Developing a common strategy for integrative global environmental change research and outreach: the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP)

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-13

  Leemans, Rik ^a   Asrar, Ghassem ^b   Busalacchi, Antonio ^c   Canadell, Josep ^d   Ingram, John ^e   Larigauderie, Anne ^f   Mooney, Harold ^g   Nobre, Carlos ^h   Patwardhan, Anand ⁱ   Rice, Martin ^f   Schmidt, Falk ^j   Seitzinger, Sybil ^k   Virji, Hassan ^l   Vörösmarty, Charles ^m   Young, Oran ⁿ  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

ⁱ INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^j IHDP   (Germany)

^k ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^l International START Secretariat   (United States)

^m CUNY Environmental Crossroads Initiative   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; EARTH SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH PROGRAM; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 70449515472     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2009.07.013     Document Type: Review

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