Sponsoring Programs
The conference was organized by START and China Meteorological Administration (local hosts - CMA) on behalf of the international global change research programmes, the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP), and in partnership with:
Analysis, Integration and Modeling of the Earth System (AIMES)
project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP),
The Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN),
The European Science Foundation (ESF),
The Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research (WOTRO),
The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI),
The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
Directorate General for International Cooperation (DGIS),
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF),
The Third World Academy of Science (TWAS),
The United States Climate Change Science Program (USCCSP), and
