iLEAPSIntegrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere

Processes Study

www.ileaps.org

IGBP IPO meeting 15-17 Jan 2013Stockholm, Sweden

HC Hansson and Tanja SuniCo-chair of iLEAPS SSC/ Ex. Officer iLEAPS IPO

iLEAPS progress in 2012 Research and strategy

Two new integrative research themes developed with AIMES and GLP as adjustment for Future EarthComplex dynamics between natural and social systemsSustainable managed environments

Two new initiatives startedIGAC/iLEAPS/WMO initiative on Biomass burning• First workshop in July 2012, Geneva – Co-chairs appointed in autumn 2012• EGU session on the initiative “Fire in the Earth system” in 2013iLEAPS/GLP initiative on Interactions among Managed Ecosystems, Climate, and Societies (IMECS) • Part of LULCC synthesis and the Sustainable managed environments –theme• First workshop planned for September 2013 in Amsterdam (HC, hopefully

LULCC synthesis money can be extended to cover this?)

iLEAPS progress in 2012 Research and strategy

iLEAPS product: Multidimensional biosphere-atmosphere-society index A Biosphere-Atmosphere-Index - A time evolving index …

– summarizing the major directions of biospheric and climatic co-variability– with an immediate biological/physical interpretation– computable for the globe and for regional subsets (e.g. continents, biomes etc.)– data-driven– robust against data uncertainties

Four new projects endorsedo HENVI Forests and Climate Changeo Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX)o Methane loss from Arctic: towards an annual budget of CH4 emissions from tundra ecosystems across a latitudinal gradiento Global Land-Atmosphere Coupling Experiment (GLACE_CMIP5)

Action Plan for the next 3-4 yrs in preparation

Theme 1: Understanding the dynamic properties of the human-Earth systemTheme 2: Sustainable management of human-dominated environments

iLEAPS progress in 2012 Research and strategy

Structure of New Action PlanTheme 1: Understanding the dynamic properties of the human-Earth system Focus  1. Land-atmosphere exchange: Distributions, sources and sinks Focus 2. Ecosystem-atmosphere exchange: Observation, theory, and modeling

Theme 2: Sustainable management of human-dominated environments Focus 1. Interactions between climate change, extreme events, and the Earth-system Focus 2. Understanding the dynamic properties of the human-dominated environments.

Top-priorities on scientific questionsRegional committee’s Specific actions ( projects etc)

iLEAPS progress in 2012 LULCC synthesis

Aim: To understand the relative strengths and weaknesses of various land use classification systems and models for use in climate and water assessments

Method: to bring the different communities together for an organized comparison, to stimulate the transfer of methods and ideas, to improve current approaches to modeling land use decisions across scales as well as to evaluate current knowledge of climate-related consequences of land use change.

Workshops have been successful in creating a mutual understanding of the challenges and knowledge gaps:• LULCC Kick-off meeting in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (September 2011)• GLP workshop in Crackenback, Australia (December 2011)• EMF workshop session in Snowmass, Colorado (August 2012)

iLEAPS progress in 2012 LULCC synthesis products

Publications:Hibbard, K., et al. (2010). Research priorities in land use and land-cover change for the Earth system and integrated assessment modeling. International Journal of Climatology 30, 2118-2128.Verburg, P. H., Neumann, K., and Nol, L. (2011) Challenges in using land use and land cover data for global change studies. Global Change Biology 17(2), 974-989. Rounsevell, M., et al. (2012). Incorporating human behaviour and decision making processes in land use and climate system models - Report of the Global Land Project (GLP) and CSIRO sponsored workshop, Crackenback, Australia, Nov/Dec 2011. GLP Report Number 8. Available at: www.globallandproject.org.O’Neill, B. Verburg, P.H. (2012) Land use and climate change – Report of the EMF workshop session, Snowmass, USA, Aug 2012. GLPReport Number 9. Available at: www.globallandproject.org.

New joint GLP/iLEAPS initiative: Interactions among Managed Ecosystems, Climate, and Societies (IMECS).

Joint GLP/iLEAPS workshop in September 2013:Wrap-up of LULCC synthesis & Kick-off of IMECSOrganizers: Tanja Suni (iLEAPS), Giovana Espindola (GLP), Peter Verburg (GLP), Almut Arneth (AIMES/iLEAPS)

iLEAPS progress in 2012 SSC

Three new SSC members acquired from the socioeconomic/complex systems community to work on the new themes as adjustment for Future Earth:

David Newth (complex systems science, Australia, officially appointed in 2013)Complex dynamics among human and natural systems

Sirkku Juhola (adaptation, economy, developing countries, Finland): Complex dynamics among human and natural systemsSustainable managed ecosystems

Jason Sjogren (natural resources economy, USA)Complex dynamics among human and natural systemsSustainable managed ecosystems

iLEAPS progress in 2012 Outreach and communication

Newslettero Issue 12 “Future Land-Atmosphere Observation Platforms” publishedo Newsletter re-designed and expenses halved; logo updated in the process

Website updated; now includeso Regularly updated science highlightso Research priorities and themes with descriptionso Publication database

Joint special issue in ACP & BG: 14 articles published + 25 in Discussions

iLEAPS Facebook page started for publishing science highlights; now 202 readers

iLEAPS progress in 2012 Regional nodes

iLEAPS-Japan and iLEAPS-China restructurediLEAPS Japan presented this week at ISAR-3 conference in Tokyo including a satellite meeting with iLEAPS-Eurasia, iLEAPS-Japan, and iLEAPS

iLEAPS-Eurasia foundedOffice at University of HelsinkiCoordinates the Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX)

iLEAPS-Americas in preparationFirst workshop together with IGAC on 27-28 January in Bogota, Colombia

Other regional nodes in planning/preparationAfrica, Mediterranean, South-East Asia

Thank you!

iLEAPS Phase II (2014 – 2024): Interactions among Land Ecosystems, AtmosPhere, and Societies

Society

AtmosphereLand Ecosystems

The main priorities of iLEAPS under IGBP/Future Earth in the coming years are to establish a continuation for the period 2014-2024 with a focus on interactions among land ecosystems, atmosphere, and societies.

With special emphasis on 10 research priorities outlined by iLEAPS SSC in 2011:• New observation networks incorporating remote sensing techniques with

ground-based observations• Basic boundary-layer dynamics• The role of land-cover changes in modulating carbon, nitrogen, and hydrological

cycles and, consequently, atmospheric chemistry, aerosol dynamics, and climate• Regional (high-latitude) processes and their influence on global simulations• Integrative model evaluation and development on many levels in collaboration

with WCRP • Extreme events vs. gradual change and adaptation • Interactions and exchange between managed ecosystems and atmosphere • Impact studies of land management practices and recommendations on best

practices • Societal-relevant indicators of land surface together with WCRP (biomass, water

stress, soil moisture, soil fertility, pollution, phenology)• Interactions among anthropogenic and biogenic aerosols, clouds, and climate.