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DRAFT Minutes of the
7 IHDP-Scientific Committee Meeting
March 24 - 27, 2000
Bonn, Germany
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The Scientific Committee met at the Amber Hotel President, Clemens-August-Strasse in
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In attendance on March 24: Arild Underdal (Chair), Anne Whyte (Vice-Chair), Peter de
Jánosi (Treasurer), Carlo Jaeger (Treasurer), Eckart Ehlers (past Chair), Mauricio
Tolmasquim, P.S. Ramakrishnan, Hans Opschoor, Elinor Ostrom, Akilagpa Sawyerr, J.W.M.
la Rivière (ICSU), Berrien Moore III (Chair, IGBP), Bill Clark, (Harvard), Pier Vellinga (IT),
Anna Wieczorek (Assistant P. Vellinga), Oran Young (IDGEC), Steve Lonergan (GECHS),
Eric Lambin (LUCC), Jill Jäger (Executive Director), Neil Hamilton (Deputy Executive
Director), Ramine Shaw and Ike Holtmann (Intern. Science Project Co-ordinators), Maarit
Thiem (Research Associate), Laura Siklossy and Lisa Jibikilayi (Administrative Assistants),
Petra Pommerening and Marcel Braun (Research Assistants), Isabel Kaubisch (Volunteer
Intern).
Apologies / Excused: Tyson, Gates, Gallopin, Morais; Pawlik delayed until March 25.
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I Welcome
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II Agenda and Schedule of Work
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Chair Arild Underdal opened the meeting at 9 a.m. on Friday by welcoming new members to
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The Draft Agenda and Schedule of Work were adopted without amendment.
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III Minutes of the 6th Session SC-IHDP
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The revised and amended Draft Minutes of the 6th Scientific Committee Meeting (Feb./March
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IV IHDP Science Projects
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Guiding questions for the discussion on the project presentations (by the chair):
1. What are the specific activities that add to the common knowledge?
2. Is there enforcement of practical partnerships?
3. How is the interaction with stakeholders and policy makers?
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1) IDGEC
Oran Young provided an overview of major organizational developments including:
 The project’s International Project Office (IPO) was initiated in September 1999 in
Dartmouth. It initially received funding from the NSF for one year, with a renewal
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proposal for an additional 36 months funding submitted in January 2000. NSF has
indicated a decision will be made by mid-May.
The project’s Scientific Steering Committee was established in May 1999 and met for its
first SSC meeting in June 1999, in Shonan Village, Japan. The second SSC meeting is
scheduled for 16 – 18 June, 2000 in Oslo, Norway.
The IDGEC strategy for implementing its Science Plan involves flagship activities,
partnerships, network development, and other activities. Three flagship activities, on (i)
The Institutional Dimensions of Carbon Management, (ii) The Performance of Exclusive
Economic Zones, and (iii) The Political Economy of Boreal and Tropical Forests, have
been established. The publication of scoping reports on each activity is foreseen for mid2000. This will be followed by a workshop on each flagship activity, to identify specific
implementation actions. A major administrative task of the IPO in Dartmouth has been
community building. IGDEC has developed a significant database of interested
researchers and potential partners, and will continue to broaden its networks. Partnerships
are being developed with IGBP (Carbon), terrestrial Carbon and LUCC issues in Asia
(GCTE, LOICZ, and LUCC), as well as with SARCS, SULMAR, UNFCCC, and others.
Oran Young summarized current collaboration with other GEC research actors and
programmes, as well as with funding agencies. He raised the issue of broadening the IDGEC’s
network and asked the SC for advice on this matter. Young stressed the importance of this
issue for IDGEC and assured the active cooperation of the IDGEC IPO in pursuing it.
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The IDGEC Network
The SC noted the importance of broadening the disciplinary and geographical distribution of
the IDGEC networks. It was agreed that the IDGEC Website as well as the anticipated IDGEC
Newsletter are appropriate tools to get the broad global environmental change research
community engaged in IDGEC.
The SC advised Oran Young to set up a high profile research group on IDGEC matters in
Dartmouth to maintain the project’s momentum once he returns to Dartmouth from his
sabbatical year, as it is inevitable that he will have to deal with time consuming administrative
routines.
