHG fluxes on agricultural lands in relation to management and site properties'
17-18 February 2011, Paris, France If you are interested in participating, please register at http://doodle.com/zk6sr4252cay6sre Anyone interested in giving a presentation may email Katja Klumpp or Gianni Bellocchi Further details will soon be available at http://ghg-europe.eu/index.php?id=3
ASLO Special Session 55 entitled "Microbial Carbon Pump: A multidisciplinary focus on origins, cycling and storage of DOM in the ocean"
12-17 February 2011, Puerto Rico You are cordially invited to submit abstracts (for oral or poster presentations) for the above meeting. The deadline for abstract submission is 11 October, 2010. More information: www.aslo.org/meetings/sanjuan2011/special_sessions.html In addition to the SS 55, SCOR WG134 on Microbial Carbon Pump in the Ocean is also planning an ASLO Emerging Seminar immediately after the ASLO meeting (on Feb.18-20, 2011); this is an open meeting and all are welcome to join us. More information: mme.xmu.edu.cn/mcp/eindex.asp Contact: Dr Nianzhi Jiao

2010

Regional Land and Ocean Carbon Budgets
13–17 December 2010, San Francisco, California, United States Contributions are invited on regional land and ocean carbon budgets using top-down (atmospheric measurements and inversions) and bottom-up (biogeochemical models, forest inventories, pCO2, flux measurements, ocean inversions, etc) approaches. The focus is on large-scale regions from countries to continents and ocean basins. The session supports the progress of the REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP) [http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/reccap]. Website: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm10/
Top-Down atmospheric constraints of the European GHGs budget: Recent developments in modelling and observations
22-24 November 2010, Universität Heidelberg, Germany The aim of this workshop is to bring together modellers and experimentalists to dicuss future steps towards a European harmonisation of CO2, CH4 and 222 Rn observations. For more information visit http://ghg-europe.eu/index.php?id=113
ISIE Asia-Pacific Meeting and ISIE MFA-ConAccount Meeting
7-9 November 2010, National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo, Japan The purpose of the Asia-Pacific meeting is to activate and strengthen ISIE activities in the Asia-Pacific region. The purpose of the MFA-ConAccount meeting is to develop material flow analysis internationally in academia and to promote its application in policy and businesses. Deadline of abstract submission: 31 May 2010 For more information visit http://www.isieapmfa.info/index.html
Capacity Building Workshop on Carbon Governance in Asia: Bridging Scales and Disciplines
1-3 November 2010, Yokohama, Japan The overall aim of this workshop is the capacity building of Asia-Pacific young researchers and to discuss the issues and opportunities for carbon governance for developing low carbon societies in Asia. It will include local, national, regional, and global aspects. For more information visit http://www.gcp-urcm.org/CG/
Land Use Change for Bioenergy Production: Impacts on GHG Emissions and Mitigation Potential
27-29 October 2010, Dublin Convention Centre, Dublin, Ireland Land use change for bioenergy production is often cited as a way of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, although the impacts and consequences are often unclear, particularly at the ecosystem scale. This workshop will provide an analysis of the impacts of different land use conversions for bioenergy production as well as an assessment of their mitigation potential, including model projections. If you are interested in participating please contact Bruce Osborne (Bruce.Osborne@ucd.ie) indicating the type of data you are able to contribute.
COCOS-RECCAP
6-8 October 2010, Viterbo, Italy Workshop entitled "Regional Carbon Cycle Assessment on Land and Oceans". Draft agenda (pdf, 43kb)
3rd International Workshop on Uncertainty in Greenhouse Gas Inventories
22-24 September 2010, LPNU, Lviv, Ukraine This workshop covers state-of-the-art research and developments in accounting, verifying and trading GHG emissions and provides a multidisciplinary forum for international experts to address the methodological uncertainties underlying these activities. Scientists, experts as well as policymakers are invited and encouraged to participate. For more information visit http://ghg.org.ua/
2nd Workshop on Carbon from Space
6-8th September 2010, Worcester College, Oxford, UK The European Space Agency is convening a workshop to identify the necessary steps to implement the Integrated Global Carbon Observing System. The workshop has as its objective the generation of a consolidated position paper on the IGCO for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. To achieve this, the workshop will have four dedicated sessions with keynote presentations, discussion and break-out groups. For more information visit http://earth.eo.esa.int/workshops/Carbon_from_Space/
Deep Ocean Workshop: Observed and model-simulated property changes in the deep ocean of the Southern Hemisphere
21-23 June 2010, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (CMAR), Hobart, Australia To Attend Workshop email Bernadette Sloyan (Bernadette.Sloyan@csiro.au) to register as a participant of the workshop, please include the title of your presentation and research interests. Registration will close on 31 March 2010
Teacher-scientist partnerships for climate change education: Results & perspectives
14-16 April 2010, Jena, Germany CarboSchools open conference For information: http://www.globalcarbonproject/global/pdf/CarboSchools2010-OpenConference-FirstAnnouncement.pdf (pdf, 125kb)
Toward a Biophysical Carbon Accounting in Africa - CarboAfrica final conference
17-19 March 2010, Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo The conference will deal also with CDM and REDD issues.
IEA Bioenergy Task 38 - 2010 Annual Conference.
8 - 10 March 2010, Brussels, Belgium The conference will take place on March 8th and 9th. There will be an optional field excursion to nearby bioenergy facilities on March 10th. Theme: “Greenhouse gas emissions from bioenergy systems: impacts of timing, issues of responsibility” Contact: Ms Susanne Woess-Gallasch Websites: www.ieabioenergy.com, www.ieabioenergy-task38.org/
2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting - From Observation to Prediction in the 21st Century
22-26 February 2010, Portland, Oregon, USA Website: http://www.agu.org/meetings/os10/index.php
Greenhouse Gases in the Earth system: Setting the agenda to 2030.
22-23 February 2010 in London, United Kingdom The meeting will discuss the scientific issues relevant to greenhouse gas measurement and modelling, both in the atmosphere, land and ocean, on regional and global scales, and will consider the developing national and global responses to the greenhouse challenge.  New scientific advances promise regional audits of emissions, assessment of uptakes, and better understanding of controlling and feedback processes. Speakers include leaders in both measurement and modelling, from North America, continental Europe, the Pacific, and the UK.  Audience input is an important part of the meeting, and all attendees are actively encouraged to participate in the discussion to shape the agenda for the next 20 years. Website: http://royalsociety.org/event.asp?id=8603&month=2,2010
APN and Hyogo International Symposium on Low Carbon Society - Challenge 25 Beyond Borders
23 January 2010, Kobe, Japan In this International symposium, Asia-Pacific scientists, policy-makers and stakeholders will discuss issues and developments relating to low carbon society and how it can contribute to reduction of greenhouse gases. Flyer: http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/global/pdf/APN&HyogoSymposium2010.pdf Website: http://www.apn-gcr.org/en/indexe.html

