tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3860076043931805732024-02-07T12:22:22.795-08:00Realising CHANGE...change is possible...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.comBlogger619125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-80871798466953514592020-06-23T08:04:00.001-07:002020-06-23T08:04:57.695-07:00PhD Position: Petrochemicals and climate change governance (Lund University, Sweden)<div dir="ltr">Lund University (Sweden) now announces a vacant position in the doctoral programme with a focus on "Petrochemicals and climate change governance". The Ph.D. position is fully funded for four years and placed at Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Faculty of Engineering. Social scientists are more than welcome to apply!<br><br>The deadline for submitting an application is July 13, and the planned entry date is Sept 1, 2020.<br><br>The PhD candidate will be connected to the research project "Petrochemicals and climate change governance: Powerful fossil fuel lock-ins and policy options for transformative change". The project is an interdisciplinary project in which researchers from several departments at Lund University (Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Economic History, and Political Science), IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies collaborate. The project aims to investigate different areas of the global petrochemical industry and their implications for climate change mitigation: important actors and networks in the sector; connections to and dependence on global finance and capital; the involvement of the petroleum industry in the sector; global governance and policy options. The PhD candidate is expected to contribute to several of these areas in her/his work. It is thus expected that the PhD student will work with both quantitative data, e.g. from databases on foreign direct investments, as well as qualitative analysis, e.g. case studies based on interviews and documents.<br><br>The announcement can be found here. Most welcome to apply!<br><a href="https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:341968/type:job/where:4/apply:1" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:341968/type:job/where:4/apply:1</a> <br></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-48575565777713717552019-10-22T06:40:00.001-07:002019-10-22T06:40:11.477-07:00PhD position: “The United States’ Internal and External Contestation of Sustainability and/or Trade Norms”<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">PhD position: "The United States' Internal and External Contestation of Sustainability and/or Trade Norms"<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/55439983" target="_blank">https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/55439983</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and the Leuven International and European Studies research group search a dynamic and motivated full-time researcher to pursue a PhD in the context of an ambitious six-year interdisciplinary research programme on connectivity, contestation and cooperation in global governance (CONNECTIVITY). <b>The PhD researcher will focus on the United States, including internal dynamics, external activities and their interaction. S/he will focus on sustainability and/or trade policy and politics</b>. The exact focus will be identified jointly with the supervisor, Prof Dr Katja Biedenkopf. Possible focal areas are climate justice, carbon pricing and the Green New Deal.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bringing together more than fifteen scholars from a diversity of disciplinary backgrounds in the humanities and social sciences, CONNECTIVITY offers a timely assessment of how differences between prominent states' perceptions and translations of international norms impact upon cooperation in the international system. The programme's ultimate ambition is to generate novel insights into how international cooperation may be best fostered amidst the crisis of the current global order. CONNECTIVITY aims to deliver (i) a fundamental rethinking of theories that are built on the assumption of globally-accepted values, including a critical reflection of current Western-centred conceptualisations of foreign policy and international law; (ii) new essential knowledge on the impact of different views on international law and international relations; and (iii) key insights aimed at finding new common ground to foster international cooperation.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies is an interdisciplinary research centre of excellence at the University of Leuven which conducts research pertaining to globalization, governance processes and multilateralism (<a href="http://www.globalgovernancestudies.eu/" target="_blank">www.globalgovernancestudies.eu</a>). The Leuven International and European Studies (LINES) research group includes researchers who are experts on various topics including European Union foreign policy, EU and United States external trade policies, climate and energy policy in Europe, North America and Asia and the regional and multilateral dimensions of global governance (<a href="http://www.kuleuven.be/lines" target="_blank">www.kuleuven.be/lines</a>).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Responsibilities<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You pursue a PhD in political science/international relations.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You develop research expertise in the area of United States and international sustainability and/or trade policy and politics. The concrete research focus will be chosen in close consultation with your main supervisor.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You publish research results in academic journals.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You collaborate with other research centres and institutes within and outside KU Leuven.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You share your expertise and research results within and outside KU Leuven.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You pay attention to the valorisation of research results at the academic level or in society.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You take initiative, together with other colleagues, in order to make your research unit a dynamic research environment.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You are employed in a dynamic, international and growing research environment and contribute to its current and future research activities.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Profile<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You have a Master's degree.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You have a strong and demonstrated interest in political science/international relations, the United States, and sustainability/trade policy and politics.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You have excellent analytical and writing skills.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You have an inquisitive mind.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You have profound expertise and experience in applying qualitative methods. Mastery of quantitative methods is an asset.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You are able to organize your own research activities while working as part of a research group. You are able to handle various tasks at the same time while keeping strict deadlines.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You are enjoy working in a multicultural research project and have experience in collaborating in multicultural teams.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You are willing to travel and conduct field research outside of Belgium.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You master English in an excellent manner. Knowledge of other languages is an asset.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You have excellent study results (you must have graduated in the top 5% of your class).<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Offer<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We offer a full-time fixed-term contract to pursue a PhD (evaluation each year) <b>starting as soon as possible</b> in a dynamic, interdisciplinary and multicultural research environment.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Interested?<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Apply online. With your application please submit:<u></u><u></u></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">A <b>motivation letter</b><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Transcript of marks</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (Master's degree)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="gmail-m_6178112345464059764MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">A <b>brief research proposal</b> in the area of "the United States' internal and external contestation of sustainability and/or trade norms" (max. 5 pages)<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For more information please contact Prof Dr Katja Biedenkopf: <a href="mailto:katja.biedenkopf@kuleuven.be" target="_blank">katja.biedenkopf@kuleuven.be</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">You can apply for this job no later than November 25, 2019 via the online application tool</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">: <a href="https://webwsp.aps.kuleuven.be/esap/public/ui5_ui5/sap/zh_erc_esol_go/index.html?sap-ui-language=EN&vacaturenummer=55439983&toepassing=LGH" target="_blank">https://webwsp.aps.kuleuven.be/esap/public/ui5_ui5/sap/zh_erc_esol_go/index.html?sap-ui-language=EN&vacaturenummer=55439983&toepassing=LGH</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">KU Leuven seeks to foster an environment where all talents can flourish, regardless of gender, age, cultural background, nationality or impairments. If you have any questions relating to accessibility or support, please contact us at <a href="mailto:diversiteit.HR@kuleuven.be" target="_blank">diversiteit.HR@kuleuven.be</a>.