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Belmont Forum welcomes New Members at Successful 10th Meeting

Representatives from 30 funding agencies, ministries, and multi-national organizations met in Oslo last week at the 10th plenary meeting of the Belmont Forum. The members, partners, and guests were welcomed by Fridtjof Unander, Executive Director of the Division for Energy, Resources, and the Environment at the Research Council of Norway. Discussion centered on flexible methods of international collaboration to advance key global change research areas.

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Global Environmental and Social Change Funders join forces to meet Grand Scientific Challenges

Next week in Oslo, Norway, the members and partners of the Belmont Forum will meet to discuss the adaptation and resilience needs of vulnerable communities. These scientific grand challenges benefit not only from the shared expertise of natural scientists, social scientists, and engaged stakeholders but also the collaborative support of multiple funding agencies and organizations.

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Belmont Forum Principals Meeting takes place in Oslo

The meeting will focus on Belmont Forum governance and operations, updates from on-going Collaborative Research Actions, discussions of potential new Collaborative Research Actions, information exchange, and the Belmont Forum’s relationships with other global change research organizations, such as Future Earth.

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Do you have your Eyes on the Rise? Sea Level Rise is a Reality for Conference Goers

High tides combined with super saturated ground and rising seas resulted in substantial flooding in South Florida last week, just in time to greet Al Gore and the Climate Reality Conference in Miami. Parking lots flooded and roads turned into rivers while top scientists and stakeholders met to address the very near term effects of climate change. One team of researchers at the conference from Florida International University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication is working to educate tomorrow’s communicators how best to bring climate change and South Florida’s rising seas into global conversations.

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