2009

Monsoon Asia Tropical Forest Carbon Dynamics and Sustainability
8-11 January 2009, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Website: http://tbrs.arizona.edu/tropical-asia Agenda Contact: Alfredo Huete
Earth Explorer User Consultation Meeting (including A-SCOPE and BIOMASS)
20-21 January 2009, Belém Cultural Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
A critical input to the decision making process which will lead to a recommendation on what mission candidates to select for feasibility studies. The six candidate missions are: A-SCOPE, BIOMASS, COREH20, FLEX, PREMIER, TRAQ. Website: http://www.congrex.nl/09c01/ Contact: Stephen Plummer
Full Radiative Forcing of Forests
27-29 January 2009, Santa Barbara, California
Linking carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems with other climate forcing agents: A synthesis allowing for effective carbon dioxide stabilization policies Scoping Paper (pdf, 35Kb) Contact: Jim Randerson, Rob Jackson, Pep Canadell
Realizing Low Carbon Cities: Bridging science and policy - International Symposium
16 February , 2009, Nagoya, Japan
For more information: agenda (pdf, 400Kb) Contact: Shobhakar Dhakal
Towards Low Carbon Cities: Understanding and analyzing urban energy and carbon - International Workshop
17-18 February , 2009, Nagoya, Japan
For more information: agenda (pdf, 400Kb) Contact: Shobhakar Dhakal
North American Carbon Program All Investigators Meeting
17-20 February 2009, San Diego, CA
Participation: Open to anyone interested in the carbon cycle of North America Contact: Peter Griffith, Website: http://www.nacarbon.org/meeting_2009/
Climate Change and Ocean Acidification (at the 11th Pacific Science Inter-Congress)
2-6 March 2009, Tahiti
This is one of the five sub-themes of the conference. The aim is two fold: (1) Describe and assess the variability of climate, past and future, in the context of the present greenhouse effect. (2) Document the extent, magnitude and future trajectory of ocean acidification in the Pacific region, its impact on marine organisms and ecosystems, and its potential socio-economic implications. Co-chair: Julie Cole and Jean-Pierre Gattuso (gattuso@obs-vlfr.fr) For more information: http://www.psi2009.pf (Inter-Congress website)
International Scientific Congress on Climate Change (IARU)
10-12 March 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
The purpose of the congress is to try and capture some of the enormous research energy currently being devoted to the elucidation, mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Multiple sessions on the carbon cycle. Organised by the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) Website: http://climatecongress.ku.dk/
Land Use Change due to Bioenergy   – Quantifying and Managing  Greenhouse Gas and other Environmental Impacts
30 March - 1 April 2009, Helsinki, Finland
Workshop Goals: (1) share knowledge and increase understanding of  land use change resulting from expansion of bioenergy:  impacts on  net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other environmental   services; approaches to evaluation of impacts; inclusion in GHG accounting; approaches to management  of  indirect land use change; and (2) establish  teams to prepare working documents for a side event at COP-15 (Copenhagen). An optional field excursion to an operating bioenergy facility in the area will follow the workshop. Websites: http:www.ieabioenergy-task38.org, http://www.ieabioenergy.com Contact: Neil Bird
Biomass in Future Landscapes
31 March - 1 April 2009, Berlin, Germany
The conference is organised by the German Biomass Research Center (DBFZ) in cooperation with the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF). The aim is to discuss sustainable biomass use in the context of spatial planning. Key issues are the current and future status of global biomass-use, identification of relevant potentials and possible impacts of the exploitation. Please register early as the number of participants is limited. Website: http://www.biomass-in-future-landscapes.de/info/index_en.htm Contact: The team of "Biomass in Future Landscapes" 2009.
European Geosciences Union General Assembly
19–24 April 2009, Vienna, Austria
At the General Assembly 2009 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) we shall convene a special NEESPI Session (BG2.2) "Land-Atmosphere-Cryosphere Interactions in Northern Eurasia". Website: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2009/
STRACO2 CCS Regulation Workshop.
23-24 April 2009, Brussels, Belgium
Website: http://www.euchina-ccs.org/
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Scoping Workshop
28-30 April 2009, Moss Landing, California, USA
Website: http://www.whoi.edu/sites/OCBfloatsgliders Contact: Ken Johnson
Towards a Global Forest Carbon Monitoring System (GEOSS workshop XXVI)
3 May 2009, Palazzo dei Congressi de Stresa, Italy
Website: http://isrse-33.jrc.ec.europa.eu/welcome.html
Workshop in marine and terrestrial productivity under climate change
12-13 May 2009, Denmark.
How will the expected climate changes affect marine and terrestrial productivity, and which feedback mechanisms exist from ecosystem changes to climate? This workshop is part of the DTU Climate Change Technologies Programme focusing on assessment of and adaptation to climate changes as well as on mitigation of green house gasses (GHG). Recommendations from these workshops will be presented at a high-level conference in September 2009. Deadline for registration: 18 April 2009 Contact: Kirsten Thomsen Website:http://aquascience.dtu.dk
ESRL Global Monitoring Annual Conference
13-14 May 2009, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Icebreaker reception at Millennium Harvest House, 1345 28th Street Boulder, Tues May 12, 5-7pm Conference Agenda (pdf, 35Kb) Poster Session Agenda (pdf, 30Kb) Website: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/annualconference
ICOS Annual Project Meeting and Stakeholders Conference
12-14 May 2009, Paris France
Contact: Philippe Ciais
COCOS Annual Meeting 2009
14 May 2009, Paris, France
Website: http://www.cocos-carbon.org/ (Annual Meeting 2009) Contact: Han Dolman
2nd CCAP Workshop, Carbon Pools in Permafrost Regions
3-5 June 2009, Stockholm, Sweden
Contact: Peter Kuhry Program: (pdf, 17Kb) Website: http://ipa.arcticportal.org/index.php/2nd-capp-workshop-carbon-pools-in-permafrost-regions.html
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) scoping workshop
8-11 June, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
New Frontiers in Southern Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research Registration deadline: 15 April 2009 Website: http://www.whoi.edu/sites/soscoping Contact: Mary Zawoysky
Carbon in Northern Forests: Integration of Research and Management
10-11 June 2009, Traverse City, Michigan, USA
Website: www.forest.mtu.edu/cinf Contacts: Chris Swanston and Maria Janowiak
2009 International Energy Workshop
17-19 June 2009, Venice, Italy
Website: http://www.iccgov.org/iew2009/
8th Scientific Steering Committee Meeting of the Global Carbon Project
23-25 June 2009, Beijing, China
Contact: Pep Canadell, Shobhakar Dhakal
CSF Symposium at the Monte Verita; Decadal Variations of the Ocean's Interior Carbon Cycle: Synthesis and Vulnerabilities
13-17July 2009, Ascona, Switzerland
Registration closes on June 12, 2009. Website: http://www.up.ethz.ch/news/csf_conference For information: Flyer (pdf, 152Kb)
OCB summer workshop
20-23 July 2009, Woods Hole, MA, USA
Website: http://www.whoi.edu/workshops/ocbworkshop2009/
ICAP Summer School for Emerging and Developing Countries
27 July - 7 August 2009, Berlin, Germany
Applications close 31 May 2009 Contact: summerschool@icapcarbonaction.com Website: http://www.icapcarbonaction.com/
2009 North American Biochar Conference
9-12 August 2009, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Website: http://cees.colorado.edu/ibi_2009.html
Australian National Carbon Conference - Understanding Policy, seeking sustainable solutions
27-28 August 2009, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Website: http://www.ancc09.com.au/Overview.htm
AGU Chapman Conference on the Biological Carbon Pump of the Oceans
1-4 September 2009, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
Website: http://www.agu.org/meetings/chapman/2009/dcall/
Remote Sensing of Fire for National Greenhouse Gas Accounting
7-8 September 2009, University of Leicester, UK
For Information: Flyer Contact: Antonio Bombelli
8th International Carbon Dioxide Conference
13-19 September 2009, Jena, Germany
Website: http://www.conventus.de/icdc8/ Contact: Martin Heiman
Ameriflux 2009
21-23 September 2009, Washington DC, USA.
Website: http://www.orau.gov/ameriflux2009/
Peatlands in the Global Carbon Cycle ( The 2nd International Symposium )
25-30 September 2009, Prague, Czech Republic
Website: http://www.peatnet.siu.edu/CC09MainPage.html
CarboOcean Final Conference
5-9 October 2009, Bergen, Norway.
Contact: Christoph Heinze
Atmospheric Transport and Chemistry in Forest Ecosystems
5-8 October 2009, Castle of Thurnau (near Bayreuth), Germany
Website: http://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/ic_eger/
Biodiversity and Carbon Symposium
13–16 October 2009, Cape Town, South Africa
For Information: (pdf, 80K) Contact: Guy Midgley (midgley@sanbi.org) and Pep Canadell (pep.canadell@csiro.au)
Bio-Sequestration and Climate Law and Policy
23 October 2009, Columbia Law School, New York City, USA
The program is being sponsored by Columbia Law School's Center for Climate Change Law and the American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources. The topics to be addressed are: The Science of Sequestration and its Role in Climate Policy; Lessons Learned from On-the-Ground Projects; Reducing Emssions from Deforestation in Developing Countries; Federal Legislation and Incentives for Sequestration; Forest and Agricultural Products and Co-benefits; Sustainability Criteria; Measuring, Monitoring, Verification, and Certification. For Information: http://www.law.columbia.edu/null/download?&exclusive=filemgr.download&file_id=162569
PICES 2009 Annual Meeting - Understanding ecosystem dynamics and pursuing ecosystem approaches to management
23 October - 1 November 2009, Jeju, Korea
Website: http://pices.int/meetings/annual/PICES-2009/2009-scientific_program.aspx
Biogeochemical Impacts of Climate and Land-Use Changes on Marine Ecosystems - Workshop and Conference
2-10 November 2009, Trieste, Italy
The workshop is aimed at graduate and postgraduate students interested in the impact of climate and land-use changes on coastal marine ecosystems. . Poster: http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/global/pdf/ICTPMtgPoster-Nov2009.pdf (pdf, 1Mb) Website: http://cdsagenda5.ictp.it/full_display.php?email=0&ida=a08188
OCB Ocean Acidification Short Course
2-13 November 2009, Woods Hole, Massachusetts USA
EPOCA is co-sponsoring a training course on ocean acidification. This co-sponsorship makes European participation possible, although limited.The fresh EPOCA students and postdocs are strongly encouraged to apply. For Information: http://tinyurl.com/m6oehq Contact: Jean-Pierre Gattuso EPOCA website: http://epoca-project.eu/
Cities and carbon management: towards enhancing science-policy linkages
16 November 2009, Tokyo, Japan
This International Symposium is aimed to serve as a forum to discuss science-policy issues and how such linkages can be further enhanced. It brings well-established scientists/researchers in the area as well as those city decision makers that are actively pursuing carbon management in their cities. The ultimate aim of the symposium is to promote a better science policy dialogue that both communities can benefit. Website: http://www.gcp-urcm.org/A20091116/HomePage   Contact: Dr Shobhakar Dhakal Professor Keisuke Hanaki Organisation websites: www.gcp-urcm.org, http://en.ir3s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
Carbon Cycling in Tropical Ecosystems (23rd New Phytologist Symposium)
17–20 November 2009, Guangzhou, China
Organizers: Yiqi Luo (U. of Oklahoma, OK, USA), Rich Norby (Oak Ridge, TN, USA), Juxiu Liu and Xuli Tang (South China Botanical Garden, Guangzhou, China), Guoyi Zhou (South China Botanical Garden, Guangzhou, China), Ian Alexander (U. of Aberdeen, UK) Contact: Helen Pinfield-Wells Website: http://www.newphytologist.org/carbon/programme.htm
Managing Climate Change MC2 pre-conference workshops - Carbon Workshop & Process-based models workshop
18 November 2009, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Carbon workshop a half day session to update on current research/policy developments concerned with the carbon cycle at global and regional level. Topics will include atmospheric and oceanic CO2 observations, land use and other terrestrial inventory data, regional and global CO2 modelling, and an open discussion of approaches to integrate this information and strengthen research collaborations across research institutes and with interested policy analysts. Flyer (pdf, 99kb) Process-based models workshop another half day LEARN/MAF funded will focus on process-based models (such as Denitrification-Decomposition, DNDC; DayCent) that simulate greenhouse gas fluxes from terrestrial ecosystems.  This workshop aim is to train the researchers on the use and application of such models, to assess the models based on site scale validations with statistical tools for applications at regional or national scale, and to identify the modelling issues and challenges. Discussion will include issues around the development, testing and scaling-up of these models, building a standardised global database collected from experimental sites for site scale model assessments. Website: http://www.mc2conference.com/15122.html
Managing Climate Change MC2 Conference
19-20 November 2009, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
A pre-conference workshop will start the conference on 18 November 2009.  The topic of this workshop is "Global Carbon Cycle". The conference will take place on 19-20 November, and topics will include Policy - Science Interface, GHG Emission processes and Measurements, GHG Modelling, GHG Mitigation, Soil carbon processes and issues, Water and atmosphere. Website: http://www.mc2conference.com/