The SC congratulated the IDGEC project on the progress made since the publication of the
Science Plan.
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The SC members will provide names of specific individuals from already operating networks
to link IDGEC up with already established scientific networks. Participation of these contacts
in the follow-on workshops will be considered.
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2) GECHS
Steve Lonergan described the progress of the project since the Science Plan was published in
June 1999. The IPO has been established at the University of Victoria, with a small amount of
funding from the Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council. The project has
attempted to establish four Program Offices to provide a formal structure as well as regional
identity.
At the first SSC meeting held in Costa Rica in December 1999, the SSC members decided to
concentrate on four Research Themes, as well as five cross-cutting issues.
Networking activities include participation of SSC members in the ENRICH project on a
European Network on Environment and Security (with nine collaborators), development of a
mailing list database, Aviso briefings in Washington D.C. and Ottawa, publication of the
Science Plan, and development of the Web site. A side-event on Southern Perspectives on
Sustainable Development will be organized at the COP 6 of the UN FCCC.
In conclusion, Steve Lonergan stated that the GECHS Project was ‘about new ways of seeing,
different ways of knowing’, and that the Project had already built partnerships with other
bodies. He further stressed the need to be advocates for the world’s poor.
Discussion
Discussion focussed on co-operation with other IHDP projects, relations with the policycommunity and the need to better explain the aims and roles of the project to the research
community and funders.
The SC noted the progress made since the publication of the Science Plan in 1999.
3) IT
Pier Vellinga reported on the progress of the Industrial Transformation project. The Science
Plan was published in early 2000. It has been distributed widely and an accompanying
questionnaire has elicited on the order of 200 responses. At the moment, funding is being
sought to support an IPO in Amsterdam. A list of potential candidates for the IT SSC will
soon be presented to the IHDP-SC. Research activity is being stimulated through proposals
submitted in response the recent EU call. A number of activities are identified in the Science
Plan, and some of these are being assessed for their role in implementing the plan.
Discussion
Discussion focussed on the need to advance a hypothesis to explain the variance in coupling
between industrial transformation and environmental pressure, and to investigate the causes
of this variance (e.g. wealth, governance, economic sector etc)
The SC also suggested that links could be made to other IHDP projects.
The SC congratulated the IT project on the Science Plan that was recently published and looks
forward to major progress in the coming year, after the appointment of the SSC.
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4) LUCC
The LUCC Implementation Strategy was published in Autumn 1999 and has been distributed
to about 1800 scientists world-wide. The ‘short notice’ closure of the International Project
Office in August 1999 has created manifold constraints for the project, particularly regarding
organization and networking. Since last August the IHDP Secretariat has provided assistance
in maintaining basic IPO tasks. Negotiations are currently in progress with the Belgian
government (OSTC) to locate the IPO at the Geography Department of the Universite
Catholique de Louvain.
Eric Lambin’s presentation on the project’s performance was based on several research
activities that take place in the context of tackling LUCC’s main research questions.
He concluded his presentation by stressing the constraints on LUCC research progress at the
case study level due to the lack of widely accepted guidelines for variable sampling.
Discussion
The SC suggested that it may be appropriate to pay more attention to the issue of
Urbanization/Megacities. This theme is already included in LUCC research question 3 („How
will changes in land use affect land cover in the next 50 – 100 years?“) but hasn‘t been
explicitly addressed by LUCC Project researchers yet. Eric Lambin recognised that LUCC has
been weak in this area so far. He suggested that research items within the IT scientific
framework seem to deal with the urbanisation issue more explicitly than it is the case for the
LUCC research agenda. The SC acknowledged that it will be IHDP‘s role to co-ordinate the
approach for this research area that apparently cross-cuts all four IHDP projects. The SC
stressed the need to develop active networks, often led by researchers who are not members of
the LUCC SSC. It was felt that is not sufficient to contain all IHDP-LUCC activity within the
research endeavours of the SCC.