</span></p></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-80913688025244616492019-08-01T10:36:00.001-07:002019-08-01T10:36:52.206-07:00Republished: Can adaptation, in its current form, adequately solve climate crises in Nepal? - Debunking the myth of adaptation<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">Can adaptation, in its current form, adequately solve climate crises in Nepal? - Debunking the myth of adaptation</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"> </span></b></p> <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><i><span lang="EN-GB">Tek Jung Mahat</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt">When tackling climate change and accelerating low carbon development in Nepal has been our top priority for some time now, we cannot let any of our actions fail and starve adaptation action on its very foundation. When there is not much in our historical records to show how environmental and climate adversities were dealt centuries ago, there is a common consensus that we did not have this issue as worse as now in the known history of the country. This is primarily because, for ages, we have had a limited population, demanding much less from the nature, and that too with diverse ecosystem and equally diverse culture and traditions offering inherent solutions in the form of indigenous ecological knowledge and socio-cultural practices such as the barter system filling up the production and distribution gaps. However, this perfection was never meant to persist indefinitely. Thus, as the time passed by, the population increased, so did our greed. Forests degraded and forest coverage declined, water resources became scarce and contaminated, fertile soil continued eroding, atmosphere got loaded with more dose of anthropogenic pollution, urban centres turned to "hot pans" and wild lives continued disappearing at the cost of our desperateness for modernization, development and a lavish life style. When there is nothing bad is wanting to be modern and live a better life, our unsustainable and undesirable approach to gradually transit from "what we were" to "what we are" and "what we are dreaming to be", created a lot of problem. The magnitude of this problem was more worse, as this was a global trend, and people from other parts of the world, that we refer as early industrialized nations, seemed to have over-smarted and overtaken us, not only in developing their countries first, but also in ruining the world first. By nature, we human are selfish beings, who "taketh more than giveth back". However, that selfishness needs some wisdom attached to it as we prepare to tackle the issues like climate change and poverty. We need to accept that modernization doesn't sustain at the cost of ruining natural capital, destroying social capital, and just by riding the back of not-so-thriving financial capital, when the government institutions are far more weaker than any time before, policy corruption is at its peak, and most actors - from ordinary citizen to bureaucracy and political leadership, all are trying to reap the benefits without caring about it's implications (someone else's loss).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB">When the least developed countries like Nepal are battling against climate change, it is obvious that the focus will be placed on adaptation and mitigation seen as secondary. When climate change terminologies used by a specific group of people (experts) may leave the ordinary people puzzled most of the time, it is the responsibility of all of us to demystify this "secret science" by communicating in simpler languages that can be understood by the majority of the population – "science for society", especially when the issues are as basic as ada<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ptation. <i><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Climate crisis deserves more attention than plain jargons. Let us accept the fact – "adaptation is never a new thing-in-making".</span></i> Humans have been practicing </span>socio-economic and ecological adaptations to environmental adversities and variabilities, including climate change, for ages through the development of suitable practices (such as early examples of irrigation, insurance, and weather forecasting), cultures, and technologies, enabling them to enhance local environmental conditions and living. Even in the academic circle, the discussion on adaptation has received attention as early as 1970s, first within the </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.clubofrome.org/report/the-limits-to-growth/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Club of Rome</a></span><span lang="EN-GB">, then within cold-war time institution </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.iiasa.ac.at/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)</a></span><span lang="EN-GB"> following the publication of C. S. Holling's </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/823/1/XB-78-103.pdf" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management</a></span><span lang="EN-GB"> in 1978, and later within the IPCC debates, until now. When the discussion about mitigation and adaptation as the most effective responses to climate change is omnipresent in the scientific community since then, as </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-9388.2006.00501.x" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">E. Lisa F. Schipper</a></span><span lang="EN-GB"> nicely summarises, our historical focus on adaptation has been on individual and ecosystem adaptation in response to growing understanding about transforming nature-based systems, that, at one point, could breach the non-reversible ecological threshold. The adaptation issues have received more attention mainly after 1990s, thanks to some deliberate efforts to categorically differentiate them. You may blame them as academic politics or appreciate as more organised efforts to understand them individually and in-connection, but the fact is, this eventually helped to get the adaptation process formally recognised and acted upon within the </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://unfccc.int/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)</a></span><span lang="EN-GB"> mechanism. This also aided in establishing a view mitigation and adaptation need different thinking, approach and policy as well as scientific fora to develop more and be more effective. This change at the UNFCCC level, eventually opened door for current form of adaptation finance and transformed adaptation actions into something big in quick succession, despite the global economic setback started in 2007/08. With this flow, Nepal too hugely benefitted as everything we see now presented as adaptation in Nepal have happened in last two decades, such as Nepal National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA), Local Adaptation Plan of Action (LAPA), National Climate Policy, Nepal-Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR), Nepal Climate Change Support Programme (NCCSP) and work-in-progress National Adaptation Plan (NAP) to name a few. However, this separation between adaptation and mitigation also started creating a gulf of understanding between two communities working on these now "differentiated topics" and have partly contributed to their ideological crisis. As a result, climate solutions somehow, suddenly, started appearing as "segregated efforts" from what they should be – "integrated efforts". And now, it has gone too far, esp. when we see some so called experts, unhesitatingly claiming adaptation is for least developed and developing countries whereas the mitigation is exclusive responsibility of the developed countries, or say those who industrialised first, polluted the environment first, and are now are part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB">This was the turning point; we started wrong approach – a rather fragmented approach, to solve the "Planetary Catastrophe" that does not leave a single aspect of our life unharmed. Wisdom says, adaptation is a package deal for our very survival in the changing climate and comprises of efforts related to "struggle" and "cooperation" combined, a shift from Darwin's early concept of "struggle for existence". In addition, if it is so, how can we continue separating mitigation from adaptation and still expect to develop a complete solution? Doesn't this seem like, the legendary Kalidas cutting the branch of a tree on which he was sitting? What kind of solutions are we expecting out of it?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Given this and also considering prevailing geo-political chaos, socio-economic divide, ecological crisis, religio-cultural conflicts we are living with, and how global approaches to solve this crisis are changing, we need to recognise and embrace the following, in our plans and of course, actions:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">It's not about adaptation or mitigation, it is about combined efforts</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">: It is very often disappointing to see perennial "adaptation-mantra" from the government and the development agencies as the only solution to the climate crisis in Nepal, as if, talking about mitigation actions are dispensable, and sometimes, even a crime. Three key disciplines of climate science – scientific research, mitigation measures, and adaptation efforts are just like bone, flesh and blood in our body. Separate one, and rest everything else is incomplete. We must get away from rhetoric and be more pragmatic. After all, tackling climate change is not a mere project; it is a mission to secure very survival of the people. This is even more important considering changing politics of climate finance at global level, increased role of private sector, including the multilateral development bank, and their growing attractiveness in mitigation related projects. Nepal's </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/submissions/INDC/Published%20Documents/Nepal/1/Nepal_INDC_08Feb_2016.pdf" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC)</a></span><span lang="EN-GB">, could actually be a very good marketplace to start with. </span></p> <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></p> <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">It's not about excessive freedom and isolated missions impossible, it's about a concerted effort with a clear rule-book that works</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">: Tackling climate change, be it mitigation, adaptation or understanding the scientific basis, is not a sole responsibility of the state or any other individual actor in the country. When we may unhesitantly wait for some state actions to come and hope them to succeed, we all have our parts to play by investing in our present and future even before the government comes in. We cannot just hold back our greed and develop the culture of constant complaining. When the government efforts can help develop long-term solutions to climate change at a much larger scale, it is not in the very nature of the climate adversities to wait for the government to make a move first. Just because the government does not put solutions on time, or does a poor job of doing so (as it is evidently inefficient most of the time), the floods will not stop, glaciers will not retreat, drought will not soften and farms will not yield more food. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Therefore, the first investment has to come from people and spontaneously. <i><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Our gamble to wait for government actions will inadvertently crumble existing infrastructures and eventually shamble the whole system</span></i><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">.</span></span> This is where the role of social capital comes in. Rather than dissolving or limiting roles of institutions like "Guthis", we actually need to increase their numbers and expand their scopes, including issues related to environment and climate change. Moreover, recent policy discussions on regulating non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working on climate issues does not have to be seen entirely negatively. We cannot ignore the number of the neo-elites that have born out of NGO business in last three decades, when the countries have failed miserably, in every aspect. We should not just take regulation needs as an oppressive state behaviour; rather this an opportunity needs to be utilised to refine the dirt and corruption within the non-government sector (of course, the government too needs major cleaning work). Climate populism (for creating a trade-mill) is a massive danger to the very actions of climate change in the country </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.spotlightnepal.com/2015/01/30/tackling-climate-challenges-in-nepal-understanding-the-present-status/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">as I have repeatedly argued before</a></span><span lang="EN-GB">. There is a clear need of a social movement to prevent "climate projects" from becoming the "corruption projects". This is why, we definitely need regulations, but more of that in the form of monitoring and evaluation, and not necessarily in limiting their access to finance and people. Let us all held everybody responsible, and join the force for a better cause.</span></p> <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">It's just not about actors, It's actually about climate governance: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Power-sharing, accountability, fairness, transparency, realistic assurance, leadership and stakeholder engagement are key for every climate efforts. When a capable leadership, and all forms of fairness, transparency and accountability are always expected from the government (although it has always disappointed in our countries), realistic assurance and stakeholder engagement are two issues, I often find underachieved but always over-marketed. First thing first - The government agencies should be prudent and proactive enough in discreetly communicating, they do not have magic sticks to carry the environmental burden created by all of us, at once. When they have select plans in place and some actions on the ground, they should clearly communicate the true scope of the work. Misinformation, such as over-expectation and wrong expectations shown by them or any other actors, such as NGOs, should be treated as a crime. This is because, an effective preparedness to disaster is only possible when locals know what is the scope of support they can expect from the government or the NGOs. When the lip-servicers or ill communicators give wrong assurances to the people, they will eventually end up with – "God bless you" as the only solution. Similarly, we need more clarity in terms of power-sharing between different actors in the society and within the government, at different scales, and now considering the complexities the concept of federalism brings in.</span></p> <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">And, It's mostly about which sector can play the most important role and deliver better economic returns: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">As long as people keep converting forests and agriculture lands to urban centres, abandoning agriculture and live unsustainably leading to an absolute </span><span lang="EN-GB">i</span><span lang="EN-GB">mport-oriented economy, there is nothing even the smartest of the governments can achieve. Here we need a clear assessment of our realities - resources and needs. As time has presented the concept of green economy as one of the most convenient options ahead, some of us have recently done much-needed assessment in this area and have presented a roadmap for "public-private partnership-driven full-fledged green economy" focusing on renewable energy and transport, agriculture and forestry, water and water-induced disasters, as well as tourism and hospitality. </span></p> <p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;line-height:107%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height:107%"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB">For detailed analysis, please read the articles below. The first article appears in an open-access journal, whereas the second is available (upon request) for non-profit purposes (mail: <a href="http://tekjungmahat.at.gmail.com">tekjungmahat.at.gmail.com</a>).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">Climate finance and green growth: Options analysis for Nepal:</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Mahat, Tek Jung, Luděk Bláha, Batu Uprety, and Michal Bittner. </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12302-019-0222-0" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">"Climate finance and green growth: reconsidering climate-related institutions, investments, and priorities in Nepal."</a></span><span lang="EN-GB"> Environmental Sciences Europe 31, no. 1 (2019): 46.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(0,112,192)">Framing the green economy in mountainous countries like Nepal:</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Rueff, H., Kohler, T., Mahat, T. J., & Ariza, C. (2015). </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901114001701" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Can the green economy enhance sustainable mountain development? The potential role of awareness building</a></span><span lang="EN-GB">. Environmental science & policy, 49, 85-94.<span style="background:yellow"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Co-founder of the Climate Himalaya Initiative and the initiator of the Centre for Climate Research and Advocacy (CCRA) at the Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Tek Jung Mahat is a Nepalese climate policy researcher, who regularly writes on climate change adaptation, climate finance, environmental related knowledge management and communication. Follow Tek: </span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://twitter.com/tjmahat" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://twitter.com/tjmahat</a></span></span><i><span lang="EN-GB"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Source: Republished from <a href="https://www.spotlightnepal.com/2019/08/01/can-adaptation-its-current-form-adequately-solve-climate-crises-nepal-debunking-myth-adaptation/" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">https://www.spotlightnepal.com/2019/08/01/can-adaptation-its-current-form-adequately-solve-climate-crises-nepal-debunking-myth-adaptation/</a>. Mr. Mahat's original article is available on New Spotlight Magazine Nepal.</p></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-82662960293885420952018-09-17T08:55:00.001-07:002018-09-17T08:55:58.942-07:00Burning Borderlands: Open-Source Monitoring of Conflict-caused Wildfires in Iraq<div dir="ltr">Iraq is on fire. Since late June, media has reported on wildfires in northern parts of Iraqi Kurdistan among the border with Turkey, along the border with Iran in the northeast and in the southeast of Iraq at the Hawizeh marshes, bordering Iran. A hazardous cocktail of climate change-induced increased summer heat, water shortages, military shelling of various armed groups operating in these areas combined with random human errors and spontaneous outbreaks left the earth scorched. This blog will provide a short open-source based overview based on media reporting on various locations in Iraq combined with the use of satellite imagery provided by the European Space Agencies' Sentinel-2, NASA's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) suite and commercial imagery provided with by Planet Labs. <br><br><a href="https://www.bellingcat.com/news/mena/2018/09/11/burning-borderlands-open-source-monitoring-conflict-caused-wildfires-iraq/">More... </a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-91327948882314226952018-06-10T13:55:00.001-07:002018-06-10T13:55:21.533-07:00IFSD Pre-PhD course for PhD by prior publication: Different areas covered, including Climate, Sustainable Development and Social Development<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">Dear all,</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Some friends in our network have started an initiative - p<span style="font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">re-PhD course for PhD by prior publication</span>, aiming to help well-experienced professional who are willing to start a PhD at reputed institutes in the UK and Australia but do not have much idea about where to start from. I believe many people in this group benefit from this service. For details, please see <a href="http://www.ifsd.com.au/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">www.ifsd.com.au</a> . Please free free to share this news in your network.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">regards,</div><div class="gmail_quote">Tek<br><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><div>Key features of the course are: <br></div><div><br></div><div>- the course enables mid- and early career professionals to get ready for PhD by prior publication</div><div><br></div><div>- IFSD course runs anywhere between 6 months to 18 months, depending on the amount of publication to be done</div><div>- After the IFSD course, students will be enrolled at a university in Australia or the UK</div><div><br></div><div>- the fees for IFSD range from USD 3000-7000, and the University fee ranges from USD 5000-25,000 depending the rank and type of the university. Altogether, it about 25% of the cost of conventional PhD. </div><div><br></div><div>- total time duration of PhD Enrolment at the university will be between 6 months to 18 moths, with majority completing in 12 months</div><div><br></div><div>- IFSD course is totally online or through distance learning. Students can do most of the university part online and from distance, but they need to appear at the university for the final exam. </div><div><br></div><div>This course is suitable for people in the academia, research institutions, NGOs, and the government agencies. Anyone who has done good research, has data but not yet published can benefit from the course. </div><div><br></div><div>For well published and smart professionals, it could be as fast as 6 months of university enrollment to get a PhD!