2008

Biogeosciences Section, Fall AGU
14-19 December, San Francisco
Multiple sessions on the carbon cycle. Website: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/ Contacts: Mariah Carbone, Rodrigo Vargas
U.S. Carbon Cycle Scientific Steering Group
9-10 December 2008, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
Participation: Invitation only Contact:  Roger B Hanson, Website: http://www.carboncyclescience.gov
Africa and Carbon Cycle: the CarboAfrica project
25-27 November 2008, Accra, Ghana
Conference aims are (i) present activities and results of the first 2 years of CarboAfrica implementation, (ii) present the state of the art of African researches in the field of carbon and other GHGs in Africa, and in particular relevant to CarboAfrica, and iii) promote linkages between the scientific community and African institutions. Website: http://www.carboafrica.net/seminars_en.asp
First Planning Workshop for the next U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan
17-18 November 2008, The Heinz Center, 900 17th Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C.
To revise and develop new science questions and plans for the next decade (2011-2020) Background Material: U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan by Jorge Samiento and Steven Wofsy (1999) Working Group Co-Leaders: Anna Michalak, Gregg Marland, Rob Jackson, Chris Sabine Participation: Invitation only Contact: Roger B Hanson
AMERIFLUX Annual Meeting
15-17 October, Boulder, Colorado
Meeting Website:http://www.westernforestry.org/ameriflux/ameriflux.htm Ameriflux Website: http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/ Contact: Jonathan G. Martin
The Ocean in a High CO2 World-II
6-8 October 2008, Monaco
The purpose of the meeting is to provide an interdisciplinary forum to assess what is known about ocean acidification and priorities for future research.  The symposium will include both invited and contributed presentations. Website: http://iodeweb3.vliz.be/oanet/Symposium2008.html
REgional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes (RECCAP)
Friday 26 September, 3pm to 4:30pm, open presentation The Heinz Center, 900 17th Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 2006
The Heinz Center, ESSP, GCP, and U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Program present a briefing on GCP newest science activity on a global synthesis of regional carbon budgets Speaker: Dr  Josep (Pep) Canadell, Executive Director, Global Carbon Project  RSVP:  Tranice Watts, watts@heinzcenter.org Questions: Roger B Hanson, rhanson@usgcrp.gov
Accelerating Atmospheric CO2 Growth from Economic Activity, Carbon Intensity, and Efficiency of Natural Carbon Sinks
Friday 26 September, (open to public 9:30am-11:30am) Capitol Hill, Russell Senate Office Building, Room 253 Washington, D.C., USA
Environmental Science Seminar Series (ESSS) Speakers: Dr. Josep(Pep) Canadel, Executive Director, Global Carbon Project;    Dr. Vladmir Romanovsky, Professor, University of Alaska    Dr. Howard Epstein, Professor, University of Virginia Website: http://www.ametsoc.org/atmospolicy/EnvironmentalScienceSeminarSeries.html
7th Scientific Steering Committee meeting of the Global Carbon Project
23-25 July 2008, Piracicaba, Brazil
Contact: Pep Canadell, Shobhakar Dhakal
Bioenergy and Earth System Sustainability
19-22 July 2008, Piracicaba, Brazil
A workshop of the Earth System Science Partnership (Diversitas, IGBP, IHDP, WCRP). To identify the major opportunities and constraint for bioenergy in the context of earth system sustainability. Website: http://www.globalcarbonproject.org/meetings/Bioenergy.html
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Summer Workshop
21-24 July, 2008, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, USA
Website: http://www.us-ocb.org
9th International Conference on Permafrost
29 June- 3 July 2008, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Permafrost on a Warming Planet: Impacts on Ecosystems, Infrastructure and Climate Abstracts due 1 September, 2007 Website http://www.nicop.org/
Carbon and Communities in Tropical Woodlands Conference project
16-18 June 2008, Edinguburgh, UK
The conference will examine the capacity for tropical woodlands to sequester carbon and their potential to contribute to poverty alleviation and sustainable development through marketing carbon offsets. Website: http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/abs/MiomboConference
Flux Measurements and Advanced Modeling
14-25 July, 2008, Colorado, USA
Contact: Russ Monson
GLOBCARBON User Workshop
TBA, June/July 2008, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
Contact: Stephen Plummer
13th International Peat Congress - Specialised Sessions on Tropical Peat
8-14 June 2008, Tullamore, Ireland
Every four years, through its Congress, the International Peat Society provides an opportunity for peatland and peat scientists and practitioners to share knowledge and experience with the wider peatland family. Conference web: http://www.ipcireland2008.com
Atmospheric Tracer Transport Model Intercomparison Project (Transcom)
2- 5 June, 2008, The Netherlands
Contact: Maarten Krol Meeting agenda
Ocean Acidification - Australian Impacts in the Global Context
2-4 June 2008, University of Tasmania, Australia
Contact: Will Howard Website: http://oceanacidification.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/ocean-acidification-workshop-university-of-tasmania-australia/ Agenda
Effects of Climate Change on the World's Oceans
19- 23 May, 2008, Gijon, Spain
The Symposium will focus on the major issues of climate change that affect the oceans: oceanic circulation, climate modelling, cycling of carbon and other elements, acidification, oligotrophy, changes in species distributions and migratory routes, sea-level rise, coastal erosion, etc. There is a session on "Marine carbon cycling and other biogeochemical cycles" Website: http://www.pices.int/meetings/ Contact: Corinne Le Quere and Jorge Sarmiento
Integrated Study of Terrestrial and Coastal Carbon Fluxes and Exchanges in the Gulf of Mexico
6-8, May, 2008 in St.Petersburg, Florida, USA
The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers to discuss potential integrated research projects relating to carbon fluxes and exchange in the Gulf of Mexico that support the OCB mission. Contact: Mary Zawoysky Workshop website: http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=23613
Carbon. Global cycle to regional budgets
6-8, May, 2008 in St.Petersburg, Wellington, New Zealand
To bring together the broad range of carbon researchers from within New Zealand along with overseas experts to review our current understanding of the global carbon cycle and to look ahead at the research challenges associated with the need to mitigate fossil carbon emission and develop policies for carbon constraint. Contact: Mike Harvey Workshop website: http://www.confer.co.nz/carbon/index.html
Call for CarboSchools teachers to contribute to workshop on carbon cycle
14-16 April 2008, Vienna, Austria
70 secondary school science teachers from all over Europe and beyond will attend a "GIFT workshop" on the carbon cycle, organised by the EGU educational committee with support and cooperation from CarboSchools. Contact: Philippe Saugierand Workshop website: www.carboschools.org
EGU General Assembly
13-18 April 2008, Vienna, Austria
Multiple session on ocean carbon, land and atmosphere carbon, fluxnet, fires, petlands, others Conference website: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/ Contact: Christian Beer & Markus Reichstein
Vulnerability and Opportunity of Methane Hydrates Workshop
13-14 March 2008, IIASA, Laxenburg, 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. Contact: Nebojsa Nakicenovic and Pep Canadell Scoping paper (pdf, 133 kb), Agenda (pdf, 46 kb), Participants list (pdf, 32 kb)
Illuminating ocean ecosystems: Developments in bio-optics for observing the ocean carbon cycle
19th February 2008, Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club, Plymouth, UK
Contact: Julia Crocker
Urban Energy and Carbon Management: Challenges for Science and Policy
4-6 February, 2008, AIT Centre, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand
To develop a comprehensive urban model that can assess alternate urban development pathways and urban practices in an integrated manner with urban energy and carbon as key (but not exclusive) components Contact: Shobhakar Dhakal Background paper (pdf, 52Kb)
Terrestrial Ecosystems and Climate Policy
22-24 January 2008, Santa Barbara, Calafornia
Linking carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems with other climate forcing agents: A synthesis allowing for effective carbon dioxide stabilization policies Contact: Jim Randerson Scoping Paper (pdf, 35Kb)