The SC expressed their appreciation for the project’s progress in the face of difficult
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The SC thanked the IHDP Secretariat for taking on the additional work of hosting the LUCC
Interim IPO.
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The meeting was adjourned at 16.45 p.m. for guests, Secretariat staff and Project Chairs. The
SC Project Liaison persons (for GECHS, Anne Whyte; for IT, Mauricio Tolmasquim; for
IDGEC, Hans Opschoor; for LUCC, Eckart Ehlers) continued to meet with the SC for indepth discussions until 17.15 p.m.
At 6 p.m., Professsor William C. Clark of Harvard University gave a special lecture on “The
sustainability transition and the challenges for human dimensions research”, for which
Hansvolker Ziegler (BMBF), Margaret Leinen (NSF – Directorate Geosciences), Johannes
Karte (DFG), Mukul Sanwal (UNFCCC), Dennis Tirpak (UNFCCC) and Pascale Morand
(LEAD Europe) joined the meeting. The lecture was followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m.
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Saturday, March 25: Several ad hoc Working Groups met at 8:45 a.m. for separate
discussions. The Chairman opened the general meeting at 9:30 a.m. In attendance were Arild
Underdal, Anne Whyte, Peter de Jánosi, Carlo Jaeger, Eckart Ehlers, Kurt Pawlik (ISSC),
J.W.M. la Rivière (ICSU), Berrien Moore III, Mauricio Tolmasquim, Elinor Ostrom, Hans
Opschoor, P.S. Ramakrishnan, Eric Lambin, Pier Vellinga, Anna Wieczorek, Steve Lonergan,
Oran Young, Bill Clark, Jill Jäger, Neil Hamilton, Ramine Shaw, Ike Holtmann, Maarit
Thiem, Laura Siklossy, Lisa Jibikilayi, Petra Pommerening, Marcel Braun, Isabel Kaubisch.
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1) Environment and Health
Jill Jäger gave an overview of the results of the ICSU – IGU – UNEP „Environment and
Health-Initiative“. The final report was completed in March, showing a clear need for an
international and interdisciplinary research agenda.
The report showed that:
 There is a strong need for co-operation between natural, social, and health scientists in this
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 Data availability, accessibility and harmonisation are serious concerns in this research
area;
 Due to the lack of a central data repository, it is not possible for researchers to easily
obtain the necessary data.
The research agenda could include the following foci:
 Impact Assessment, Cost/Benefit Analysis
 Vulnerability, Governance, and Institutions
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The SC expressed general agreement concerning the importance of HD aspects in this
initiative. The need to prioritise tasks and activities was noted, including a strong link to the
issue of urbanization/megacities. It was acknowledged that a Global Environmental Change
and Health research agenda would go much beyond the IHDP, and that engagement in the
initiative can only be based on collaboration with other research groups. It is therefore
important to develop new partnerships and to seek a sound financial base.
The chair designated a break-out committee, consisting of Eckart Ehlers, Steve Lonergan, Pier
Vellinga, and Eric Lambin, to discuss the proposal later during the SC meeting.
The SC asked the Secretariat to inform ICSU that the IHDP is prepared to proceed cautiously
with the development of the Environment and Health initiative, in concert with relevant
partners.
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2) Environment across Cultures Conference
Eckart Ehlers reported on this successful joint initiative with the European Academy for the
Study of Consequences of Scientific and Technological Advance (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler),
which took place September 21-23, 1999. There were 80-90 participants, including several
participants from the first bi-annual START/IHDWorkshop (held in 1998). A Proceedings
Volume on the conference will be published in 2000, and there have been initial discussions
about a follow-up conference in 2-3 years.
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3) ENRICH NHDP project
Jill Jäger reported that this project began with an EU Symposium in November 1998 in Bonn
and was followed by two workshops in 1999 in Oslo (participants from Africa + EU) and
Amsterdam (participants from Central and Eastern European States /CEES, Newly
Independent States/NIS and EU). The goals were to create synergies, promote capacity
building and enhance networking between national human dimensions programmes and
researchers. An important output are inventories of “who does what, where”. There is no
follow-up financing from the EU, but good links have been established with many participants
and national agencies. The project will be completed by the IHDP Secretariat.
