International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)

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The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) is an international, interdisciplinary science programme, dedicated to promoting, catalysing and coordinating research, capacity-development and networking on the human dimensions of global environmental change.

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It takes a social science perspective on global change and works on the interface between science and practice. IHDP is a joint programme of the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the United Nations University (UNU).

IHDP was founded by the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) of UNESCO in 1996, and has been a key programme of the United Nations University (UNU)since January 2007. Financed by a broad range of agencies from different countries, IHDP's research programme is guided by an international Scientific Committee made up of reputable scientists from various disciplinary and regional backgrounds.

IHDP fosters high-quality research. The dynamics of climate change, land-use and land-cover change, interactions between institutions and the global environment, human security, sustainable production and consumption systems as well as food and water issues, urbanization and the global carbon cycle are investigated in the context of global environmental change.

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International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)

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