Ecosystems, climate, society

Presentation made by Dr. Thomas Pugh (KIT) – Contact : [email protected]

Content: An overview of the structure and processes underlying state-of-the-art terrestrial carbon cycle models

Presentation made by Dr. Thomas Pugh (KIT) – Contact : [email protected]

Content: An introduction to some of the interactions of land-use change with, Short Lived Climate Pollutants and air quality.

Presentation made by PD Dr. Ralf Kiese (KIT) – Contact : [email protected].

The presentation gives an introduction into the nitrogen cycle and deals about, components, reservoirs and turnover processes, human perturbation and consequences and, provides and discusses results from field and biogeochemical modelling studies in terrestrial ecosystems

Presentation made by Dr. Benjamin Quesada (KIT) – Contact : [email protected]. Content: Surface energy balance, Biophysical impacts of land cover change, Radiative and non-radiative aspects : Observations

Presentation made by Dr. Benjamin Quesada (KIT) – Contact : [email protected].

Content: Radiative and non-radiative aspects : Models, Biophysical impacts of historical LULCC, Biophysical impacts of future LULCC, Applications of land use for climate mitigation

Presentation made by Dr. Anita Bayer (KIT) – Contact : [email protected].

Content: Common trade-offs, Examples for methods to identify ES trade-offs

Presentation made by Dr. Anita Bayer (KIT) – Contact : [email protected].

Content: Definition, classification and examples for Ecosystem Services (ES), Quantification of ES, Monetary Valuation, Introduction to trade-offs between ES

Dr Jo House from the University of Bristol gives an overview of greenhouse gas emissions from land-use change, and describes land-based ways of mitigating climate change.

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Dr Jo House from the University of Bristol gives an introduction to international climate policy, with a focus on land-use change. | Contact: [email protected]

Professor Mark Rounsevell from the School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh describes an exercise to develop future socio-economic scenarios using an online Integrated Assessment Model. | Contact : [email protected]