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5) Population Environment Network (PEN)
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6) 3rd Open Meeting, 24-6 June 1999, Japan
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7) 4th Open Meeting, Brazil 2001
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VI + VII Looking Forward – A medium and longer term strategy for IHDP
The draft strategic planning document ‘Looking Forward’ was discussed by the SC. The
discussion illustrated the demands made on the Secretariat:
1) to encourage, co-ordinate and oversee linkages between IDGEC-LUCC-GECHS-IT on
IHDP issues such as vulnerability, governance and institutions;
2) to directly support the quest for financial resources for the IHDP projects;
3) to effectively facilitate linkages to IGBP projects and activities, and respond adequately to
the IGBP restructuring process; and
4) to evaluate new research agendas.
Setting research priorities while faced with scarce resources was a major theme of the
discussions, as was the changing role of the SC itself, from the planning phase to the
implementation and promotion phase.
The discussion made clear the tension between the recognized mandate of the Secretariat to
consolidate, strengthen and implement the four core IHDP science projects while pursuing
collaborative research with other GEC programmes. There was general consensus that IHDP
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to respond positively to IGBP’s offer of collaboration;
to continue to explore potential new research areas;
to further develop the IHDP projects;
to find flexible mechanisms for actively participating in new initiatives with other GEC
programs that do not put undue pressure on existing core projects to engage in
activities that are not central to their own research priorities;
to enhance IHDP visibility in the South.
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of IHDP’s future course and appointed Hamilton, J. Jäger, Whyte and C. Jaeger to revise
the Draft Strategy Document, specifying IHDP priorities and including cross-cutting
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The discussion raised the need for adequate datasets and indicators for HD research, and for a
comprehensive database. The Project leaders consider this essential to the future success of
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The SC requested Carlo Jaeger, Anne Whyte and Elinor Ostrom to draft a strategy document
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On Sunday, March 26 the meeting was convened by the Chair at 9:20 a.m. In attendance
were Underdal, Sawyerr, Jaeger, de Jánosi, Young, Lonergan, Pawlik, la Rivière,
Tolmasquim, Whyte, Ostrom, Ramakrishnan, Opschoor, Ehlers, and from the Secretariat
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Jill Jäger reported on the current staffing situation, on the general responsibilities of the
Secretariat (research development, networking, co-ordination, capacity building, assistance
with funding searches, linkages to GEC Programmes), and on specific tasks, the first of which
is to execute the decisions of the SC. Additional foci of the Secretariat’s efforts over the next
2 years will be:
1) securing funding for the Programme beyond 2002, and
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2) a broadening of the scientific base of the Programme.
The Executive Director requested that all SC members help carry the extensive travel burden
facing the Secretariat. The gaping mismatch between scientific demands on the IHDP
Secretariat and its resource base became apparent during the course of the discussions.
The SC urged the Executive Director to articulate to the SC concerns facing the Secretariat,
as one of the responsibilities of the SC towards the Secretariat is problem-solving.
The Project Leaders requested that the SC take a more active role as “broker” with scientific
journals for placing contributions from the core science projects. Journal affiliations through
the Brasilian Academy and through ISSC were mentioned as potential contacts. The need for
greater visibility of the IHDP in the South was discussed (IPOs, SC meetings, Open
Meetings, regional IHDP units).
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The SC members requested that an Executive Report of the work of the Secretariat during
the past 12 months be distributed preparatory to the annual SC meetings, and that the
Executive Director make a verbal report on the first day of the next SC meeting.
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Peter de Jánosi (IHDP Treasurer) presented four Tables with the budget for 2000, income
1999 and 2000, expenditures 1999, and figures on special operational activities, i.e. overall
funding mobilised by the IHDP.
The SC requested the Secretariat to combine Tables 1 (budgets for current year and past year)
and 2 (funds mobilised by the IHDP Secretariat for various projects and activities) for the next
SC meeting in 2001. This would give a clearer representation of IHDP’s overall performance,
income and infrastructure.
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The Budget for 2000 was approved unanimously by the SC.