</div></div></div></div> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-71657644964025854782017-08-18T01:06:00.001-07:002017-08-18T01:06:54.727-07:00Felix Dodds: Details of a How to Lobby Workshop, some blogs on key UN issues and Wonder Woman - UN Ambassador?<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;width:100%;background-color:#fafafa"><center><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%" id="m_9181617590734862657bodyTable" style="border-collapse:collapse;height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;width:100%;background-color:#fafafa"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" 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class="m_9181617590734862657mcnTextContent" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-left:18px;word-break:break-word;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"> <h1 style="display:block;margin:0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:26px;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;line-height:125%;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left">Some blogs on a Lobbying Workshop in September Re-positioning the UN Development System, HLPF, UN Ambassador Wonder Woman, The Role of Universities,Rogue CNN and Network Markets</h1> <p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" id="m_9181617590734862657templateColumns" style="background:#ffffff none no-repeat 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cellspacing="0" style="max-width:100%;min-width:100%;border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" class="m_9181617590734862657mcnTextContentContainer"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" class="m_9181617590734862657mcnTextContent" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:18px;padding-bottom:9px;padding-left:18px;word-break:break-word;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"> This month there are a number of blogs that might interest you.<br> <br> The first is a workshop on September the 23rd to help new people to learn the skills on <a href="http://felixdodds.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b194440ceea1f72a0f2e161&id=63e3e03dac&e=7ed5bbbe27" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">How to Lobby at the UN. </a> Register now if you are interested. <br> The second is a a blog looking at the <a href="http://felixdodds.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b194440ceea1f72a0f2e161&id=5766617d67&e=7ed5bbbe27" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">regional aspects</a> of the Secretary Generals new report on Re-positioning the UN Development system<br> <br> The third is - <a href="http://felixdodds.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b194440ceea1f72a0f2e161&id=d758cf95ba&e=7ed5bbbe27" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Is this the end of UN Habitat?</a> This is republished from IPS News<br> <br> The fourth is a guest blog on the <a href="http://felixdodds.us16.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=64b194440ceea1f72a0f2e161&id=baf21bcf4e&e=7ed5bbbe27" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">High Level Political Forum </a>from Naiara Costa of the Together 2030 International Secretariat:<br> <br> The fifth is on should the UN reconsider making <a href="http://felixdodds.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b194440ceea1f72a0f2e161&id=b20a3fd216&e=7ed5bbbe27" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Wonder Woman a UN Ambassado</a>r again<br> <br> The sixth is another guest blog on the<a href="http://felixdodds.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b194440ceea1f72a0f2e161&id=09b4a0a0cc&e=7ed5bbbe27" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"> Role of Universities in the Global Commons and Sustainable Development </a>by Jane Fulton<br> <br> The seventh another guest blog on <a href="http://felixdodds.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b194440ceea1f72a0f2e161&id=2af7fdd20e&e=7ed5bbbe27" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Network Markets </a>by Joel KO Hyun Sikand<br> <br> The eighth is <a href="http://felixdodds.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b194440ceea1f72a0f2e161&id=c32812d07d&e=7ed5bbbe27" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Financing the SDGs: UNEP Finance Initiative and Finance for Tomorrow </a>to work together on the Positive Impact Initiative and the final is <a href="http://felixdodds.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b194440ceea1f72a0f2e161&id=8b38734a21&e=7ed5bbbe27" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Rogue CNN 10: Communication Strategies</a>. This is a continuing blog on what would happen if a reality show host won the White House.<br> <br> If you haven't yet bought a copy of the story of the SDGs: Negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals: A transformational agenda for an insecure world by Felix Dodds, Ambassador David Donoghue and Jimena Leiva Roesch get it from any good online bookshop.<br> <br> Finally if you are an academic and interested in the <strong>Nexus- Water-Food-Energy-Climate</strong> and its application to urban, health and migration then put in an abstract h<a href="http://felixdodds.us16.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=64b194440ceea1f72a0f2e161&id=bed7d43411&e=7ed5bbbe27" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">ere for the 2018 Nexus Conference April 16-18</a> in Chapel Hill and your chance to input to the <strong>Ministerial Declaration for the 2018 HLPF.</strong><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" id="m_9181617590734862657templateFooter" style="background:#fafafa none no-repeat center/cover;background-color:#fafafa;background-image:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;background-size:cover;border-top:0;border-bottom:0;padding-top:9px;padding-bottom:9px"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></center></div></div><br></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-79516937974955563722017-08-18T00:55:00.001-07:002017-08-18T00:55:34.433-07:00NEW edition of the UNITAR course “Introduction to the 2030 Agenda: A New Agenda for a Sustainable World” has launched today!<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br> <div lang="EN-GB" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"> <div class="m_507832190634818296WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><u></u><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpIRqXEehnG0ccgmWWX4NC74c2_aOwqNUJpGcwisz8ujs5rxmv1yKLIT-5ZXSmfsXUxWv09jRbqsgg2Fv1g8RqSKFRiQo3WLWaLUfsa58UHfmOCNNGQODzR-3uFVLpQuovOxjUMbseyQa/s1600/image005-734435.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpIRqXEehnG0ccgmWWX4NC74c2_aOwqNUJpGcwisz8ujs5rxmv1yKLIT-5ZXSmfsXUxWv09jRbqsgg2Fv1g8RqSKFRiQo3WLWaLUfsa58UHfmOCNNGQODzR-3uFVLpQuovOxjUMbseyQa/s320/image005-734435.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6455520252366684866" /></a><u></u><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">16 August 2017 – <b>NEW edition</b> of the <b>UNITAR course</b> <b>"Introduction to the 2030 Agenda: A New Agenda for a Sustainable World" </b>has launched today! <u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) was first released in April 2016 to help interested persons improve their knowledge about the 2030 Agenda and related Global Goals. The new edition provides the most up-to-date information available, especially regarding the follow-up and review framework for the 2030 Agenda. <a name="m_507832190634818296__Hlk490648437"></a><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The "Introduction to the 2030 Agenda: A New Agenda for a Sustainable World" course was developed to address potential knowledge gaps related to the understanding of changes required from both, policy-makers and ordinary citizens, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It attempts to answer a series of different questions: Are the SDGs significantly different from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)? What does a new focus on "leaving no one behind" mean for our policies? What kind of inequalities exist and why is it important to address them? What is policy integration? And how does sustainable consumption and production fit with economic growth and poverty eradication? These are just some of them.<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">This course is designed drawing primarily on the key UN Member States' Outcome Documents such as "Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development" and "Addis Ababa Action Agenda". It has also benefited from the substantive expertise of the UN sister agencies. In particular, UNITAR has extensively drawn on the issue briefs developed by the UN Technical Support Team during the negotiations of the Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, the Institute has also drawn on the preceding learning products it developed on the 2030 Agenda with contributions from the UN family.<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">We invite you to benefit from this introductory course <b>free of charge</b>!<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> <hr size="1" width="100%" align="center"> </span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Related links:<u></u><u></u></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc"> <li class="m_507832190634818296MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal"> <span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Register for the course "</span><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.unitar.org/event/full-catalog/introduction-2030-agenda-new-agenda-sustainable-world-new-2017-edition" target="_blank"><span lang="EN">Introduction to the 2030 Agenda: A New Agenda for a Sustainable World</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">"<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_507832190634818296MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:normal"> <span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">For more information, please visit our page about UNITAR's work on </span><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.unitar.org/thematic-areas/capacity-2030-agenda" target="_blank"><span lang="EN">Agenda 2030</span></a></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> or contact </span><span lang="FR-CH" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:a2030@unitar.