2007

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Carbon Sessions at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting

• 10-14 December 2007, San Francisco, USA
• Abstracts due 6 September, 2007
• Website: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07
  Selected Pre-Planned Sessions
• BO2: Savannas and Carbon: Regional Approaches to Assessment of Carbon Cycle Dynamics in Mixed Tree-Grass Systems
• BO4: Fire, Climate and Severity: Impacts on Biogeochemical Cycles and Ecological Processes
• BO7: Investigation of Carbon and Water Cycle Processes using Isotopes: New Techniques, data and Analysis
• B08: Patterns and Processes in Litter Decomposition: Towards a Global Synthesis
• B12: The Coupling between the Carbon and Hydrological Cycles - The Issue of Water Use Efficiency
• B14: Soil Carbon: Mechanisms of Stabilization
• B21: Permafrost Thawing and the Fate of Carbon in High Latitude Ecosystems
• B22: New Synthesis Efforts from the Global Network of Ecosystem-AtmosphereCO₂, Water and Energy exchange FLUXNET
• B31: Observing, Modeling, and Predicting Regional Scale Carbon Exchange
• B34: The Role of Climate, Carbon and Limiting Nutrient Cycles, and Human Activities in Terrestrial Ecosystems
• GC06: Gas Hydrates: Global and Planetary Reservoirs for Water and Carbon
• GC11:Soil Carbon: Responses to Climate Change
• H20: Monitoring and Modeling of CO₂ Migration Related to Geological CO₂ Storage
• U18: Carbon sequestration: Reservoirs, Techniques, Policy

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UNFCCC COP-13 Side Event: Carbon Management in Cities: Gaps in policy discussions and scientific understanding

• 6 December 2007, Bali, Indonesia
• The side-event identifies and highlights key gaps in policy discussion and scientific understanding for carbon management in cities of developing and the developed countries.
• Contact Shobhakar Dhakal Global Carbon Project, Tsukuba International Office, Japan
• For more information http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Activities/A200712

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50^th Anniversary of the Global Carbon Dioxide Record

• 28-30 November, Kona, Hawaii
• The conference will include a symposium of scientific presentations and panel discussions addressing broad subject areas relevant to the carbon dioxide record.
  Several sessions will focus on efforts being made to manage carbon today and in the future and what research would be needed to support those efforts.
• Website: http://www.co2conference.org

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The role of soils in the terrestrial carbon balance

• 20-22 November 2007, Pont à Mousson (France)
• The aim of the conference is to summarize progress and activities within the frame of the European Science Foundation programme ‘The role of soils in the terrestrial carbon balance’ (RSTCB) and to prepare the future collaboration and project on the soil carbon cycle.
• Workshop details (pdf, 54kb)
• Contact: longdoz@nancy.inra.fr

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Minimizing Impacts of Palm Oil and Biofuel Production in Se Asia On Peatlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change

• 31 October – 2 November 2007, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Scoping paper and Agenda (doc, 50kb)
• Contact: Faizal Parish [fparish@genet.po.my]

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Biofuels, Carbon and Trade:
Leadership Challenges for the Interdependent Americas

• 22-23 October 2007, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• This conference will give leaders in the sciences, public affairs and business an opportunity to understand the critical issues of biofuel production, carbon management and trade as part of an interlocking whole.
• Website: http://www.biofuels.umn.edu/welcome.html

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5^th Annual CARBOEUROPE-Integrated project meeting

• 8-12 October 2007, Poznan, Poland
• Contact: Annette Freibauer

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Greenhouse 2007

• 2-5 October 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 climate change will have on human activity; and changing perceptions of climate change.
• Website: http://www.greenhouse2007.com/

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2^nd International Workshop on Uncertainty in Greenhouse Gas Inventories

• 27–28^th 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.
• Contact: Joanna Horabik ghg2007@ibspan.waw.pl
• Website: http://www.ibspan.waw.pl/ghg2007/

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Coupling Earth System Models and Earth Observation for the Northern High Latitudes

• 10-12 September 2007, Analysis Integration and Modelling of the Earth System (AIMES) Frascati, Italy
• This workshop will build upon recommendations and insight from an Aspen Global Change Institute held in August, 2007 that will address process and regional modelling issues in the northern Eurasian domain of the high latitudes, specifically, the Northern Eurasian Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI). The AIMES/ESA workshop will continue the momentum from the Aspen Institute with a larger international remote sensing and global modelling participation.
• Workshop details (pdf, 49kb)
• For more information: http://www.congrex.nl/07m13/

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14^th WMO/IAEA Meeting of Experts on Carbon Dioxide, Other Greenhouse Gases, and Related Tracer Measurement Techniques

• 10-13^th September 2007, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland.
• The 14^th 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.
• Contact: Yrjö Viisanen and Tuomas Laurila
• For more information: First announcement 14^th WMO/IAEA Meeting

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Carbon-Climate-Human Interactions in Tropical Peatland: Carbon Pools, Fire, Mitigation, Restoration and Wise Use

• 27-31 August 2007, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
• This International Symposium will present the most up to date scientific 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.
• Contact: Susan Page
• Website: http://www.soil.faperta.ugm.ac.id/CT/

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2^nd International Field Symposium-West Siberian Peatlands and Carbon Cycle: Past and Present

• 26-30 August 2007, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
• The goal of The 2^nd International Field Symposium is to present research results and to promote the exchange of expertise in the field of the processes of land paludification, conservation of natural functions of mires and bogged forests, ecological monitoring of mires, determination the role of mires in the global carbon cycle as well as estimation of anthropogenic influence on peatbog development and present land reclamation technologies.
• Contact: N.A. Sazonova
• Abstracts to be sent: Abstract Submission
• For more information: First Circular (pdf, 148Kb)

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Symposium and field visit to Kruger National Park

• 23-25 August 2007, Kruger NP, South Africa
• The meeting will bring together regional and international experts working on carbon cycle sciences in the African continent which deal with the interactions of climate change and human activity. The goal of the symposium is to present the latest research results on:
• Regional carbon exchanges and budgets
• Ocean carbon exchanges and freshwater carbon transport
• Drivers of anthropogenic carbon emissions (fossil fuel, land use change, fire)
• Carbon-biodiversity interactions
• Urban and regional carbon management
• Bioenergy production and associated land use change issues
• Carbon-climate mitigation and adaptation
• The symposium will also discuss the regional needs to further develop a research capacity to understand and manage the carbon cycle in Africa. The symposium is open to all interested research and environmental policy communities.
• Symposium page

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7^th Meeting of the Scientific Steering Committee of the GCP

• 20-22 August 2007, Kruger NP, South Africa
• Contact: Pep Canadell, Shobhakar Dhakal

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Vegetation Dynamics and Climate Change Workshop: research needs

• 14-15 August 2007, Canberra, Australia
• This workshop will consider and prioritise longer term research needs to better understand basic biological and ecological processes driving vegetation dynamics.This understanding of the vulnerability of terrestrial carbon sinks into the future will aid in the introduction of some interactive coupling of terrestrial carbon cycle processes into global climate models.
• Meeting Website

