Watersheds, bays, and bounded seas : the science and management of semi-enclosed marine systems / by Urban, Edward R., International Council for Science : Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment

Sustainability indicators : a scientific assessment / by 1961-, Moldan, Bedrich, Dahl, Arthur L., International Council for Science : Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment

The World Ocean Database by S Levitus, J I Antonov, O K Baranova, T P Boyer, C L Coleman, H E Garcia, A I Grodsky, D R Johnson, R A Locarnini, A V Mishonov, J R Reagan, C L Sazama, D Seidov, I Smolyar, E S Yarosh, M M Zweng

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WDC Activities in Japan, 2008 by Takashi Watanabe

“…This paper briefly reviews the activities of the International Council for Science (ICSU) World Data Centers (WDCs) in Japan at a time of great change in the data and information structures of the ICSU ? …”
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The publication of scientific data by World Data Centers and the National Library of Science and Technology in Germany by J Brase, U Schindler

“…In its 2004 report "Data and information", the International Council for Science (ICSU) strongly recommended a new strategic framework for scientific data and information. …”
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ECOLOGICAL POLICY IN PRODUCTION OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANT CULTURES by Tatjana Papić-Brankov, Koviljko Lovre

“…Several international treaties and conventions relevant to the environmental aspects transgenih products, and most important are: Convention on biological diversity (CBD), Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the International Convention on Plant Protection (IPPC). International Council for Science recommends further research the effects of plant transgenih culture and much more specific monitoring (with better methodology) after their release into the environment. …”
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AN EARTH-SYSTEM PREDICTION INITIATIVE FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY by Shapiro, M, Shukla, J, Brunet, G, Nobre, C, Beland, M, Dole, R, Trenberth, K, Anthes, R, Asrar, G, Barrie, L, Bougeault, P, Brasseur, G, Burridge, D, Busalacchi, A, Caughey, J, Chen, D, Church, J, Enomoto, T, Hoskins, B, Hov, O, Laing, A, Le Treut, H, Marotzke, J, McBean, G, Meehl, G

“…It will link with international organizations, such as the International Council for Science (ICSU), Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), UNEP, WMO, and World Health Organization (WHO). …”

Metadata Management at the Polar Data Centre of the National Institute of Polar Research, Japan by M Kanao, M Okada, A Kadokura

“…Although long-term stewardship of those amalgamated metadata falls to the data centre, the efforts are in collaboration with the Global Change Master Directory, the Polar Information Commons, and the newly established World Data System of the International Council for Science.…”
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Current issues in environmental management in Australia – what do people think? by Bill Boyd, Les Christidis, Kristin den Exte, David Lloyd

“…In 2010, the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Science Council (ISSC) published their Grand Challenges in Global Sustainability Research, seeking to mobilise researchers in a 10-year scientific effort to address what they call the “grand challenges in global sustainability”. …”
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Toward Implementation of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems Data Sharing Principles by Paul F Uhlir, Robert S Chen, Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz, Katleen Janssen

“…This article was first written as a “white paper” for the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) under Task DA-06-01, “Furthering the Practical Application of the Agreed GEOSS Data Sharing Principles,” which was led beginning in 2006 by the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) of the International Council for Science (ISCU) under the auspices of the GEO Architecture and Data Committee. …”
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A TOGA Retrospective by Michael J. McPhaden, Antonio J. Busalacchi, David L.T. Anderson

“…IOC, together with the World Meteorological Organization and the International Council of Science, cosponsored not only TOGA, but also antecedent and follow-on climate research programs under WCRP. …”
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Building a Gas Hydrate Information System in China by Yun Xiao, Runqiang Wang, Jianhui Li

“…In 2000 CODATA (Committee on Data for Science and Technology, International Council for Science) established a task group for Data on Natural Gas Hydrates, which aims to develop a comprehensive information system of all aspects of natural gas hydrates. …”
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IPBES, an inclusive institution? Challenging the integration of stakeholders in a science-policy interface by Mohamed Oubenal, Marie Hrabanski, Denis Pesche

“…In order to encourage NSAs to participate and self-organize, an institutional process has been led by the Secretariat in collaboration with two main organizations: Diversitas-International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). …”
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An integrated framework for sustainable development goals by David Griggs, Mark Stafford Smith, Johan Rockström, Marcus C. Öhman, Owen Gaffney, Gisbert Glaser, Norichika Kanie, Ian Noble, Will Steffen, Priya Shyamsundar

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Celebrating 80 years of the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) by L. Rickards, L. Rickards, A. Matthwes, K. Gordon, M. Tamisea, S. Jevrejeva, P. Woodworth, E. Bradshaw

“…The PSMSL was established as a “Permanent Service” of the International Council for Science in 1958, but in practice was a continuation of the Mean Sea Level Committee which had been set up at the Lisbon International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) conference in 1933. …”
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World War II (1939-1945) Oceanographic Observations by S Levitus, S Matishov, I Smolyar, O K Baranova, M M Zweng, T Tielking, N Mikhailov, S Kizu, F Nast, G Reed, R Keeley, L Rickards, A Korablev

“…Most of the data shown in this paper and the data within the WOD in which these data reside in a uniform format were gathered under the auspices of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) committee of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO and the ICSU (International Council of Science) World Data Center system, which is now part of the ICSU World Data System. …”
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Connecting the sustainable development goals by their energy inter-linkages by David L McCollum, Luis Gomez Echeverri, Sebastian Busch, Shonali Pachauri, Simon Parkinson, Joeri Rogelj, Volker Krey, Jan C Minx, Måns Nilsson, Anne-Sophie Stevance, Keywan Riahi

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