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Overview of Institutions Relevant to Global Change Research
Overview of Institutions Relevant to Global Change Research
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has 123 institutes covering the range of scientific disciplines, the State Oceanographic Administration (SOA) has its own research institutes, and the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA)
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Chinese scientists are aware of these inefficiencies and compensate through ingenuity and individual collaborations. Fortunately, as Chinese participation in international global change research programs increases, it appears to promote larger scale multidisciplinary and interinstitutional research projects that span various administrative systems.
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First, the Chinese global change effort is due, in large part, to the commitment and unflagging efforts of Ye Duzheng, director emeritus of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, CAS special advisor (a senior position of considerable stature) , and chairman of the China National Committee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (CNCIGBP)
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SIC SClenCe. CAS is based on the Soviet model of creating institutes organized around specific disciplines, and it currently is composed of 123 institutes, the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, 22 open laboratories, a few of which are also national key laboratories,4 affiliated corporations, and a library.
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Moreover, China has received $2 million from the Global Environment Facility to conduct a 2-year study on the control and mitigation of greenhouse gases that will be implemented through NEPA. This study will include a study of potential impacts of climate change during the next 50 to 100 years by reviewing models for sea-level rise and other impacts of climate change to assess human, social, and economic impacts, by assessing various mitigation strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and by making policy recommendations.
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, the South China Institute of Environmental Protection, the Xinjiang Institute of Environmental Research, the Institute of Environmental and Economic Policy Research, and the Wuhan University Institute of Environmental Law Research. Under CRAES, which was founded in 1979, various institutes conduct research in most aspects of environmental studies: the Institute of Atmospheric Environment, Institute of Water Environment, Institute of Ecological Environment, Institute of Analysis and Measurement, Institute of Environmental Management, Institute of Environmental Standards, Institute of Environmental Information, and the Center of Computation (which has environmental databases)
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In general, NSFC plans to emphasize paleoclimatic study (improved sensitivity) , near-term climate change, and biogeochemical interaction mechanisms.
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Although it has ultimate responsibility for colleges and universities, direct supervisory control is often delegated to provincial education commissions, ministries or other relevant cosponsoring institutions, for example, CAS (Reed 1989~. Chinese institutions of higher education have designations and are organized differently than in the West.
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The two new Chinese education initiatives focus on global environmental change at the largest scales, which the planners recog~ize requires international understanding to manage effectively.
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The leading organizer of this proposal is Fu Congbin at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics. Beijing Normal University is proposing a summer school for advanced teacher training in global change science, which will target current and prospective teachers of pre-college and beginning higher general education students.
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Membership inludes the heads of all relevant ministries and agencies (SSTC, State conomic Commission, State Planning Commission, Ministry of Ur~an and Rural Construction, Ministry of Forestry, MOA, Ministry of ATater Resources, various industrial ministries, and the Ministry of energy) , who meet quarterly to review and set environmental policy and provide interagency coordination.
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SOA has three branch offices: Qingdao for activities related to the North Sea, Shanghai for activities related to the East China Sea, and Guangzhou for activities related to the South China Sea. SOA operates the First, Second, and Third Institutes of Oceanography, the Institute of Marine Environmental Protection, the Institute of Ocean Technology, the Institute of Marine Scientific and Technological Information,8 the Institute of Desalination, the Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, the China Ocean Press, and the Ningbo Oceanography School.
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As a mem~er, SSTC chairs the working group for response strategies, and, to his end, will develop a national response strategy for global climate hange with financing from the Asian Development Bank. SSTC will assess current and projected greenhouse gas emissions, review strate,ies for reducing them, and analyze policy implications.
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5. The Global Environment Facility is a multilateral fund set up by governments, the World Bank, the United Nations Environment Program, and the United Nations Development Program to finance grants and low-interest loans to developing countries for projects related to global environment, for example, greenhouse gas response strategies, biodiversity action plans, and technology transfers.
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