An interdisciplinary network for young scholars in Earth System Science: building bridges between developing and developed countries

The goal of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programmes' Analysis, Integration and Modeling of the Earth System (IGBP/AIMES) project Young Scholar's Network (YSN) ist o promote communication and collaboration across disparate geography and disciplines to best meet the emerging challenges in global change science. A primary goal of the YSN is to foster cross-disciplinary collaborations between the natural sciences and scholars studying the human dimensions and discuss ways to provide relevant research findings for decision-makers. We emphasize including scientists from a diverse set of countries, as many countries are impacting and will impact climate change. We focus on young scientists as the integrators. Our most recent workshop focused on modeling land use decision making and included scientists from X (need to fine) countries. The goal of the workshop was to synthesize existing literature, propose a framework for discussing urban interactions to the global biogeochemical cycles, discuss gaps in our scientific understanding and literature and propose solutions to bridge those gaps.