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International Symposium on Organic Matter Dynamics in Agro-Ecosystems

• July 16-19, 2007, Poitiers, France
• There is an urgent need to improve our understanding on the processes that govern C sequestration and dynamics in agro-ecosystems. This information is needed to adapt to global climate and society changes and to preserve or improve environmental quality, a growing concern for environmental scientists and policy makers. The symposium is addressed to the broad scientific community interested in SOM research and the challenges of future research in the framework of mitigation and adaptation to climate change.
• Symposium Website: http://www.inra.fr/Symposium_OMD_2007

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Radiocarbon in Ecology and Earth System Science

• July 9-14, 2007, University of California, Irvine
• This course will expose students and postdocs to the uses of radiocarbon in ecology and earth system science, especially in relation to ecosystem and global carbon cycling. The course design is modeled after the stable isotope class at the University of Utah. There will be morning lectures on the theory of radiocarbon by various instructors, followed by laboratory experience with processing and analyzing samples using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry technology in the afternoon.
• Contact: Ted Schuur, Susan Trumbore
• Website: http://ecology.botany.ufl.edu/radiocarbon07/

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CLIMATE CHANGE: TOWARDS A DECARBONIZED SOCIETY
(Spanish and English talks)

• July 2-3 2007 International Menéndez Pelayo University - Centre Ernest Lluch, Barcelona, Spain
• This is a post-graduate level course for anyone interested in an integrated and in depth analyses on the climate change crisis. The first day will be devoted to understanding climate change with an Earth System framework. The second day will address the economic, technologic, institutional, and individual challenges to achieve atmospheric CO₂ stabilization within this century.
• Contact: Pep Canadell and Francisco Lloret Maya
• Website: Canvi climàtic: cap a una societat "descarbonitzada"

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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. Abstract submission deadline: 28 February 2007
• Workshop Website: http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/ECS/IEW2007/index_1stannouncement.html

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NCAR Advanced Study Colloquium, "Regional Biogeochemistry: Needs and Methodologies"

• June 4-15 2007, Boulder, Colorado
• For more information: NCAR symposium (doc, 29Kb)

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Impacts of Land Cover Change on Ecosystem Carbon and Water Cycling

• AGU Joint assembly (B03 Session)
• 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.
• Abstracts due 1 March.
• Contact: Russell L. Scott and Alejandro E Castellanos
• Website: http://www.agu.org/meetings/ja07/

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Atmospheric CO₂ Inversions

• 24-27 April 2007, Purdue University (IN), USA
• Contact: Rachel Law, Kevin Gurney
• Website: http://www.purdue.edu/transcom/meetings_purdue.php

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Carbon in peatlands: state of the art and future research

• 15-18 April 2007, Wageningen, Netherlands
• The symposium aims to bring together leading scientists of different disciplinary fields to summarize the state-of-the-art in recent research related to carbon cycling in peatlands, to define directions of future research and to facilitate transfer of knowledge between disciplines.
• For further information: Peatland (pdf, 24Kb)
• Contact: Juul Limpens
• Meeting website: http://www.peatnet.siu.edu/CC07MainPage.html

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Ocean Surface: pCO₂ and Vulnerabilities

• 11-14 April 2007, UNESCO, Paris, France
• The purpose of this workshop is to review the current knowledge base and enhance international cooperation to resolve the magnitude, variability and processes governing ocean sources and sinks of carbon: from observations, process-based models and atmospheric and oceanic inversions.
• Contact: Roger Dargaville
• Meeting website: http://www.ioc.unesco.org/ioccp/pCO2_2007.htm

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Urban and regional development pathways and their carbon implications

• 28-30 March 2007, Tsukuba, Japan
• Contact: Shobhakar Dhakal
• Meeting Website: GCP-URCM Activities

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Carbon Markets Insights 2007

• 13-15 March 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark
• This years event will reflect on major issues including the opening up of the EU emissions trading scheme to the global carbon markets as well as carbon projects, emissions and technologies.
• Contact: Carbon Market Insights 2007
• For more information: Pointcarbon website and programme details

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Developing Protocols and Networks for Urban and Regional Carbon Management

• TBA March 2007, Japan
• Contact: Shobhakar Dhakal and Brent Yarnal
• For more information: Workshop info (doc, 266Kb)

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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
• Contact: Chris Lace and David McGuire
• For more information: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme

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FLUXNET Synthesis

• 19-22 February 2007, Italy
• Key topics for discussion include flux tower based global estimates of NEE and its components, decadal trends, inter-annual variability, lag effects and adaptation and new insights into ecosystem physiology.
• Contact: Dario Papale and Markus Reichstein
• For more information: Draft Workshop Outline (pdf, 25kb)

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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 and biofuels across the 25 member states. Topics include: economic drivers for bioenergy, update on the EU Biomass Action Plan, market opportunities in biofuels, ethanol vs biodiesel, attracting capital into the bioenergy sector, Pros and cons of venture capital and public equity markets, how the CDM is boosting biomass, market trends in renewable obligation certificates, and risk management challenges in biofuel projects.
• Contact: info@environmental-finance.com
• For more information: Bioenergy conference website

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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 issues to resolve uncertainties in understanding and managing the carbon cycle of North America and adjacent oceans.
• Contact: support@www.nacarbon.org
• Meetings website: http://www.nacarbon.org/2007_meetings/index.htm

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Status of Current Capabilities and Future Directions for Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation

• 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 is to explore the elements that integrate weather and science and to strengthen the links between the studies of weather and climate.
• Contact: Scott A. Denning and S. Doney
• For more information: http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/annual/index.html

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2006

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Regional to Continental-Scale Carbon Cycle Science

• 11-15 December 2006, San Francisco, California, USA
• As part of the 2006 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (AGU), a symposium is being organized that will have three specific foci: measurements and modeling, mechanistic understanding, and decision-support.For more information: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm06/

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Institutional dimensions of carbon management at the urban and regional levels

• 5 December 2006, Bali, Indonesia
• Contact: Shobhakar Dhakal
• Information on the agenda: Agenda (doc, 39Kb)

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Second meeting of the “Vulnerability of frozen carbon” working group

• 4-6 December 2006, Santa Barbara, California, USA
• Contact: Chris Field, Pep Canadell
• For more information: GCP_RepNo.5.CarbonPolicyBriefing (pdf, 6.7Mb)

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International Workshop on Flux Estimation over Diverse Terrestrial Ecosystems in Asia

• 29-November - 1 December 2006, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
• For more information: http://www.asiaflux.net/workshop2006/

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Carbon and Rural Development 20-22 November 2006, Venice, Italy

• Call for Participation and papers. Workshop at the 4^th WSEAS International Conference on ENVIRONMENT, ECOSYSTEMS and DEVELOPMENT (EED06) Venice, Italy (http://www.worldses.org/conferences/2006/venice/eed/internet.htm).
• The workshop will focus on the broad context on carbon sequestration and rural development. The workshop will address issues on enhancing the carbon sink, reducing vulnerability of land use systems and opening new markets for rural development. When registering via the website please refer to the workshop "carbon & rural development". Please send abstracts (max 300 words) to Bram van Putten. Closing date is August 1, 2006.
• Contact: Bram van Putten

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Co-benefits of carbon mitigation and air pollution control

• 15 November 2006, Nairobi, Kenya
• This side event during the meeting of UNFCCCs conference is co-hosted by the Energy Research Center (ECN) Policy Studies (the Netherlands) and the Global Carbon Project (GCP) and it deals with co-benefits of urban air quality management and the greenhouse gas mitigation. The aim is to stimulate the discussion on the potentials for using the co-benefits approach and why we are seeing so little initiatives happening in this field under the current climate regime. In this one and half hour session, discussions will be made on various dimensions of it. The speakers would include representatives from ECN Policy Studies, GCP, US EPAs Integrated Environmental Strategies Program, Global Environment Facility (GEF)s Sustainable Transport Portfolio and the Bus Rapid Transit Program of Bogotá (which is the first to have its methodology approved for Clean Development Mechanism).
• For further information contact: Emiel van Sambeek and Shobhakar Dhakal

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Advanced Training Workshop on SE Asia Regional Carbon and Water Issues

• 14-25 November 2006, Chung-Li and Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• Contact: Ms. Olga Huang
• Website: http://www.sarcs.org
• For more information: Announcement (doc, 127Kb)

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Open Science Conference on the GHG Cycle in the Northern Hemisphere

• 14-18 November 2006, Crete, Greece
• Conference Webpage: www.carboeurope.org/conference

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Global Environmental Change: Regional Challenges

