April 20, 2018
An advanced training in remote sensing and geospatial technologies provided an opportunity to early-career scientists and practitioners from the South/Southeast Asia region to further their knowledge and expertise through lectures and hands-on exercises. The training took place in Bangkok, Thailand…
April 20, 2018
The International Regional Science Meeting: Land Cover/Land Use Changes (LC/LUC) and Impacts on Environment in South/Southeast Asia will take place on May 28-30, 2018, in the Philippines. The aim of this meeting is to review the availability, potential and limitations…
April 18, 2018
Climate Strategies (CS), Instituto Clima et Sociedade (ICS), Iniciativa Climatica de Mexico (ICM) and Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Regional Programme on Energy Security and Climate Change in Latin America (EKLA- KAS) announced the 4th Global Climate Policy Conference (GCPC): Harnessing Research…
START’s newsletters offer the latest on research innovations, science capacity development in Africa and Asia, and opportunities in sustainability science from START and partners.
April 17, 2018
IDRC (International Development Research Centre) will grant approximately 20 grants of a maximum of CA$20,000 each to doctoral students in Agriculture and Environment, Inclusive Economies, Technology and Innovation programs. The call is open to Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and citizens of…
April 17, 2018
START supports research that advances knowledge, informs regional and international assessments, and links science, policy and practice domains. Two papers co-authored by START staff and alumni were recently published by Nature Geoscience and the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation…
April 13, 2018
The Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG) based at the University of Cape Town will be running its annual course: Winter School: Using climate information for adaptation and policy development, from 2-6 July 2018. This 1 week intensive course has been developed specifically for…
Call for Expressions of Interest: United Nations QIAO Plan on Climate Change and Nature Conservation
April 12, 2018
In January 2018, the United Nations QIAO Plan on Climate Change and Nature Conservation (hereinafter as “the QIAO Plan”) was launched by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and the Beijing Qiaonyu Foundation. The QIAO Plan is highlighted…
April 11, 2018
In the past few years, through research, workshops and engagement with a diverse set of stakeholders, the Ghana team of the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) program identified priority areas requiring concerted efforts to improve food security in the…
April 10, 2018
Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy (SSPP) welcomes submissions for a Special Issue on “Innovative Perspectives on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production.” Complex and diverse arrays of societal factors and institutions will in coming decades create requirements to reconfigure agro-food…
April 09, 2018
The programme for Scientific & Technological Cooperation is carried out in the frame of the bilateral “Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Science and Technology of the Republic of South Africa and the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and…