Advanced Institute on Forensic Investigation of Disasters (FORIN) – Southeast Asia
The IRDR International Centre of Excellence (ICoE) in Taipei, together with START, IRDR and ICSU, is pleased to announce the 2012 Advanced Institute on Forensic Investigation of Disasters (FORIN) - Southeast Asia. The Institute, to be held 12-18 March 2012 at the IRDR ICoE in Taipei, will provide approximately 15-20 young to middle-career researchers and practitioners from Southeast Asia with the enhanced understanding, skills and resources to design, organize and carry out FORIN related studies in their own countries.
African Climate Change Fellowship Program (ACCFP)
The African Climate Change Fellowship Program (ACCFP) enables African practitioners, researchers, educators and graduate students to undertake activities that enhance their capacities for advancing and applying knowledge for climate change adaptation in Africa. The program is currently supporting its third …
Biodiversity Conservation under a Changing Climate
University level multidisciplinary programs that facilitate learning about climate change challenges to biodiversity and ecosystem services are relatively scarce in the Albertine Rift region of Africa – a biodiversity hotspot that is increasingly under threat from natural and human-induced drivers …
Climate Change Research, Education and Outreach Center
START is partnering with the University of Dar es Salaam on a university-wide program to integrate teaching and learning on climate change into the classroom experience, and to promote communication on critical climate change issues between the university and the …
Graduate Student Research Opportunity in Climate Risk Management
The Graduate Student Research Opportunity in Climate Risk Management fosters a network of young researchers interested in action-oriented and collaborative research on climate, development, and humanitarian work. The program aims to enhance knowledge about how climate threats and risks should be taken into account to improve humanitarian decisions within Africa.
Research Partnership Enhancement Awards for African Scientists
The Research Partnership Enhancement Awards are being offered as a way to enhance collaborative US/Africa projects for research, training, joint scientific publications and the development of communication products.
2002 Advanced Institute on Climate Variability and Food Security
The Advanced Institute on Climate Variability and Food Security focused on the application of seasonal climate forecasts to improve agricultural food security. The intensive training component of the Institute was held at the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI) facility in Palisades, New York from 8-26 July 2002.
2003 Advanced Institute on Urbanization, Emissions & the Global Carbon Cycle
he Advanced Institute on Urbanization, Emissions and the Global Carbon Cycle brought together young natural and social scientists, engineers, and urban planners to critically examine the environmentally significant interaction of cities and their environment, specifically the emissions of both long-lived GHGs and short-lived polluting gases and particulates. The intensive training component of this institute was held at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado from 4-22 August 2003.
2004 Advanced Institute on Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change
The Advanced Institute on Vulnerability to Global Environmental Change is focused on utilizing selected analytic tools to build the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct research on vulnerability to global environmental change. The intensive training seminar was held 3-21 May 2004 at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria.
2007 Advanced Institute on the Vulnerability of Water
START, in partnership with the Global Water System Project (GWSP), and with financial support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and the International Foundation of Science (IFS) invited selected Institute Fellow applicants to participate in the Advanced Institute on Global Environmental Change and the Vulnerability of water resources in the context of the Millennium Development Goals, hosted by UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft and the Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
2008 Advanced Institute on the Asian Monsoon
START is responding to this need by creating learning opportunities for regional scientists with an Advanced Institute on the Asian Monsoon: Prediction of Change and Variability. In January 2008, twenty early-career meteorologists from across the Asia-Pacific region and North America met to attend a series of lectures on the Asian monsoon and to explore possibilities for collaboration.
Global Environmental Change Education
Education has a vital role to play in facilitating adaptation to the impacts global environmental change, including climate change. START collaborates with universities in Africa and Asia to promote innovative approaches to education in developing countries through opportunities for experiential learning, research, knowledge sharing and institutional development. START convened a major forum on the role of universities in supporting adaptation; facilitated the creation of the African Climate Change Research and Education Network (ACRE-Net) for communication and collaboration on adaptation; and expanded its African Climate Change Fellowship Program for strengthening professional capabilities in advancing and applying knowledge to climate change adaptation. It is partnering with the University of Dar es Salaam in the development of a Climate Change Research, Education and Outreach Center to facilitate interdisciplinary learning about climate change in the classroom and promote communication between the university and a wide range of stakeholders. START’s Biodiversity Conservation under Climate Change program supported faculty development, generated of new curriculum on global environmental change, and is building e-learning platforms to serve as a resource for teaching and research.