• 9-12 November 2006, Beijing, China
• The first Global Change Open Science Conference, held in Amsterdam in 2001, was a milestone in the scientific, political and public understanding of this far reaching topic. This conference provides the opportunity for the presentation of advances since the Amsterdam Conference in our understanding of the natural and social systems of global environmental change and to highlight the ESSP approach to study of the Earth System.
• For further information: ESSP 2006 (pdf, 946Kb), Call for Contributions (doc, 52Kb)
• Website: www.essp.org/essp/ESSP2006/index.html

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Second International Young Scientists Global Change Conference

• 7-8 November 2006, Beijing, China
• For further information: ESSP 2006 (pdf, 946Kb)
• Website: www.essp.org/essp/ESSP2006/index.html
• Contact:Pep Canadell

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Atmospheric CO₂ and ocean biogeochemistry: modern observations and past experiences

• 28-30 September 2006, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, USA
• For further information: Atmospheric (pdf, 121Kb)
• Contact: Thorsten Kiefer

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Preserving and storing carbon in soils of cool temperate regions

• 27-29 September 2006, Norway
• Contact: Bal Ram Singh
• Registration on http://www.njf.nu/
• For more information: Cool temp soil (pdf, 114Kb)

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Carbon Management at Urban & Regional Levels: Connecting Development Decisions to Global Issues 4-8 September 2006, Mexico City, Mexico

• First Announcement: Connecting Dev. Decisions to Global Issues (pdf, 54Kb)
• Conference Website: http://www.gcp-urcm.org
• Contact: Melanie Hartman at gcp-urcm@nies.go.jp

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6^th Scientific Steering Committee Meeting of the Global Carbon Project

• 31 August - 2 September 2006, Mexico City, Mexico
• Contact: Pep Canadell

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International Conference on Regional Carbon Budgets

• 16-18 August 2006, Beijing, China
• Conference homepage: http://www.icrcb.org.cn/

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Summer Graduate Workshop on Data Assimilation for the Carbon Cycle

• 16-39 July 2006, California, USA
• For more information: Workshop Information (pdf, 123Kb)
• Contact: Inez Fung, Scott Doney

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Summer School on Eddy Covariance Measurements

• 10-21 July 2006, Namur, Belgium
• For more information: Cover page (pdf, 47Kb), Registration form (doc, 29Kb)
• Contact: Marc Aubinet

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Model-Data Fusion: Applications to Carbon-Climate-Human and Other Systems

• 9-12 July 2006, Vermont, USA
• For further information: Model-Data Fusion Workshop
• Conference homepage:http://www.iemss.org/iemss2006/welcome.html
• Contact:Georgii Alaxandrov

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Earth Systems Feedbacks: Vulnerability of the Carbon Cycle to droughts and fire

• 5-9 June 2006, Canberra, Australia
• For further information: Meeting Website
• Contact:Pep Canadell

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International Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space (IWGGMS)

• 30-31 May 2006, Tsukuba, Japan
• Contact: Yoshifumi Yasuoka, Miyuki Uchida

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Vulnerability of Carbon in Permafrost

• 28-30 May 2006, NCEAS, Santa Barbara, California
• Contact: Chris Field, Pep Canadell
• Workshop scoping paper (pdf, 91Kb)

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UNFCCC Special Side Event on Research Needs of the Convention

• 18-26 May 2006, Bonn
• Contact: Rocio Lichte
• Workshop (doc, 91Kb)

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A Future with Zero CO₂ Emissions: Climate Protection and promotion of renewable energy

• 15-17 May 2006, Stockholm, Sweden
• For further information: First announcement (pdf, 343Kb)
• Contact: stockholm2006@iclei-europe.org

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Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries

• 10-12 May 2006, Bad Blumau, Austria
• For further information: Workshop Announcement (pdf, 706Kb), Registration (doc, 49Kb)
• Contact: Neil Bird
• Website: http://www.joanneum.at/REDD

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Carbon Fusion: Inter. Collaboration on Data Assimilation in Terrestrial Carbon Cycle Science

• 7-11 May 2006, United Kingdom
• Contact: Mathew Williams
• Website: http://www.carbonfusion.org/events/launch.html

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CarboEurope: Approaches to Assess Regional Terrestrial Carbon Budgets

• 2-7 April 2006, Vienna, Austria
• Contact: Valentini, R; Dennings, S; Freibauer, Al
• Website: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2006

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Climate Variability and the Carbon Cycle (Past, Present and Future)

• 2-7 April 2006, Vienna, Austria
• Contact: Jelle Bijma, Bernard Avril
• Website: http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2006

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Bioenergy Europe 2006: Markets and finance for biofuels and biomass

• 16-17 March 2006, London, United Kingdom
• Contact: info@environmental-finance.com
• Website: http://www.environmental-finance.com/envfin/_forms/cfbk4.htm

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Dynamic Changes in Asia-Pacific Carbon Cycle within the Earth System Context

• 13-15 March 2006, Beijing, China
• For further information: Dynamic Changes in Asia-Pacific Carbon Cycle (pdf, 416Kb)
• Contact: Mingkui Cao

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ICLEI World Congress - Out of Africa: Local Solutions for Global Challenges

• 24-25 February 2006
• For further information: ICLEI World Congress

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Vulnerability of Carbon Pools of Tropical Peatlands in Asia

• 24-26 January 2006, Sumatra, Indonesia
• For further information: Vulnerability of Carbon Pools of Tropical Peatlands in Asia (pdf, 128Kb)
• Contact: Pep Canadell

 

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Below-Ground Carbon Pools in Permafrost Regions

• 24-26 November 2005, Stockholm, Sweden
• For further information: ESF 2005 workshop
• Contact: Peter Kuhry

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Advanced Training Workshop on Southeast Asia Regional Carbon and Water Issues

• 15-28 November 2005, Taiwan
• An international team of 20 natural and social scientists/policy makers will train 35 junior faculty or senior technician/staff with full support from the National Science Council of China-Taipei. The program will cover of a wide range of carbon and water issues relevant to the Southeast Asia region. The Workshop is organized by the Southeast Asia Regional Committee for START (SARCS) and sponsored by the GCP.
• For further information: Carbon & Water Advanced Training Workshop Announcement (doc, 44Kb)
• Contact: Ms Vanessa Liu

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Greenhouse 2005: Action on climate control

• 13-17 November 2005, Melbourne, Australia
• There is a clear need for industry, scientists and government at all levels to work closely together to tackle this significant environmental issue. Demand is strong for the latest information on the science, the likely impacts of climate change, adaptation strategies and approaches to reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. The Conference will cover these themes as well as international issues, policy development, communication and education.
• For more information: http://www.greenhouse2005.com.
• Contact: Paul Holper

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First National Meeting of the Mexican Carbon Program

• 7-8 November 2005, Mexico City, Mexico
• For more information contact: Julia Martinez

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Global Enviro. Change, Globalization & Inter. Security: New Challenges for the 21^st Century

• 9-13 October 2005, University of Bonn, Germany
• For more information: http://openmeeting.homelinux.org.
• Contact: Lis Mullin

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Regions, Cities, Carbon, Climate Change and Consequences

• 8-9 October 2005, Tsukuba, Japan
• Contact:Penelope Canan

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7^th International CO₂ Conference

• 26-30 September 2005, Broomfield, Colorado (USA)
• The purpose of this conference is to bring together scientists from different disciplines to communicate the most recent results pertinent to the global carbon cycle, with an emphasis on the contemporary increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Topics will include atmospheric and oceanic measurements and monitoring networks, terrestrial ecosystems and land use change, carbon cycle process models, source/sink inverse models, the ice core record, new observational techniques, long-term potentials and vulnerabilities of carbon sequestration, and more generally, the human impact on the carbon cycle.
• For more information: http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/info/icdc7

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Reduction of Emissions and Geological Storage of CO₂

• 15-16 September, Paris, France
• For more information: Reduction of Emissions Meeting (pdf, 287Kb)

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Carbon cycle and climate session for the 2005 IAMAS meeting

• August 2005, Beijing, China
• The symposium on carbon cycle and climate invites contributions from studies of magnitudes and distributions of global carbon sources and sinks at various temporal and spatial scales and interactions between global carbon cycle and climate. The aim of this session is to encourage multiple-disciplinary approach in studying carbon cycles and its interactions with climate. Topics of relevance include: regional and national carbon inventories, CO₂ emissions from land use change and fires, measurements or modeling of net CO₂ exchange of terrestrial ecosystems, land surface models including carbon dynamics in global climate models, interactions between carbon cycle and climate in the past, present and future and applications of model-data fusion in regional and global carbon cycle studies. Papers are also welcome on studies of carbon cycling in an earth systems model and in the context of human dimensions. This symposium is initiated by and sponsored by the Global Carbon Project.
• Session abstract: 2005 IAMAS meeting (pdf, 15 Kb).
• Conference website www.iamas2005.com
• Contact:: Dr Ying Ping Wang, Dr Yongjiu Dai, Professor Jin-Jun Ji