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The SC requested information on the IHDP Project budgets, including research grants and
expenditure, so that an impression can be gained of the total resources flowing in to the
IHDP. Furthermore, they requested budget categories to be transparent (e.g. travel, salaries
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The SC congratulated the Secretariat for carefully managing the IHDP finances during the
previous year, welcomed all of the initiatives being taken to broaden support for IHDP, and
appreciated the support of ICSU and ISSC but noted the severe difficulties with ISSC
financial support at the present time.
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failure of IGFA member countries to honour their
fund the DIVERSITAS Program was noted, as
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publicly stated commitments to minimally
was the negative response of the IGFA
to all IGFA members in 1998 regarding
Jill Jäger indicated to the SC that a good proportion of the Secretariat’s travel burden is
specifically linked to approaching and presenting the IHDP work programme to potential
funding bodies. Current examples include China, Japan, the U.K., Switzerland, Australia, and
New Zealand.
Jill Jäger briefly reported on the background and development of the “White Paper” strategy
on long-term funding for the GEC Programmes. Specifically targeted are private foundations
and corporations in the U.S. and abroad, and a meeting of donors at the end of 2000/beginning
of 2001 has been proposed. The three GEC Programmes intend to establish a Joint Resource
Development committee with 2 persons each from IGBP, IHDP and WCRP to explore
funding strategies for GEC infrastructure.
The Executive Director of IHDP has the authority to develop a future funding strategy with
the other GEC Programmes.
The SC endorsed the establishment of a joint Resource Development Committee between the
Programmes, and appointed Carlo Jaeger and Anne Whyte to represent IHDP in the
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The SC members were requested to:
 use their contacts in order to approach potential national funders, specifically Japan,
Mexico and Canada;
 advise the Secretariat on which funding agencies (private foundations, corporations,
others) to approach, and what strategies to follow for each.
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The SC asked the Secretariat:
 to participate in the development of a well crafted document, for use in presentations to
funders, indicating that they are not asked to fund science, but stressing that the IHDP can
serve them in attaining their specific goals;
 to proceed with its current appeals for national contributions.
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The role of the IHDP’s sponsors, ICSU and ISSC, was discussed in the context of funding.
ISSC has indicated that its contribution to IHDP will be substantially reduced below previous
levels, possibly resulting in a contribution of the order of a few thousand dollars, due to
funding cuts within the UNESCO system.
SC members made it clear that, before making a commitment, other donors will want to
know the level of support given the IHDP by its own sponsors. The necessity of IHDP’s
sponsors increasing their contributions to the IHDP was established.
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The financial obligations of ISSC and ICSU towards IHDP will be discussed with
representatives from IHDP, ISSC,ICSU, in an effort to ensure an adequate level of support.
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The SC adopted the Draft Reimbursement Policy for SC-IHDP Meetings, as presented in the
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The presented document was accepted as a very helpful initial document. The Secretariat was
requested to proceed with its development. The next version should be tabled for discussion at
the next meeting of Project Leaders and Officers.
Neil Hamilton introduced the first draft of the Publication Strategy document that the
Secretariat was asked to prepare. He pointed out that it is predominantly based on the Minutes
of the former SC-Meetings. The Publication Strategy forms a part of an overall
communication strategy being developed by the Secretariat. The intention of the document is
not to be too prescriptive about the format and the contents.
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The ad hoc committee on Publications Strategy recommended that the Publication Strategy be
kept on a general level. The SC also pointed out that the development of the document needs
a strong representation from the Science Projects, because their scientific outcomes will
constitute the main science product of IHDP. Elinor Ostrom raised the question of archiving
data. It was stressed that there is the need to establish a strategy on how to handle the “IHDPdata set”.
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1) ISSC
Kurt Pawlik congratulated the IHDP for its progress achieved within the last twelve months.
He emphasised the intention of the ISSC to bring together the various fields of research on the
human dimensions of global environmental change. He listed:
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Capacity building
Kurt Pawlik responded to the discussion of the nature of ISSC‘s sponsorship of the IHDP by
stating that ISSC understands the relationship as being an active intellectual partnership rather
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Maurits la Riviere congratulated IHDP on behalf of ICSU for the progress of the Programme.
