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International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB-ICC)
The Council will review progress and make important decisions concerning new sites to be included in UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves. -
Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013
Learn how the mathematical sciences can be useful in tackling our world’s problems.
Did you know?
The cost of adapting to the impacts of a 2°C rise in global average temperature could range from US$70 to $100 billion per year between 2020 and 2050 (World Bank, 2010). Of this cost, between US$13.7 billion (drier scenario) and $19.2 billion (wetter scenario) will be related to water, predominantly through water supply and flood management.




