The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) was a research programme that studied the human and societal aspects of the phenomenon of
global change.
IHDP aimed to frame, develop and integrate social science research on global change, and promote the application of its key findings. It strived to develop research approaches that put societies at the center of the debate, looking at then-current global environmental problems as social and societal challenges.
IHDP’s work brought together groups of multi-disciplinary and multi-national researchers to work on long-term collaborative science. Its former role within the scientific field provided leadership in the selection and development of themes for focused research and in stimulating scientific communities to coordinate their efforts on these themes within the framework of its projects.
IHDP research was conducted through ten projects. Its six core projects, focused on how humans affect and are affected by
climate change, with specific topics including
human security,
urbanization,
industrial transformation and
environmental governance as they relate to
global change. Two of its six core projects were also core projects of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and focused specifically on
coupled human-environment systems such as
land use, and
coastal zones. It also had four joint projects on the Earth's
carbon cycle,
water systems
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,
human health
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and
food systems with the other three global change research programmes (ESSP).
History
IHDP was initiated as the Human Dimensions Programme (HDP) in 1990 by the
International Social Science Council (ISSC). It was established under its closing name ''International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change'' by ISSC and
International Council for Science
The International Council for Science (ICSU, after its former name, International Council of Scientific Unions) was an international non-governmental organization devoted to international cooperation in the advancement of science. Its members ...
(ICSU) in 1996. In 2006, the
United Nations University joined ISSC and ICSU as an institutional sponsor of IHDP. The organization closed its doors in July 2014.
Secretariat
The IHDP Secretariat was located at the
United Nations Campus in Bonn, Germany, and was hosted by the United Nations University.
Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP)
IHDP was a partner of the
Earth System Science Partnership along with the
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, the
World Climate Research Programme, and
DIVERSITAS an international programme for biodiversity research.
Projects
* Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS)
*
Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Project
The Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Project (UGEC) is one of the core research projects of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP). UGEC aims to understand the bi-directional interactions b ...
(UGEC)
* Industrial Transformation (IHDP-IT)
* Integrated Risk Governance Project (IRG-P)
*
Earth System Governance Project (ESG)
*
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ)
*
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(GLP)
*
Global Carbon Project (GCP)
* Global Water Systems Projects (GWSP)
* Global Environmental Change and Human Health (GECHH)
* Global Environmental Change and Food Systems (GECAFS)
References
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International climate change organizations
Organizations established in 1990
Organizations disestablished in 2014