Interdisciplinary Bodies
Table of Interdisciplinary Bodies
| Interdisciplinary Body | Established | Sponsors |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| COSPAR | Committee On SPAce Research | 1958 |
ICSU |
| CODATA | COmmittee on DATA for Science and Technology | 1966 |
ICSU |
| DIVERSITAS | An International Programme of Biodiversity Science | 1991 |
ICSU, IUBS, SCOPE, UNESCO |
| FUTURE EARTH | Research for Global Sustainability | 2011 | ICSU, ISSC, Belmont Forum, UNU, UNEP |
| GCOS | Global Climate Observing System | 1992 |
ICSU, IOC, UNEP WMO |
| GOOS | Global Ocean Observing System | 1993 |
ICSU, IOC, UNEP, WMO |
| GTOS | Global Terrestrial Observing System | 1996 |
FAO, ICSU, UNEP, UNESCO, WMO |
| HEALTH & WELLBEING | Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment: a Systems Analysis Approach | 2011 | ICSU |
| IGBP | International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme | 1986 |
ICSU |
| IHDP | International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change | 1996 |
ICSU, ISSC, UNU |
| INASP | International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications | 1992 |
ICSU |
| IRDR | Integrated Research on Disaster Risk | 2008 | ICSU, ISSC, UN ISDR |
| IUCAF | Scientific Committee on Frequency Allocations for Radio Astronomy and Space Science | 1960 |
IAU, COSPAR, URSI |
| PECS | Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society | 2008 | ICSU, UNESCO |
| SCAR | Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research | 1958 |
ICSU |
| SCOR | Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research | 1957 |
ICSU |
| SCOSTEP | Scientific Committee On Solar-TErrestrial Physics | 1966 |
ICSU |
| WCRP | World Climate Research Programme | 1980 |
ICSU, WMO, IOC |
| WDS | World Data System | 2008 | ICSU |
Sponsors
- Belmont Forum = Group of Research Funding Agencies
- FAO = Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- IAU = International Astronomical Union
- IOC = Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
- ISSC = International Social Science Council
- IUBS = International Union of Biological Sciences
- SCOPE = Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
- UNEP = United Nations Environment Programme
- UNESCO = United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UN ISDR = United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
- UNU = United Nations University
- URSI = Union Radio Scientifique Internationale
- WMO = World Meteorological Organization (UN body)
by Jacinta Legg