He appreciated the current dialogue between the GEC programmes and encouraged IHDP‘s
collaboration with IGBP and WCRP. He encouraged focus on the delivery of “products” that
could be used to represent the Projects’ research results, and would be helpful for approaching
funding agencies as well as policy makers.
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1) Establishment and Role of IPOs
Neil Hamilton introduced the document on the establishment and role of the IPOs, stressing
that it constitutes a draft that has been circulated to all of the Projects for comment. The
document recognises the increasing demand from the Projects for help from the Secretariat on
running an IPO in a general sense (i.e. tasks and responsibilities of an IPO). He emphasized
the crucial role IPOs play for the continuity of the projects. The draft document has been
reviewed by all of the projects, with largely very positive reactions.
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The SC recognised the document to be a very useful tool. It should give guidance in an
administrative and scientific sense with a fair amount of flexibility. It was noted that the
relationship between the IPOs and their hosting institutions has to be considered, because they
imply responsibilities on both sides.
2) Establishment and Role of National Committees
The early draft of a document describing the establishment and role of NCs was presented by
the Secretariat. Jill Jäger reminded the SC that the constitution of the IHDP foresees a three
yearly advisory meeting of a Scientific Advisory Council, which may include the IHDP
Affiliated Bodies. There was general agreement within the SC that such a meeting would
overstretch the budget of the IHDP. A possibility would be to hold the meeting along with the
Open Meeting. The sponsors (ICSU and ISSC) expressed their wish for an advisory
mechanism, albeit with flexible timing.
The role of NCs in providing or facilitating funding for IHDP activities was discussed. It was
pointed out that a financial contribution from many National Committees is unlikely to be
received because of the difficult situation of NCs in developing countries.
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An ad hoc group on nominations for SC membership met twice during the SC meeting. They
pointed to the need to gradually renew the SC membership, to replace people who resigned
from the committee or whose term finished. It was acknowledged that some of the present
members now in their second term had expressed a wish to step down before the end of their
term. Further, it was felt that new energy and new perspectives are required to continue the
development of the Programme. SC members suggested that there was a need for more
members from developing countries, and representatives from countries with economies in
transition.
The ad hoc group proposed that in 2000, there was a need to nominate one person from
Africa, one person from the Indian sub-continent and one environmental historian. Thereafter,
during the SC meeting in the year 2001, there will be a need to nominate at least four new
members to the SC.
The SC requested the nominations group (Jäger, Underdal, Sawyerr and Jaeger) to continue
the search for candidates with urgency and to present the CVs to the full SC as soon as
possible. With the SC's approval these CVs will then be submitted to ICSU and ISSC, for
nomination of the candidates to the IHDP SC.
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Jill Jäger gave a short overview of the current situation, noting that the Seed Money initiative
has been suspended, as ISSC has severely reduced the funding to IHDP.
The question arose whether it is sensible to continue funding new groups of researchers rather
than fund follow-up activities for previously funded groups. It was agreed that it may be
useful to provide another 1000 US $ to a recipient if there could be significant added value.
It was noted that so far the money from ISSC has been used to pay for the Seed Money
initiative. If this money is not available in 2000, or only a much reduced amount is available,
it will be necessary to cover the Seed Money initiative from other income. The SC felt that
this important capacity-building initiative should be continued within the above budget
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(Tabled from Saturday, March 25)
Jill Jäger brought attention to the Briefing Book document and reiterated the historical
development of the IHDP involvement in this issue. She outlined the Swiss offer of possible
in-kind support to host a workshop, on the allocation of the COSSA 2000 contribution
towards the development of this initiative, and on the Airlie House workshop in Washington,
D.C. at the end of May 2000, involving LUCC+GECHS+IPCC+IHDP personnel. She also
stressed the importance of the vulnerability / food&fibre issues for IHDP.
5) Population Environment Network (PEN)
(Tabled from Saturday, March 25)
Jill Jäger reported on this new initiative to establish an internet-based network on population development – environment issues. She and Wolfgang Lutz are co-chairs of the Steering
Committee. The MacArthur Foundation will fund two postdoctoral-level positions to set up
the Website, and Steve Lonergan and Jill Jäger are on the committee to select candidates in an
international competition. The Website will be linked to the IHDP site.
