Founded in 1986, the international geospherebiosphere programme igbp has had a pivotal role in the evolution of these ideas and institutions. Redfield lifetime achievement award honors major, longterm achievements in the fields of limnology and oceanography, including research, education, and service to the community and society. Sybil seitzinger to give gordon goodman memorial lecuture. Rutgers and noaa cmer program, institute of marine and coastal sciences, rutgers university, new brunswick, new jersey, usa. Seitzinger joined pics in november 2015 from her position of executive director of the international geospherebiosphere programme igbp based in stockholm. Within igbp, earthsystem science has evolved from the development of some of the first global databases to studies primarily of individual components of the earth system to more integrated earthsystem analysis. The subsequent evolution and development of satellites for earth observation has been intricately linked with that of igbp and other globalchange research programmes, write. Director of the international geospherebiosphere programme igbp in stockholm, she. Executive director sybil seitzinger both spoke at the symposium. Redfield lifetime achievement award recipient aslo. A sustainable planet needs scientists to think ahead nature. Redfield lifetime achievement award in recognition of her critical research on 2020 a. Her work at the igbp involved facilitating and integrating the work of scientists and researchers across.
Select books and articles available at ubc library. Igbp climatechange index global carbon dioxide arctic seaice minimum global surface temperature. Seitzingera,1, owen gaffneya,2, guy brasseurb, wendy broadgatea,3. Sybil seitzinger of university of victoria, victoria uvic read 197. These constituted an igbp book series and while many were published in. Sybil seitzinger pics pacific institute for climate solutions uvic. Globalization means that earths lifesupport system can no longer be treated as separate from the socioeconomic system, says sybil seitzinger. Her work at the igbp involved facilitating and integrating the work of scientists and researchers across africa, the americas, asiapacific and europe on global environmental change. Sybil seitzinger is the executive director of the bc wide. Igbp executive director sybil seitzinger presented the latest findings from the four global environmental change programmes at the meeting. Increasing anthropogenic nitrogen inputs and riverine din exports from the. Throughout the past three decades there has been a steadily increasing focus on explicitly incorporating the human. Sybil putnam seitzinger pacific institute for climate solutions university victoria po box 1700 stn csc victoria, bc v8w 2y2, canada phone.
Planetary and societal risks why we need planetary stewardship professor sybil seitzinger executive director international geospherebiosphere programme 4. A sustainable planet needs scientists to think ahead igbp. Sybil seitzinger is the executive director of the pacific institute for climate solutions and a professor in the school of environmental studies. Sybil seitzinger director, pacific institute for climate solutions.
February 2019 professional experience executive director, pacific institute for climate solutions, university victoria, canada 2015present. Planetary and societal risks why we need planetary stewardship professor sybil seitzinger executive director international geosphere biosphere programme 4. These constituted an igbp book series and while many. On friday 14 march, igbp executive director dr sybil seitzinger will give the gordon goodman memorial lecture on the origins of earth system science and the development of the concept of the anthropocene at the royal swedish academy of sciences. International geospherebiosphere programme and earth system. Seitzinger joins uvic from her position as executive director of the international geospherebiosphere programme igbp based in stockholm, sweden. Led by alcamo, the authors proposed six criteria for embedding environmental sustainability in sdgs, including focusing on environmental issues with strong links to socioeconomic. International geospherebiosphere programme and earth. The international geospherebiosphere programmes igbp scientific and institutional. Indeed, it has helped drive new levels of international coordination and interdisciplinary cooperation in pursuit of fundamental knowledge that will serve as the basis for assessing likely future. The secretariat implemented the decisions of the scientific committee of the igbp, worked with the core projects to provide support to the overall research effort, raised funds for igbp activities, communicated igbp s research to a wide variety of audiences, liaised. Sybil seitzinger university of victoria, victoria uvic pacific.