QUEST
Earth system science and climate: Policy relevant outcomes of the NERC QUEST programme
4 November 2010
Church House Conference Centre,
Westminster, London, SW1P 3NZ
The UK Natural Environment Research Council's programme Quantifying & Understanding the Earth System (QUEST) held its finale event on 4 November 2010 at Church House, London to celebrate its scientific achievements.
The scope of the research programme included the global atmosphere, oceans, hydrological systems, the cryosphere (ice), biological systems, natural change (climate, volcanic eruptions) and human-induced change and consequences. Specifically, QUEST research projects were centred around the themes:
- How important are climate-biosphere feedbacks?
- How is atmospheric composition naturally regulated?
- How much climate change is "dangerous"?
- Managing the biosphere: what can be done to mitigate climate change?
For more information please see the invitation letter below.
Map to Church House Conference Centre (427KB)
Presentations
Scientists involved in the QUEST programme can be seen in the slides below.
QUEST scientists - Pictures and quotes (1·9MB)
Speaker slides from the plenary session are available below.
Leaflets
The QUEST finale event presented the key outcomes of the programme to policy-makers and interested stakeholders. As part of the event, QUEST research has been synthesised across the projects into eight topic leaflets:
Biogeochemical feedbacks (909KB)
Carbon cycle feedbacks (597KB)
Climate impacts: Fish stocks, food security and biodiversity (740KB)
Creation of the QUEST Earth system model (1·2MB)
Land use, bioenergy, forestry, mitigation (894KB)