With this initiative, the IHDP has achieved additional visibility with the MacArthur
Foundation.
6) 3rd Open Meeting, 24-6 June 1999, Japan
(Tabled from Saturday, March 25)
Jill Jäger reported on the last Human Dimensions Open Meeting, held in Shonan Village
(Japan) and hosted by IGES, mentioning the two published volumes (Abstracts and the
Report), and stressing the value of these open meetings for the human dimensions research
community and for IHDP. The IHDP made financial contributions to support the travel of
developing country researchers to the meeting. Interesting insights have been won through Jill
Jäger’s evaluation of the topics and countries represented in the first three meetings, many of
which will be taken into account in planning the 4th Open Meeting.
The SC thanked Jill Jäger for her work for the 3rd Open Meeting, recognized the importance
of these events, and thanked Brazil for hosting the next meeting in 2001.
7) 4th Open Meeting, Brazil 2001
(Tabled from Saturday, March 25)
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IGBP SC meeting , February 2000 in Cuernavaca, Mexico
Berrien Moore (Chair, IGBP-SC) continued with his earlier in-depth presentation and
provided background information about IGBP‘s structure and how it has evolved. He
summarised the IGBP-SC discussions on the „Phase II of IGBP“, that took place at the IGBPSC meeting in Mexico. IGBP is currently restructuring after ten years of research, and a
number of IGBP projects are engaged in a synthesis phase (JGOFS, BAHC, PAGES, GCTE,
IGAC). The IGBP-SC announced its willingness to formally create an institution that
promotes interlinkages between the global change programmes. To initiate this integrative
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The IGBP Open Science Meeting, to be held in July 2001 in Amsterdam, is anticipated to be a
milestone for IGBP. At this scientific conference the IGBP community will present their
scientific achievements and set the vision for a new era of global change research that is based
on a synthetic, multidisciplinary and highly policy relevant approach. IGBP invites the IHDP
community to join in the planning and organisation of this major conference.
Berrien Moore III presented IGBP’s reflections on a forward-looking strategy based on the
nature of partnerships with WCRP and IHDP. The IGBP mandate entails examining the
impacts of human activities on physical processes. The IGBP Chairman, therefore, strongly
encourages and specifically invites IHDP collaboration on cross-cutting activities and the
development of the next phase of IGBP, to provide a better understanding of the entire Earth
System
Berrien Moore requested that the next joint Chairs and Directors meeting (hosted by WCRP,
August 2000 in Geneva) consider:
1) how to create institutional arrangements to better co-ordinate IGBP/WCRP/IHDP
activities, and
2) 2) looking towards 2010, and consider what is the best structure to research global
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Neil Hamilton reported on the planning for the IHD Workshop to be held in September 2000
on the topic of "Human Dimensions Issues in the Coastal Zones". The deadline for
applications was set for April 10th 2000. Funding applications have been submitted to the
Asia-Pacific Network and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Money is also available
from the NSF grant to IHDP.
The SC noted the enormous success of the 1998 meeting in capacity-building and networkbuilding and supported the preparations for the 2000 Workshop.
Jill Jäger reported briefly on the status of the CLIMAG project, noting the lack of a human
dimensions framework for the research. She reported that the Project Leaders and Officers had
asked her at the November 1999 meeting to point out to START that they were unhappy about
the lack of human dimensions content in the project. This had been done.
Jill Jäger reported briefly on the Workshop on Integrated Regional Assessment held in
Budapest in August 1999, which showed a high level of interest from scholars in Central and
Eastern Europe and Russia to improve information exchange and build up research projects on
global change issues. The meeting generated a priority list of potential research areas and this
was extremely useful in the preparation of a proposal to the EU ENRICH programme,
submitted in February.
The proposal, with the acronym NICER (Global Change Network In Central and Eastern
Europe and Russia) would provide funding for 2 years to continue developing the network in
this region and to provide more input into the development of collaborative research projects.