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN">a2030@unitar.or</span></a></span><span class="m_507832190634818296MsoHyperlink"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">g</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">.</span></li></ul></div></div></div> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-29608774971712603912017-08-15T03:33:00.001-07:002017-08-15T03:33:26.383-07:00Online Mentored KM Practitioner Certification Course - 12th Class Starts On 4 September 2017<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>CCLFI is opening registration for the 12th class of its online mentored Knowledge Management Practitioner Certification Course. The class will begin on September 4, 2017. The advantages of this course:</div><div><br></div><div><ul class="gmail-m_-3552580599187485860MailOutline"><li>High recommendations and evaluations from KM professionals from all over the world, mandated introduction course on KM by a few development organizations- <a href="http://www.cclfi.net/products_services/kmpcc" target="_blank">Read their reactions here</a>-; </li><li>Relevance to students work as the lessons can be applied to real work situations and structures;</li><li>Highly interactive with other students and reflections on what works, why and how (or not) based on actual cases</li><li>KM viewed from different ankles including innovation, learning, quality management, productivity</li><li>Two experienced mentors with two decades each of knowledge management experience will guide the learning process- r<a href="http://www.cclfi.net/who-we-are" target="_blank">ead their profile</a>-;</li><li>It does not disrupt participants work or travel schedules as it does not require you to be online at specific dates and times -optional scheduled webinars-to reflect on lessons</li><li>Participants practice cases and assignment in their workplace, thereby enhancing work performance and generating benefits for their work in and for organizations </li></ul><div><br></div></div><div>For further information: <a href="https://www.cclfi.net/products_services/kmpcc">https://www.cclfi.net/products_services/kmpcc</a></div><div><br></div></div></div> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-30276638187896945092017-03-28T09:35:00.001-07:002017-03-28T09:35:57.346-07:00200 years of Britain-Nepal bilateral relations<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(75,79,86);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">200 years of Britain-Nepal bilateral relations:</span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(75,79,86);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">NEPAL, the oldest country in South Asia celebrates 200 years of special relationship with Britain. Interestingly, Nepal-Britain linkup (1816 AD) is at least 90 years older than any other countries in South Asia today.</span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(75,79,86);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Below is the list of other countries in South Asia and the date they were organised as a country (as we see today):</span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(75,79,86);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><ol><li>Bhutan - 1907, governed in present form. History dates back to 17th century<br></li><li>Afghanistan - 1919, recognised year (formed around 1709)<br></li><li>India - 1947, formed after dissolution of East India Company<br></li><li>Pakistan - 1947, formed after dissolution of East India Company<br></li><li>Sri lanka - 1948, Independence from Britain<br></li><li>Maldives, 1965, Independence from Britain<br></li><li>Bangladesh - 1971, constituted as a new country (separated from Pakistan)<br></li></ol></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(75,79,86);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">More: </span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><a href="http://www.britainnepal.org/">http://www.britainnepal.org/</a></span></div></div> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-14737546352356979002017-03-28T01:33:00.001-07:002017-03-28T01:33:18.134-07:00Online mentored Knowledge Management Practitioner Certification Course<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Dear Friends,<br><br>Please find below an announcement from CCLFI - <b>Online mentored Knowledge Management Practitioner Certification Course</b>. CCLFI is a Manila based non-profit organization that specializes in organizational learning and change, and knowledge management (KM). Team of CCLFI are long associated with use of KM tools are approaches to address environmental issues, climate change being the latest trend and their clients include big names such as ADB among others. More about them at <a href="http://www.cclfi.org/about_us/" target="_blank">http://www.cclfi.org/about_us/</a><wbr>.<div><br></div><div>Feel free to contact their R&D Director Dr. Serafin Talisayon (<a href="mailto:serafin.talisayon@cclfi.org" target="_blank">serafin.talisayon@cclfi.org</a>) for further information. Course outline is available at <a href="http://www.cclfi.org/KMPCC/" target="_blank">http://www.cclfi.org/KMPCC/</a><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">---------</div><span class=""><div class="gmail_quote">Managing knowledge, individual or organizational, is a critical capability to stay abreast of sector- and thematic developments, to improve formal and informal learning and building structures and processes for collaboration, drive innovation, quality, and value creation. The organization',a community, an individual capability to transform its tacit and explicit knowledge into new knowledge is a comparative advantage as organizations learn and innovate faster trhough resue of exisiting knowledge, improved delivery of quality knowledge products and services, improve organizational exposure, and staff's capability to absorb, find, and make sense of the available information. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br></div><div>CCLFI starts its 11th batch of its successul knowledge management course on May 8 and registration is open. The course duration is 5 months divided in 10 weekly lessons and another 8 week practicum. Input is about 3 study and assignment hours a week. The advantge of this course is its highly social interaction among the students and with the tutors to accomodate local or specific organizational settings. The students also engage in further fine tuning of course materials to reflect new developments and references and discussions on business cases what worked (or not), how and why. </div><div><br></div><div>The course brochure with details of the course is attached. Early bird fee, organizational discount is applicable. Further information and registration form can be downloaded from the website: <a href="http://www.cclfi.org/KMPCC" target="_blank">Course details</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>The website also lists posiitve feedback observations from graduates from Asia, Africa, South America that followed the course:<a href="http://www.cclfi.org/KMPCC/" target="_blank">Feedback from graduates</a></div><div><br></div><div>Please connect if you have any questions on this course. </div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-86396971848944086482017-03-21T12:43:00.001-07:002017-03-21T12:43:56.354-07:00Registration for Vienna Energy Forum 2017 now open!<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br> <div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"> <div class="m_-6202845997600996536WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://viennaenergyforum.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDvmitziHFrSGX0GCH6YG19W7OEUYEh6Vm7ktlxnMxy8faFSfnrWP9lrJtP6-L035YvoY_gUJLCR2MoaeVm98uU8KnKWImjyAROvMVYBAYB3qLJUThusWaMG7bkFcLPtEVNHWFcGMgk2i/s1600/image001-736356.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDvmitziHFrSGX0GCH6YG19W7OEUYEh6Vm7ktlxnMxy8faFSfnrWP9lrJtP6-L035YvoY_gUJLCR2MoaeVm98uU8KnKWImjyAROvMVYBAYB3qLJUThusWaMG7bkFcLPtEVNHWFcGMgk2i/s320/image001-736356.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6400040021277111330" /></a></span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Mark your calendars and join us at <span style="color:green">Vienna Energy Forum 2017</span> in Vienna, Austria on 9 - 12 May 2017 , to engage in a dynamic and critical debate that will shape the future energy landscape. <u></u><u></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vienna-energy-forum-2017-registration-32158121808" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Register now</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">With the theme "Sustainable energy for the implementation of the SDGs and the Paris Agreement", VEF 2017 will highlight the multiplier effects of integrated approaches for sustainable development at the national, regional and global levels. The Forum will also accentuate the potentials of the sustainable energy NEXUS - linking energy to water, food and health - as well as INNOVATION as a global driver for accelerated sustainable growth. The Forum will continue to be the global high level platform for discussing the pivotal sustainability challenges of our age, and the catalytic role of energy in achieving inclusive and sustainable development. <u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">We look forward to welcoming you to the </span><a href="https://viennaenergyforum.org/sites/default/files/flyer_VEF2017_new.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Vienna Energy Forum</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt">. <u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">For more information, please contact us at </span><a href="mailto:vef2017@unido.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">vef2017@unido.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt"> or visit </span><a href="https://viennaenergyforum.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">https://viennaenergyforum.