Support for the Secretariat of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)

对世界环境变化的担忧促使来自许多不同国家的科学家在广泛的研究和培训活动上进行合作。 其中许多活动由三个主要国际组织中的一个或多个协调： 世界气候研究计划 (WCRP)，由世界气象组织监督；国际地圈-生物圈计划（IGBP），由国际科学理事会（ICSU）监督；全球环境变化国际人文因素计划 (IHDP)，该计划由国际科学理事会 (ICSU) 监督并与国际社会科学理事会 (ISSC) 合作。 IHDP 的目标是发起、协调全球变化的人类层面的研究并寻求支持。 IHDP 还高度重视发展该主题的研究能力以及加强国家和国际研究网络。 IHDP 活动的重点是核心项目的开发和实施。 IHDP 已经建立的项目涉及土地利用和土地覆盖变化（LUCC；由 IGBP 共同发起）、全球环境变化的制度维度（IDGEC）、全球环境变化和人类安全（GECHS）以及工业转型。 该奖项将为负责协调德国波恩大学 IHDP 的 IHDP 秘书处以及 IHDP 科学委员会主席及其主要协调委员会开展的活动提供支持。 NSF 代表参与美国全球变化研究计划的机构为 IHDP 及其秘书处提供核心支持。通过 IHDP 的支持，对基础设施进行了扎实的投资，以培育更广泛、更深层次的国际跨学科合作网络。 这进一步加强了对一系列主题和项目的科学探究，从而有助于增强有关非常重要的主题和问题的基础知识。 通过其能力建设活动，特别是支持教育和吸引更多发展中国家科学家参与的活动，IHDP 还促进了国际科学队伍的加强和多样化。

Concerns about changes in the world's environment have led scientists from many different nations to collaborate on a broad range of research and training activities. Many of these activities are coordinated by one or more of three major international organizations: the World Climate Research Program (WCRP), which is overseen by the World Meteorological Organization; the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), which is overseen by the International Council of Science (ICSU); and the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), which is overseen by the International Council of Science (ICSU) with cooperation from the International Social Science Council (ISSC). The objective of the IHDP is to initiate, coordinate, and find support for research on the human dimensions of global change. IHDP also places strong emphasis on developing research capacity on this topic and on strengthening national and international research networks. A major emphasis of IHDP activities is the development and conduct of core projects. Projects already established by IHDP deal with Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (LUCC; co-sponsored by IGBP), Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (IDGEC), Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS), and Industrial Transformation. This award will provide support for the IHDP Secretariat, which coordinates IHDP at the University of Bonn in Germany, and for activities undertaken by the Chair of the IHDP Scientific Committee and by its major coordinating committees. Core support for the IHDP and its Secretariat is provided by NSF on behalf of agencies participating in the U.S. Global Change Research Program.Through support of the IHDP, a solid investment is made in the infrastructure that fosters broader and deeper international, interdisciplinary collaborative networks. This further strengthens scientific inquiry across a range of topics and projects, thereby helping to enhance fundamental knowledge about very important topics and issues. Through its capacity-building activities, especially support for activities that education and involve more scientists from developing nations, the IHDP also facilitates a strengthening and diversification of the international scientific workforce.