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The Global Change Community
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE
CHANGE (IPCC)
The Anthropocene
The Anthropocene defines the momentous and historical change in circumstances whereby the biophysical
systems of the world are now no longer independent of the
actions of people. It is the Geological Epoch dominated
by humans.
IHOPE Science Plan v. 4 6.9 (August 2006), p. 4
What will IHOPE do?
An integrated history from IHOPE will provide a rich picture of how (and why) the planet and human societies have changed in historical times. [It will] unravel Earth system changes through analysis of the coupled human-environmental system to understand…the importance of environmental dynamics on the evolution of society, and …how ….human activities contribute to the observed changes in Earth system dynamics.
http://www.blackwell-compass.com/subject/history/section_home?section=hico-world
History for the Anthropocene
Libby Robin and Will Steffen,
Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University and Centre for Historical Research, National Museum of Australia Vol. 5, July 2007