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt">. <u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt"> <u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p> <table class="m_-6202845997600996536MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="356" style="width:267.1pt"> <tbody> <tr style="height:123.25pt"> <td width="356" valign="top" style="width:267.1pt;border:none;border-top:solid #dbdbdb 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 7.5pt;height:123.25pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040">VEF 2017 Secretariat</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040"><br> </span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040">Department of Energy</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040"><br> United Nations Industrial Development Organization <u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt"><a href="mailto:vef2017@unido.org" target="_blank">v<span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ef2017@unido.org</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12.75pt"> <span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040"><a 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has an opening for a fully funded PhD fellowship<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px">Norwegian University of Life Sciences has an opening for a fully funded PhD fellowship in 'Norms and knowledge in global environmental politics': <a href="https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/134489/phd-fellowship-in-international-environment-and-development-studies-norms-and-knowledge-in-global-environmental-politics-ref-no-17-01090" target="_blank">https://www.jobbnorge.no/<wbr>ledige-stillinger/stilling/<wbr>134489/phd-fellowship-in-<wbr>international-environment-and-<wbr>development-studies-norms-and-<wbr>knowledge-in-global-<wbr>environmental-politics-ref-no-<wbr>17-01090</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px">Please feel free to share this call with interested candidates.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px">Many thanks and best regards,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px">Katharina<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9pt">--------<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9pt">Dr. Katharina Glaab<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9pt">Associate Professor, Global Change and International Relations<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9pt">Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Noragric<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:9pt">Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NMBU<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span 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Box 5003, NO-1432 Ås, Norway</span></p> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-89094916718787031842017-03-14T16:09:00.001-07:002017-03-14T16:09:38.568-07:00Last Call: Sustainability and Social Science Research Symposium - Registration deadline: March 30, 2017<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-m_3911801258245594748gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b>REGISTRATION</b></p><p class="gmail-m_3911801258245594748gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The final deadline for registration is March 30, 2017. </p><p class="gmail-m_3911801258245594748gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> <b><span style="color:rgb(76,66,61)">PRELIMINARY PROGRAM</span></b></p><p class="gmail-m_3911801258245594748gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">A preliminary program has been posted to the<span class="gmail-m_3911801258245594748gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>conference website and includes a wide range of symposium papers and plenary sessions including a panel of sustainability program officers from 5 foundations. Please direct program questions to John Callewaert,<span class="gmail-m_3911801258245594748gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:jcallew@umich.edu" target="_blank">jcallew@umich.edu</a>. While the deadline for abstracts/papers has passed,<span class="gmail-m_3911801258245594748gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>conference organizers are still receiving expressions of interest for posters through the registration deadline</i></b><span class="gmail-m_3911801258245594748gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>– simply complete the registration and select "Display" when prompted to answer about intended participation. </p><p class="gmail-m_3911801258245594748gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size:12.8px"> </p><p class="gmail-m_3911801258245594748gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size:12.8px"><b>ACCOMMODATION</b><br></p><p class="gmail-m_3911801258245594748gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="font-size:12.8px">Housing options can be found on the<span class="gmail-m_3911801258245594748gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>conference website. To receive hotel symposium rates, rooms must be reserved by the dates noted on the website. Also, a<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span class="gmail-m_3911801258245594748gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="color:rgb(76,66,61)"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(76,66,61)">limited number of rooms are still available through University Housing at a rate of US$58.50 per night. <span class="gmail-m_3911801258245594748gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-m_3911801258245594748gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="line-height:14.72px"> Use the following link to access the symposium website for registration, program information, and accommodations: </span><b><span style="line-height:14.72px"><a href="https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-nk/events/michigan2017.html" target="_blank">https://www.haw-hamburg.de/<wbr>en/ftz-nk/events/michigan2017.<wbr>html</a></span></b></p> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-77150846397721990262017-03-14T16:08:00.001-07:002017-03-14T16:08:54.126-07:002017 Call for applications for an IPCC Scholarship Award<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><h4>2017 Call for applications for an IPCC Scholarship Award </h4> <p class="m_8488213116104549209gmail-m_-564443909968039287gmail-paragraph"> The IPCC will accept applications for an IPCC Scholarship Award from PhD students that have been enrolled for at least a year or are undertaking post-doctoral research. Applicants should be citizens of a developing country with priority given to students from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). <br> <br> Each scholarship award is for a maximum amount of 15,000 Euros per year for up to two years during the period 2017-2019. <br> <br> Applications are encouraged for, but not limited to climate-relevant research in the following fields of study: </p><ul><li>underlying science of climate change</li><li>climate and water</li><li>climate and oceans</li><li>socio-economic modelling related to climate change</li><li>regional climate change, vulnerability, impacts and adaptation</li><li>attaining the goals of the Paris Agreement</li><li>synergies between adaptation and mitigation</li><li>and climate solutions in the context of the sustainable development goals (SDGs)</li></ul> <br> <table width="86%"> <tbody><tr> <td><img src="http://www.ipcc.ch/Organization_files/pixel.gif" class="m_8488213116104549209gmail-CToWUd" height="8" width="12"></td> <td bgcolor="#009933"><img src="http://www.ipcc.ch/Organization_files/pixel.gif" class="m_8488213116104549209gmail-CToWUd" width="4"></td> <td width="100%"><h4>Objectives</h4></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="m_8488213116104549209gmail-m_-564443909968039287gmail-paragraph"> The aim of the IPCC Scholarship Programme is to build capacity in the understanding and management of climate change in developing countries by providing opportunities for young scientists from developing countries to undertake doctoral studies. Applications submitted by students from Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are given priority. </p> <p class="m_8488213116104549209gmail-m_-564443909968039287gmail-paragraph"> To obtain more information, please <a href="mailto:ipcc-sp@wmo.int" target="_blank">email</a> or visit the IPCC scholarship <a href="https://www.facebook.com/IPCCScholarship" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>: <br> <br> Mxolisi SHONGWE <br> Programme Officer <br> Tel.: <a href="tel:+41%2022%20730%2084%2038" value="+41227308438" target="_blank">+41(22) 730 8438</a> <br> <a href="mailto:IPCC-Media@wmo.int" target="_blank">IPCC-SP@wmo.int</a></p></div></div> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-17526528015161272042017-03-14T16:07:00.001-07:002017-03-14T16:07:18.822-07:00CfP 2017 Lund Conference on Earth System Governance<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div lang="SV" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_7907542122542680081WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">Call for Papers<br> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:19.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#333333">2017 Lund Conference <br> on Earth System Governance</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#991915">Allocation & Access in a Warming and Increasingly Unequal World</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"> <br> Lund University, Sweden, 9-11 October 2017<br> <br> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="http://earthsystemgovernance.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7f2f84a144044807c7fd17061&id=93e38ddf71&e=4793b9218e" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#34669a">www.earthsystemgovernance.org/<wbr>lund2017</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">We invite you to submit abstracts for the Lund Conference on Earth System Governance to be held 9-11 October 2017 in Lund, Sweden.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br> </span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">Key Dates<u></u><u></u></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p> <p class="m_7907542122542680081MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt"> <u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">Deadline for paper abstracts: <b><u>20 March 2017</u></b> (extended deadline!)<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="m_7907542122542680081MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt"> <u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">Notification of acceptance: 15 April 2017<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="m_7907542122542680081MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt"> <u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">Full papers due: 20 September 2017<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="m_7907542122542680081MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt"> <u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">Conference dates: 9-11 October 2017<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#333333"><br> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">The conference is part of the global series organized by the Earth System Governance Project. The first Earth System Governance conference was held in Amsterdam in December 2009, followed by Fort Collins (2011), Lund (2012), Tokyo (2013), Norwich (2014), Canberra (2015), and Nairobi (2016). The 2017 conference will take place in Lund, Sweden. The Lund Conference on Earth System Governance is hosted by Lund University and jointly organized by the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) and the Earth System Governance Project.