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CTCD-Terrestrial Carbon Cycle and Earth Observation Summer School

• 18-26 August 2005, New Yorkshire, England
• For more information: CTCD Summer School

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Quest Workshop: Sustainable Forestry and Climate Mitigation

• 25-26 July 2005, Bristol, UK
• For more information contact: Dr. Wolfgang Knorr

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TCOS- Siberia-II Final Symposium

• 14-15 July 2005, Max-Plank Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
• For more information contact: Chris Schmullius

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4^th Inter Symp on Non-CO₂ Greenhouse Gases (NCGG-4) Science, Control, Policy & Implementation

• 4-6 July 2005, Utrecht, Netherlands
• For more information: http://www.milieukundigen.nl/pages/ncgg4/tekst.htm

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Summer ASLO meeting, Carbon and carbonate fluxes in the coastal ocean: a tribute to Roland Wollast

• 19-24 June 2005, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• The role of the coastal ocean in the global carbon and carbonate cycles is disproportionately high considering its relavilvely small surface area (7% of the surface of the ocean). For example, it contributes 15-30% of the oceanic primary production and about 50% of the marine calcification. The aim of this session is to examine the factors explaining such high rates of activity and update the knowledge of global processes and fluxes involving carbon cycling in the coastal ocean, such as primary production, respiration, calcification/dissolution, air-sea CO₂ fluxes, inputs from land, and phosphorus cycles. Presentations based on process studies, modeling and data synthesis are welcome. This session is a tribute to the late Professor Roland Wollast who was one of the leading scientists recognizing the critical importance of the coastal ocean in the global biogeochemical cycles.
• For more information: http://aslo.org/meetings/santiago2005
• Contact: Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Fred T. Mackenzie

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Mini-conference on Vulnerabilities of the Carbon-Climate-Human System

• 15 June 2005, Paris, France
• For more information: Mini-Confence Announcement and Presentations
• Contact:Pep Canadell

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Atmospheric Traces Transport Model Intercomparison (TransCom)

• 13-17 June 2005, Paris, France
• Contact: Peter Rayner

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5^th Scientific Steering Committee meeting of the GCP

• 14-17 June 2005, Paris, France
• Contact: Pep Canadell or Penelope Canan

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Carbon from Space

6-8 June 2005, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

• The workshop will be targeted at:
  • obtaining information on gaseous concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere from space-based observations and the development of new sensors and programmes to provide continuity, and
  • provision, again globally, of the key parameters required to estimate surface-atmosphere exchange, particularly land cover status, disturbance extent and timing, vegetation activity, ocean colour and ancillary atmospheric ocean variables controlling the fluxes
• For more information: Carbon from space flier
• Workshop website: http://www.congrex.nl/05c21/
• Contact: Stephen Plummer

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Science Journalism Partnership Forum and Workshop

• 2-4 June 2005, Tokyo, Japan
• For more information: Science Journalist Forum (ppt, 189Kb)

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Carbon Expo-Global Carbon Market, Fair and Conference.

• 11-13 May 2005, Koelnmesse, Germany
• For more information:http://www.koelnmesse.de/wEnglisch/carbonexpo2/index.htm

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Options for Including LULUCF Activities in a Post-2012 International Climate Agreement

• 5-6 May 2005, Graz, Austria
• The focus of the workshop is on the objectives of LULUCF activities - how LULUCF could be included in an international climate framework in order to move towards achieving these objectives, and an evaluation of the options. The objectives of the workshop are to:
  • Assess and discuss the benefits and difficulties of LULUCF within the Kyoto Protocol;
  • Discuss the objectives for LULUCF within a post-2012 international climate change agreement;
  • Discuss improvements to the current modalities, new activities for inclusion within a post-2012 international climate change agreement; and alternative architectures for consideration of LULUCF;
  • Document and evaluate the options identified.
• For more information Graz work shop announcement (doc, 229Kb)
• Workshop website: www.joanneum.at/carboinvent/post2012/workshop.html
• Contact: Neil Bird

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Carbon dioxide emissions in Japan - determinants and policy implications

• 28 April 2005, Yokohama , Japan
• For more information Carbon dioxide emissions in Japan (doc, 309Kb)

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Social Network Theory and Methods:Towards Applications to Ecosystem Management

• 5-7 April 2005, Tsukuba, Japan
• The purpose of the workshop is to convene top minds in social network theory and analysis to construct a framework to guide future research relevant to carbon management. In the workshop we will explore the current state of network theory and methods; explore directions for application of network theory & methods for regional carbon management; organize into subgroups around theoretical, methodological, and practical concerns; and, outline an article for co-authored publication: “Social Network Theory Applications for Regional Ecosystem Management.”Report on meeting: Social Networks Meeting Report (doc, 3.2Mb)
• For more information: Social Networks Meeting (doc, 25Kb)
• Contact: Penelope Canan

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Greenhouse Gases & Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture and Forestry

• 21-24 March 2005, Maryland, USA
• For more information: http://soilcarboncentre.k-state.edu/conference

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Chapman conference on the Science and Technology of Carbon Sequestration

• 16-20 January 2005, San Diego, USA
• For more information: http://www.agu.org/meetings/cc05acall.html

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U-TURN ASIA Combined APN Synthesis Workshop and SARCS Emission Project Initial Meeting

• 6-8 January 2005, Chiang Mai, Thailand
• Contact: Louis Lebel

 

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2004

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International Ocean Carbon Stakeholders Meeting

• 6-7 December 2004, Paris, France
• For more information please refer to meeting report (pdf, 26Kb)
• Contact: Chris Sabine or Maria Hood

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Advanced Training Workshop on Regional Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measurement & Modeling

• 21 November - 3 December 2004, Chung-Li, Taiwan
• Air pollution is an unavoidable by-product of human development. To understand the extent of local and regional pollutions and that of global influence, one must understand current emissions of pollutants.

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Regional Carbon Budgets: from methodologies to quantification

• 15-18 November 2004, Beijing, China
• For more information please refer to the workshop scope (pdf, 74Kb), agenda (pdf, 75Kb), participants list (pdf, 82Kb), and logistics (pdf, 101Kb). Workshop Presentations (doc, 4207Kb).
• For more information: Pep Canadell

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Integrated Global Carbon Observation (IGCO) Implementation meeting

• 3-5 November 2004, Frascati, Italy
• For more information: Roger Daraville

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Airborne Flux Measurements: A CarboEurope Advanced Training Course

• 24-30 October 2004, Roma, Italia
• The course is specifically designed to provide training to a limited number of young scientists and post-docs in a new area of research that is part of the CarboEurope Integrated Project.
• For more information: Franco Miglietta

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Climate Change and Forest Sector: Clean Development Mechanism in Tropical Countries

• 21-23 September 2004, Seoul, Korea
• An overall objective of the workshop is to promote the development of carbon markets through the implementation of clean development mechanism (CDM) forest activities such as afforestation and reforestation of degraded forest land in the tropics.

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Model-Data Assimilation: Intercomparison of optimization techniques for parameter estimation (Opt-IC)

• 7-9 September 2004, Canberra, Australia
• For more information: Mike Raupach or Cathy Trudinger

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Impacts of changes in land use and management on carbon stocks and turn-over in the tropics

• 23-25 August 2004, Copenhagen
• For more information: http://www.geogr.ku.dk/projects/lucc/workshop/

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Tsukuba Seminar Series - Global Carbon Project

• June-December 2004, Tsukuba, Japan
• For more information refer to Tsukuba Seminar Series (doc, 38 Kb) - Global Carbon Project.
• Contact: Penelope Canan

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Annual GCP Scientific Steering Committee meeting

• 12-15 July 2004, Goa, India
• For more information: Pep Canadell

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Dynamics of the Coupled Carbon Climate Human System

• 5-9 July 2004, Singapore
• Session under “Biogeoscience” in the 1^st Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) in Singapore. If you are interested in submitting an abstract for an oral presentation or poster, please contact: Bob Dickinson.
• For more information: http://www.asiaoceania.org/proposals/bg/bg2.htm
• Session Agenda (pdf, 12 Kb).

