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Global
change, climate and biodiversity
Forewarned is forearmed - a better understanding of global
change problems such as climate, ozone depletion, loss of biodiversity
and the disruption of ocean circulation is essential.
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change influences policies ranging from renewable energies to transport
management, industrial emissions to forestry. This key action will
provide a scientific, technological and socio-economic basis for
strategies to address issues such as the effects of climate change,
desertification and biodiversity loss. It will also form the foundation
for European Union policies, and fulfil the EU's obligations stemming
from international commitments to sustainable development. Research
will be wide-ranging in scope, from ecosystem interactions between
land, water, atmosphere and oceans to assessing the impact of human
activities on the environment - and the changing environment's future
impact on humanity - as well as improving observation and monitoring
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Detecting
and predicting global change |
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- Natural
and man-made changes to the atmosphere, ozone depletion
and climatic change
atmospheric
composition change, depletion of stratospheric ozone, prediction
of climatic change, abrupt climate change
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Strategies
for responding to global change |
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- Global
and regional scenarios and strategies to prevent, mitigate
and adapt to global change
mitigation
and adaptation to global change, biodiversity and economic
development, combating land degradation and desertification,
EU and international environmental policies
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Understanding
ecosystems |
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- Ecosystems
on land, in rivers and lakes and in the sea
ecosystem
vulnerability, ecosystems, carbon and nitrogen cycles, biodiversity
and conservation of biodiversity
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European
support for global observation |
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- observing
systems for climate, land and oceans
better
use of existing data and observing systems, new long-term
observation capacity
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