<br> <br> <b>Conference Theme<u></u><u></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">The 2017 Lund Conference on Earth System Governance will address the overarching theme of 'Allocation and Access in a Warming and Increasingly Unequal World'. This theme acknowledges the multiple crises faced across the world and the uneven distribution of their impacts. A recent report from Oxfam suggests that the richest 1% of the world's population now has as much wealth as the rest of the other 99% combined. Similarly, climate change and the challenges of mitigation and adaptation are driving further inequalities across the world. In addition, climate change implies an unprecedented intergenerational dimension because of the long lags between emissions, on the one hand, and climate change impacts on the other. However, inequality is far more complex than simply wealth distribution and climate change impacts. Earth system governance must address the entire spectrum of environmental, social and political inequalities. <br> <br> This leads to the fundamental questions of 'who gets what, when, where and how'. Different disciplines refer to this challenge differently: lawyers speak of equity, economists of distribution, resource analysts of access, political scientists of fairness, and sociologists of social justice. In earth system governance research, we refer to this as the analytical problems of 'allocation and access'. In this line of inquiry, we are particularly interested in outcomes, pathways and reallocation in governance. Given the clear impetus for a drastic change in earth system governance in the coming decades and the key challenges faced by many countries politically, socially and environmentally, matters of allocation and access will continue to be crucial questions in the coming decades.<br> <br> <b>Conference Streams<u></u><u></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">The conference theme 'Allocation and Access in a Warming and Increasingly Unequal World' will be addressed in five thematic streams:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="m_7907542122542680081MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt"> <u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">Environmental justice in earth system governance<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="m_7907542122542680081MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt"> <u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">Conceptual understandings and progress<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="m_7907542122542680081MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt"> <u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">Science and activism<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="m_7907542122542680081MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt"> <u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">Theory and methodology<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="m_7907542122542680081MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt"> <u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#333333"><span>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">Earth system governance in turbulent times<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"> <br> <u>Stream 1: Environmental justice in earth system governance<br> </u>We understand that governance structures and decisions affect the allocation of, and access to, environmental benefits and burdens. Impacts of global environmental change are experienced differently at the local level and are neither borne nor distributed equally within groups in society. Environmental quality has become closely tied to human equality through environmental justice. Environmental injustices pose significant governance challenges at the international, national and local levels and ultimately lead to widespread inequalities in society and across generations. In this stream, we invite contributions that address the procedural and distributional aspects of earth system governance. How does earth system governance across scales affect allocation and access of environmental benefits and burdens? Who is accountable for environmental justice and at what levels? What constitutes a just distribution of collective goods in a democratic society?<br> <br> <u>Stream 2: Conceptual understandings and progress<br> </u>The 2017 conference will continue the discussion of our 2016 Nairobi conference on inequality and will now focus on conceptual understandings and progress on inequality in allocation and access. Inequality has many dimensions that range from procedural access and democratic aspects of legitimacy, transparency and accountability to consequences like distributive injustice or imbalances of environmental, social and economic outcomes. In this stream we return to some of the foundational questions of the Earth System Governance Science Plan: What is the relevance of questions of allocation and access to earth system governance? How can we reach agreement on interdisciplinary conceptualizations and definitions of allocation and access? What are the normative issues at stake in the relationship between environmental sustainability and social justice in earth system governance? What (overarching) principles underlie governance of allocation and access? How can allocation and access be reconciled with governance effectiveness?<br> <br> <u>Stream 3: Science and activism<br> </u>An exciting new focus of the 2017 conference is to draw attention to the bifurcation between science and activism. In the era of 'alternative facts' and post-truth politics, arguably science has a more active role to play in engaging with political, social and environmental reforms. Social movements are emerging as a global force for social change and democratization, and the role of research and researchers deserves our attention. This stream invites deliberations on the role of science in politics. What is the role of science as such and the individual scientist in civic engagement and collective action? What are the strategies for science to engage more meaningfully with activism? Can engagement in activism undermine scientific credibility? What is the professional responsibility we have to use our scientific knowledge in the face of increasing global inequality and rapid environmental change?<br> <br> <u>Stream 4: Theory and Methodology<br> </u>Theoretical and methodological pluralism is a part of earth system governance research, drawing from the social sciences as well as interdisciplinary approaches at the interface of social and natural sciences. In the context of an increasingly warming and unequal world, there is a challenge for theory and methodology development to address both sustainability and environmental justice while maintaining scientific quality and rigor. In this stream we seek to create a platform for the earth system governance community to engage in such theoretical and methodological inquiry. What theories are relevant for earth system governance in the current context? What are the most promising and innovative approaches to researching allocation and access across multiple scales of governance?<br> <br> <u>Stream 5: Earth system governance in turbulent times<br> </u>With the rapid political, social and environmental changes currently occurring, we have seen new words entering the earth system governance lexicon, including political terms like Brexit, 'alternative facts', 'Trumpism' or 'post-factual', but also new terms stemming from the science community, such as Anthropocene. The shifting landscape of governance opens areas for new research as earth system governance must adapt to turbulent times, recognizing the extraordinary degree of harm that is possible, and that current governance systems might not be fully prepared for. We therefore invite papers that especially address this challenge. For example, what theoretical concepts, frameworks, and methodologies can be used to analyze and understand the current social, political and environmental landscape? In what ways do innovations or changes in governance arrangements produce more or less accountable, adaptive, accessible and equitable processes/outcomes? How is the agency of different actors shaping allocation and access in the Anthropocene?<br> <br> <i>In addition to these five thematic streams, we also welcome papers relevant to earth system governance in general.<br> </i> <br> <b>Types of Proposals<br> <br> </b><u>Individual papers<br> </u>We invite submissions of abstracts of 400 words (or less) that address either the main conference theme; one or more of the five conference streams; or any other topic that is relevant to the Earth System Governance Project. Submissions are welcome through the conference website - </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="http://earthsystemgovernance.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=7f2f84a144044807c7fd17061&id=3f8c64ff0a&e=4793b9218e" target="_blank"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#34669a">earthsystemgovernance.org/<wbr>lund2017</span></i></a><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br> All abstracts will be anonymized and evaluated in double-blind peer-review by generally five members of our conference review panel.<br> <br> <u>Full panels<br> </u>In addition, we invite Panel proposals that address the main conference theme; one or more of the five conference streams; or any other topic relevant to the Earth System Governance Project. Submissions are welcome through the conference website - </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="http://earthsystemgovernance.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=7f2f84a144044807c7fd17061&id=63ae62b621&e=4793b9218e" target="_blank"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#34669a">earthsystemgovernance.org/<wbr>lund2017</span></i></a><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br> Panel proposals must include a description of the panel (300 words or less), 4-5 abstracts (each 400 words or less), as well as the name of a chair and a discussant. Please note that all paper abstracts will be evaluated individually in the general double-blind peer-review of the conference, with the possible outcome that only some papers submitted for a panel might eventually be accepted. Only panels with three or more accepted papers will be included in the programme.