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Understanding North Pacific Carbon-cycle Changes: A Data Synthesis and Modeling Workshop

• June 2004, Seattle, USA
• For more information on workshop please refer to Modeling Workshop (pdf, 382 Kb).
• The workshop will be focused on three central questions about the North Pacific carbon cycle.
  • How are air-sea CO₂ fluxes in the North Pacific affected by different modes of variability?
  • How and why are the North Pacific distribution patterns of carbon, nutrients and oxygen in the water column changing with time?
  • What are the requirements for detecting a climate change signal in the North Pacific carbon cycle?
• For more information: Chris Sabine

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Atmospheric Tracer Transport Model Intercomparison Project (TransCom)

• 14-18 June 2004, Tsukuba, Japan
• With the support of Global Carbon Project (GCP), an atmospheric tracer transport model inter-comparison project (TransCom) workshop will be held at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).
• Contact: Shoichi Taguchi.
• For more information: http://staff.aist.go.jp/s.taguchi/

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Energy & Agricultural Carbon Utilization

• 10-11 June 2004, Athens, Georgia
• The Energy & Agricultural Carbon Utilization Symposium will bring together energy producers and policy makers together with agricultural ecologists, soil scientists and environmental communities.
• For more information: http://www.georgiaitp.org/carbon/

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Global Carbon Market Fair & Conference

• 9-11 June 2004, Cologne
• The IETA/World Bank/Koelnmesse Trade Fair is the first of its kind and will provide the setting for business to be done by all actors engaged in the carbon market.CARBON EXPO will be an outstanding event of worldwide importance and attention supported by massive advertising and PR. Be part of it!
• For more information: http://www.koelnmesse.de/wEnglisch/carbonexpo2/

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Interpreting Carbon Management into the Development Strategies of Cities

• 7 June- 10 July 2004
• Web Conference

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Urban development and the carbon cycle in Latin America

• 27-29 May 2004, Mexico
• Initial meeting of the IAI funded project as a contribution to the GCP Activity 3.3 on Carbon Consequences of regional development pathways.
• Meeting Papers:
  • Integrating Carbon Management Into the Development Strategies of Cities (pdf, 66 Kb).
  • Tokyo Govt May Measure Firms CO₂ Levels (pdf, 21 Kb).
  • Can Cities Reduce Global Warming? Urban development and the carbon cycle in Latin America (pdf, 121 Kb)
  • Urban Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Asia Mega-Cities (pdf, 2 Mb)
• For more information: Patricia Romero.

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US - Third Annual Conference on Carbon Sequestration

• 3-6 May 2004, Alexandria, VA
• Working together with an executive committee representing key federal agencies and a steering committee representative of technology developers and purveyors and the ultimate users, we will be paying particular attention to proposed papers that respond to the priorities of the Climate Change Technology Program as identified by the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum; and included in the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan and the European Commission General Research Directorate Program.
• For more information http://www.carbonsq.com

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Carbon Finance 2004

• 24-25 February 2004, London
• 9-10 March, Toronto
• For more information http://www.environmental-finance.com/

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The 13^th Meeting of the CEOS Strategic Implementation Team (SIT-13)

• 3 February 2004, JAX EORC, Tokyo
• The 13^th SIT meeting will focus on providing a review and comment on space agency commitments for those Themes which have recently been approved by the Integrated Global Observation Strategy Partnership (IGOS-P): Global Carbon, Water Cycle, and Geohazards.
• For more information http://www.ceos.org/pages/sit13.html

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Workshop on Ocean Surface pCO₂

• 14-17 January 2004, Tsukuba, Japan
• National Institute for Environmental Studies. Workshop on Ocean Surface pCO₂, Data Integration and Database Development.
• Contact: Maria Hood, Chris Sabine

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Data-Model fusion: Intercomparison of synthesis methods

• Date to be determined, 2004, Australia
• A new workshop focusing on optimization methods for data assimilation will take place the second part of this year. For more information: Mike Raupach

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Models and approaches to couple the natural and human dimensions of the carbon-climate system

• Date to be determined, 2004, Tsukuba, Japan (late this year)
• Contact: Yoshiki Yamagata

 

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2003

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GCP-CO₂ Panel workshop

• 13-15 January 2003, Paris, France
• International Workshop on Ocean Carbon Research and Observation Activities.
• GCP-CO₂ Panel workshop.
• Contact: Maria Hood, Chris Sabine

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Toward CO₂ Stabilization: Issues, Strategies and Consequences

• 3-7 February 2003, Ubatuba, Brazil
• SCOPE-GCP Rapid Assessment on the Carbon Cycle.
• Meeting Overview (pdf, 187Kb), Logistics (pdf, 77.8Kb), Agenda (pdf, 69Kb), Participants (pdf, 64.8Kb), Background Papers (pdf, 11.8Kb).
• Contact: Chris Field, Mike Raupach.

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International CO₂ sensor intercomparison experiment

• 10-14 March 2003, Ibaraki, Japan
• The results of the intercomparison tests will be published as a Numeric Data Package Report by the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Centre (CDIAC) Ocean CO₂ project in 2-3 months. This will be made available to the public in a hard-copy or on-line.
• Read the experiment summary (pdf, 291Kb).

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CarboEurope-GCP Conference

• 20-21 March 2003, Lisbon, Portugal
• The Continental Carbon Cycle (pdf, 28.6Kb)
• The conference aims to present to a wide scientific audience the results of three years of integrated European research, which pioneered the terrestrial carbon research in a number of areas;compare and discuss approaches and finding with parallel ongoing regional and international carbon research initiatives and; enhance the integration of disciplines (biological,physical...) and ecosystems (land,ocean) in carbon research.
• Contact: Annette Freibauer.

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A session on Emergent Properties of the Carbon-Climate-Human System

• 6-11 April, 2003, Nice, Italy
• Motivated by the GCP activity of the same name, is being organized for the upcoming EGS-AGU-EUG Meeting. A number of invited papers on model-derived insights that emerge when two or more of these subsystems are coupled together will shape the final agenda of this session. The papers will encompass models of all complexities (box model to GCM) and motivations (toy-model to integrated assessment model).
• Further information available on: http://www.copernicus.org/EGS/egsga/nice03/programme/overview.htm
• Contact: Peter Cox.

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Improved Quantification of Global Carbon Cycle Fluxes

• 3-6 June, 2003, Sheffield, UK
• This workshop aim is to increase the availability of more accurate and mutually consistent estimates of the distribution of C sources and sinks at a regional and global level. For further information: http://www.fao.org/gtos/meetSHE.html.
• Contact: Shaun Quegan, GTOS Secretariat.

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3^rd Global Carbon Project SSC

• 17-18 June 2003, Banff, Canada
• Contact: Rowena Foster

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III IGBP Congress

• 18-21 June 2003, Banff, Canada
• Contact: Clemencia Widlund, Charlotte Wilson-Boss

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Advanced Institute on Urbanization, Emission, and the Global Carbon Cycle

• 4-22 August 2003, Boulder, Colorado
• Advanced Institute on Urbanization, Emission, and the Global Carbon Cycle.
• The global Change SyTem for Analysis, Research and Training (START) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
• Contact: Roland Fuchs, Louis Lebel.

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Upcoming IHDP OSC

• 16-18 October 2003, Montreal, Canada
• The GCP will organize a carbon session in the upcoming IHDP OSC.
• Further information on conference available at: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/openmeeting/.
• Contact: Oran Young, Patricia Romero.

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Initial planning meeting for the APN project

• 25-27 September 2003, Manila, The Philippines
• Initial planning meeting for the APN project (2003-16) on Integrating Carbon Management into the development strategies of cities. (doc, 223Kb)
• Contact: Louis Lebel, Rodel Lasco

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South China Sea Regional Carbon Issues

• 15-29 November 2003
• Advanced Training Workshop on South China Sea Regional Carbon Issues. 15-29 November 2003.
• Contact: Arthur Chen

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SCOPE-GCP

• 8 December 2003, Site event in FCCC-COP9, Milan
• Towards CO₂ stabilization (doc, 60Kb)
• Contact: Pep Canadell
• The Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Humans, Climate and the Natural World (ppt, 9.48Mb).
• Side Event Outline. COP9, Milan, Dec. 8^th, 2003.
• Author: Christopher Field, Dorothee Bakker, Patricia Romero Lankao, Josep Canadell.

 

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2002

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DFG - Workshop

• 28-29 May 2002, Kiel Germany
• Global Carbon Project". Workshop Agenda
• Contact: Karin Lochte

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Carbon Data-Model Assimilation (C-DAS) Summer Institute

• 30-31 May 2002, Boulder, Colorado
• Further information: http://dataportal.ucar.edu/CDAS/.
• Contact: David Schimel

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Quantifying Terrestrial Carbon Sinks

• 25-27 September 2002, Wengen, Switzerland
• Science, Technology and Policy.
• Further information: http://www.unifr.ch/geoscience/geographie/EVENTS/Wengen/02/Wengen2002.html.
• Contact: Martin Beniston

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Global Carbon Project SSC

• 18-23 November 2002, Tskuba, Japan (invitation only).
• Contact: Rowena Foster

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