February 05, 2019
The Equator Prize 2019 will be awarded to outstanding local community and indigenous peoples’ initiatives that advance innovative nature-based development solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The winners will join a prestigious network of 223 leading community-based organizations from…
January 31, 2019
The Finance consultant will serve as the lead on day to day financial issues including payroll, the annual audit, and general process development. This is a remote position with preference for applicants who can be available for in‑person meetings in Boulder, CO, or…
January 24, 2019
The African Academy of Sciences (The AAS), the United Kindgoms’ Department for International Development (DFID) Weather and Climate information SERvices for Africa (WISER) programme and the Africa Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa have…
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January 21, 2019
The São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Scenarios and Modelling on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services to Support Human Well-Being (SPSAS Scenarios) is sponsored by the São Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP), and will be held from 01 to 14…
January 20, 2019
Forests cover more than 45% of Nepal’s land and are one of the country’s major resources. Since the 80s, Nepal has adopted a groundbreaking approach to forest management, allowing communities to take ownership of and manage local forests. Today, nearly…
January 15, 2019
Progress in Disaster Science is a new open access journal by Elsevier focusing on integrating research and policy in disaster research. It publishes: Invited Viewpoint articles focusing specifically on the advancement and implementation of the four priority areas of the Sendai…
January 09, 2019
As part of its mission, the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) provides funding contributions for synthesis workshops that bring together global change researchers to address specific topics of interest to the mountain research community. The objective for supporting these synthesis workshops…
December 29, 2018
TEA-START, hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to project future changes in extreme precipitation in Eurasia and North Africa after bias-correction of the newest generation of CMIP model simulations. The candidate must possess…
December 21, 2018
The Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong is now accepting applications for the 2019 cohort of its AsiaGlobal Fellows Program, an inter-disciplinary and intensive leadership development initiative designed for mid-career professionals from around the world. The 13-week…
December 10, 2018
Experts met in October to discuss latest developments and initiatives on remote sensing for mapping wildfire hazard and land cover change in Latin America. The meeting of the Latin American Regional Network for Remote Sensing and Forest Fires (RedLaTIF) of…