The SC were enthusiastic about the approach taken of using the workshop in Budapest to
develop research priorities that were directly used in the preparation of a funding proposal and
encouraged the IHDP to use this approach in the IHDW in September 2000 with developing
countries participants.
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Berrien Moore reported on the recently held JSC-WCRP meeting in Tokyo. The new
Executive Director of WCRP will be David Carson (UK). The JSC-WCRP endorsed the
participation of the WCRP in cross-cutting activities with IGBP and IHDP and the
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Jill Jäger reported briefly on the current status of DIVERSITAS, which has been without an
Executive Director since April 1999. Their current attempts to obtain urgently needed funding
through IGFA have been unsuccessful so far, notwithstanding the commitment of IGFA
members given at the 1999 IGFA Plenary (Beijing) to fund a minimal DIVERSITAS
Secretariat.
1) Other Agenda Issues
IHDP Book Series
The question of initiating an IHDP book series was raised by the project leaders. The book
series should carry the IHDP logo and disseminate the IHDP research products to a broader
community.
The SC mandates the exploration of the idea of an IHDP book series. Arild Underdal will
consult with the Project Leaders and provide a draft document to the Secretariat for further
action and consideration.
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The IHDP response to "Rio +10" was discussed, especially in view of the ICSU and other
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The SC approved the dates of the next SC meeting: March 23-26, 2001. The SC Officers,
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The SC indicated that they expect the Project Leaders (as ex officio members of the SC) to be
present for the entire duration of the SC meetings. The Project Leaders should be informed
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There was general consensus that it is not only useful but also desirable to invite outside
guests (funders, journalists, natural science experts who “straddle” disciplines, human
dimensions experts, etc.) to attend the SC meetings, and the Secretariat welcomes suggestions.
The SC also agreed that having a special evening lecture during the course of the SC meeting
was successful and should be repeated. There was some discussion about possibly holding the
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The SC approved the dates of the next O+PL meeting: November 10-12, 2000 in Bonn. It was
agreed that the IPO Executive Officers or their IPO equivalents shall be invited to participate
in these meetings.
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Guiding questions for the discussion :
 How can the Project Leaders, the SC and the Secretariat best work together? The projects
differ in their structure and stages of development. The SC is expected to take an active
interest in the development of the projects and to fulfil its role for giving guidance.
 How can the collaboration between the secretariat and the projects take place once the
IPOs have been established?
Peter de Jánosi pointed out that the SC members must recognize and take into account the
changed status of the Secretariat. Oran Young emphasized that the role and function of the
SC is currently shifting due to the projects entering their implementation phase. Whereas in
the phase of developing their research agenda the SC had the function to guide the
development and ensure the quality of their research agendas, once the projects are launched
the SC should put more effort into promoting them and in strengthening their networks.
Young emphasised that the establishment of IPOs opens a whole new chapter in project
development and in relations with the Secretariat and the SC. De Jánosi enouraged the SC in
its role as critical appraiser of on-going projects.
Jill Jäger addressed the changing role of the SC project liaison-persons. The liaisons have to
consider how to keep track of the developments of the projects and how to deal with the
information coming from the projects. She further stressed that there is an urgent need for
identifying persons outside the SC who could attend meetings in order to represent the IHDP
and the projects.
Hans Opschoor expressed his concerns about the current composition of the IHDP-SC. He
pointed out that on one hand the SC needs younger scientists who still have more open
schedules, but on the other hand it needs well known senior scientists for promotion and fundraising reasons. He concluded that it is necessary to keep a balance between these two groups.
The discussion centred on the changed role of the SC from evaluator of procedures to
promoter of scientific substance. Terms of reference for interaction between the SC, the
projects and the Secretariat must be redefined.
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The SC agreed that the Project Liaison officers should take a proactive role in interacting with
the projects and providing greater liaison between the SC, the Secretariat and the Project
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ICSU and ISSC (effective after the close of the SC meeting), for his past service as Treasurer,
for his inimitable wit, solid friendship and sound advice, and presented him with a crystal
paperweight. The meeting was closed at noon.
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