Support for Global Change Research Activities of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

国际科学联盟理事会将扩大努力，规划和改进全球变化研究的国际协调。为此目的，国际科学理事会新的环境咨询委员会将监督和协调国际科学理事会的各种方案和与全球变化研究有关的其他活动。其中包括国际地圈-生物圈计划（IGBP）；国际科联常设委员会与全球变化有关的活动，例如海洋研究科学委员会的活动；以及国际学生会联盟的全球变革相关项目。一名新的国际科学理事会全球变化科学干事将为环境咨询委员会工作；组织国际科学理事会关于全球变化问题的论坛；作为国际科学理事会同与全球变化研究有关的其他国际组织和私营工业集团的联络人；确保国际社联全球变化战略得到有效实施。

The International Council of Scientific Union (ICSU) will expand its efforts to plan for and to improve international coordinationm of global change research. To this end ICSU's new Advisory Committee on the Environment will oversee and coordinated the various ICSU programs and other activities related to global change research. These include the International Geosphere-biosphere Program (IGBP); global change-related activities of ICSU standing committees, such as those of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Researh (SCOR); and global change-related programs of ICSU unions. A new ICSU science officer for global change will staff the Advisory Committee on the Environment; organize ICSU forums on global change issues; serve as ICSU liaison with other international organizations and private industry groups concerned with global change research; and ensure effective implementation of the ICSU Strategy on Global Change.