June 19, 2019
The Digital Belt and Road (DBAR) regional consultation and networking workshop for South East Asia was held at the United Nation Conference Center (UNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand from February 25-26, 2019. The workshop was co-organized by the DBAR office, the…
June 17, 2019
The Nordic Climate Facility (NCF) launched a call for proposals for financing innovative climate change projects in developing countries (full list available here). This year’s theme is: Testing the viability of innovative climate solutions. At least one of the project partners…
June 14, 2019
Over the course of the Future Resilience for African Cities and Lands (FRACTAL) program, a series of grants have supported transdisciplinary research and cross-city learning, bringing together teams consisting of representatives from African academic institutions, government organizations and others. These…
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June 06, 2019
We are pleased to announce that the second issue of START’s ProSus Magazine is now available. This issue focuses on climate change adaptation and features research and stories from the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) program. From 2014 to 2018,…
June 04, 2019
The Temperate East Asia Regional Center (TEA-START) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow. Duties: The main task is to project future changes in extreme precipitation in Eurasia and North Africa after bias-correction of the newest generation of…
May 25, 2019
A seasoned researcher in climate change adaptation, Dr. Chipo Mubaya doesn’t hesitate to give credit to the African Climate Change Fellowship (ACCFP) Program for the trajectory that her career has taken. “It all started with the ACCFP fellowship – it…
May 23, 2019
English version Après la réunion de lancement de ProGREEN tenue à Dakar en mars 2019, l’équipe du Burkina Faso a commencé la mise en œuvre du travail d’évaluation. Depuis la réunion, l’équipe a finalisé son plan d’action et a commencé…
May 23, 2019
Version française Following the ProGREEN inception meeting held in Dakar in March 2019, the Burkina Faso country team is now transitioning to implementing the assessment work. Since the meeting, the team finalized their action plan and have begun collecting data…
May 21, 2019
Land cover/land use change (LCLUC) experts will meet in Malaysia in July to review availability, potential, and limitations of different data sources and methodologies for the monitoring and the study of LCLUC, and quantification and its impact on the environment. Several…
May 21, 2019
The Global Change Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, would like to appoint a post-doctoral researcher in climate change adaptation focusing on the role of youth change agents and climate change. About the job: Africa is one of…