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Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) was an international interdisciplinary partnership established to promote integrated study of the Earth system and the interactions between environmental and human processes.[1] The partnership brought together four major global change programmes: DIVERSITAS, the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), and the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP).[2]
Purpose and scope
[edit]ESSP aimed to transcend disciplinary boundaries by integrating natural sciences and social sciences to improve understanding and prediction of global and regional environmental change, and to inform sustainable responses.[3] Its strategy emphasised systems-level observations, interdisciplinary modelling, regional studies, and engagement with stakeholders and policy communities.[4]
Joint projects and activities
[edit]ESSP coordinated a small set of interdisciplinary “Joint Projects” addressing societally relevant themes: carbon (through the Global Carbon Project), food systems (GECAFS), water systems (GWSP), and global environmental change and human health (GEC&HH).[5] These projects combined existing scientific networks, regional studies (for example the Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study, MAIRS), and capacity-building activities to link local-regional research with global synthesis.[6]
Governance and review
[edit]ESSP operated as a partnership among the sponsoring programmes with coordination provided through a scientific committee and Secretariat functions, and it was periodically reviewed by ICSU and partner funding bodies to assess progress, governance and policy relevance.[3]
Transition and legacy
[edit]Following an independent review and planning processes, ESSP underwent a phased transition into the initiative known as Future Earth which formally began to absorb and reconfigure ESSP activities from 2012 onwards; this shift sought a broader sustainability focus and new modes of co-design between science and society.[7][8] ESSP’s principal legacy is the operational model of interdisciplinary joint projects and regional synthesis, which informed successor efforts and many active research networks.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "About Us – ESSP". ESSP. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ↑ "Partners – ESSP". ESSP. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- 1 2 "ICSU-IGFA Review of the Earth System Science Partnership" (PDF). International Council for Science / IGFA. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ↑ Leemans, Rik (2009). "Developing a common strategy for integrative global environmental change research — the ESSP Strategy paper" (PDF). Global Carbon Project. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ↑ "Joint Projects – ESSP". ESSP. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ↑ "A decade of Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP)" (PDF). Global Carbon Project. 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ↑ "Earth System Science Partnership begins transition to Future Earth". IGBP. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ↑ "The Evolution of Earth System Science". Future Earth. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ↑ "Reflections on a three-decade legacy". IGBP. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
External links
[edit]- International environmental organizations
- Systems sciences organizations
- Earth system sciences
- International scientific organizations
- Multidisciplinary research institutes
- Scientific organizations established in 2001
- Organizations disestablished in 2012
- International Council for Science
- Sustainability organizations
- Defunct scientific organizations