<br> <br> <u>Innovative sessions<br> </u>We also welcome proposals for non-traditional sessions, such as roundtables (which may include policy-makers, academics, or representatives of non-governmental organizations), policy games, book launches, and book clubs (that may discuss recently published academic works in the field). All non-traditional sessions can be proposed directly to the conference organizers by e-mail: </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="mailto:ipo@earthsystemgovernance.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">ipo@<wbr>earthsystemgovernance.org</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">. Proposals should include a description of the session (1 page) and a list of participants. Proposals will be reviewed by the conference organizers and members of the local advisory committee.<br> <br> In addition, the conference will provide space for side-events or back-to-back meetings of Task Forces, Affiliated Projects, or other relevant meetings.<br> <br> <b>Additional Information<u></u><u></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333">Please note that while there is no limit on the number of submissions, individuals will only be permitted to present, at a maximum, 2 papers.<br> <br> The organizers are undertaking all efforts to secure travel support for participants who are based at institutions in developing countries. To the extent that travel funds are available, they will be disbursed on merit basis according to the relative ranking of the abstract. Acceptance of a paper for presentation does not guarantee travel support.<br> <br> Additional information and answers to frequently asked questions can be found on the conference website at </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="http://earthsystemgovernance.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=7f2f84a144044807c7fd17061&id=0c30ecb7b3&e=4793b9218e" target="_blank"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#34669a">earthsystemgovernance.org/<wbr>lund2017</span></i></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br> <br> We look forward to welcoming you to Lund!<br> <br> Vasna Ramasar, Conference Chair (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)</span></p></div></div></div> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-2245448406554524912017-03-14T16:05:00.001-07:002017-03-14T16:05:19.209-07:00Graduate opportunities in sustainability governance and urban transformations at the University of Waterloo<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">We are seeking one PhD student and one Master's student, starting in September 2017 or January 2018, to join the Sustainability Policy Research on Urban Transformations (SPROUT) lab in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management. These students will work on a funded international project that explores urban sustainability transitions and the transformative potential of small businesses.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span lang="EN-US">The</span><span lang="EN-US"> challenge of climate change is one of multi-level and multi-actor governance, and one that requires research to illuminate more effective strategies for building partnerships between the public and private sectors to accelerate the creation of sustainable, low carbon communities. There are significant gaps, however, in our understanding of <i>what motivates businesses to innovate</i>, and the <i>partnerships or governance approaches</i> that might support these actions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span lang="EN-US">This ongoing research project explores the role of small businesses in triggering and accelerating sustainability transitions, with a particular focus on the potential for low-carbon technological and social innovations to scale up, influencing the behavior of other businesses, sectors, and communities. There is considerable flexibility within this mandate: current students, for instance, explore local visioning processes, green infrastructure, and food systems.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">For more information, please contact </span><span lang="EN-US">Dr. Sarah Burch (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:sburch@uwaterloo.ca" target="_blank">sburch@uwaterloo.ca</a></span><span lang="EN-US">).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Potential students are encouraged to send the following materials to Dr. Burch by <b>Friday April 14<sup>th</sup>, 2017:</b></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br class="gmail-m_-4273905788349882117webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul class="gmail-m_-4273905788349882117MailOutline" style="font-size:12.8px"><li style="margin-left:15px">A letter of interest outlining your research interests and experience</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Curriculum vitae</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Transcript or unofficial list of grades from highest degree obtained </li></ul><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br class="gmail-m_-4273905788349882117webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span lang="EN-US">For more information: </span></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br class="gmail-m_-4273905788349882117webkit-block-placeholder"></div><ul class="gmail-m_-4273905788349882117MailOutline" style="font-size:12.8px"><li style="margin-left:15px">University of Waterloo: <a href="http://www.uwaterloo.ca/" target="_blank">www.uwaterloo.ca</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:symbol"><span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-US">UW Faculty of Environment: <a href="http://www.uwaterloo.ca/environment" target="_blank">www.uwaterloo.ca/<wbr>environment</a></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Geography and Environmental Management graduate programs <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/geography-environmental-management/graduate" target="_blank">https://uwaterloo.ca/<wbr>geography-environmental-<wbr>management/graduate</a></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Dr. Sarah Burch <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/geography-environmental-management/people-profiles/sarah-burch" target="_blank">https://uwaterloo.ca/<wbr>geography-environmental-<wbr>management/people-profiles/<wbr>sarah-burch</a> </li></ul> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-11912963189484791882017-03-10T06:45:00.001-08:002017-03-10T06:45:28.095-08:00Call for Abstracts: 5th International Conference on Sustainable Development, New York<div dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-im" style="font-size:12.8px"><div>Dear Colleagues, </div><div><br></div><div>The call for abstracts is now out for the Fifth Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICSD), which will take place on 18 & 19 September, 2017, at Columbia University in New York City. Abstract submission and conference registration will take place on the <a href="http://www.ic-sd.org/" target="_blank">conference website</a>.</div><div><br></div></span><div style="font-size:12.8px">The overarching conference theme is The World in 2050: Looking Ahead for Sustainable Development. Abstracts should be directly relevant to one of the 27 conference topics, which cover all 17 SDGs and a number of crosscutting issues, including data, the role of universities in achieving the SDGs, and the arts as a tool to raise awareness of the SDGs. </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">A full list of topics and the <a href="http://ic-sd.org/2017/03/01/2017-conference-call-for-abstracts/" target="_blank">call for abstracts</a> are available online. We hope you will join us! </div><span class="gmail-im" style="font-size:12.8px"><div><br></div><div>Warmly, </div><div>The Global Association of Master's in Development Practice Programs (MDP)</div><div>The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)</div></span> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-79898651125454594262017-03-10T06:44:00.001-08:002017-03-10T06:44:48.752-08:00Call for papers Ambio Special Feature "Human Adaptation to Climate Induced Biodiversity Change"<div dir="ltr"><b><span style="font-size:12.8px">Call for Papers</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"></b><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Across the planet, climate change has already led to local extinctions of hundreds of species. Phenology is altering, and many species are rapidly changing range. People must adapt to change in local biodiversity, and the ways they adapt will affect species and ecosystems, as well as human well-being. This Ambio Special Feature introduces the theme 'Human Adaptation to Biodiversity Change' for the first time, focusing especially on biodiversity change that is driven by climate change, and on conceptualizing adaptation to biodiversity change 'from below' – that is, adaptation on the part of the people most directly affected.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">The articles in this feature will deal with both conceptual issues related to such adaptation (e.g. with how knowledge, values, and livelihoods are best understood in relation to biodiversity change), as well as case studies that investigate the ways in which people have adapted, or are currently adapting (or mal-adapting), to changes in biodiversity that result, e.g. from the local extinction of a single species (e.g. a cultural keystone species), of a group of species (e.g. native crops or crustaceans), or an entire trophic level (e.g. large fish or predators); to changes in community composition (e.g. as a result of invasive species), major changes in population numbers, or in pest and disease incidence, etc. driven principally by climate change. Also of interest are people's responses to shifts in locally and regionally important species or varieties (e.g. crops, trees, fish) as their 'envelopes' shift geographically, entailing both benefits and harms, and potential new forms of cooperation and conflict.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Questions that might be addressed include:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">How do people perceive and understand such change?</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">How do people value biological resources and change in these?</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">How do people respond to perceived risks, and what affects their ability to respond?</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">How can such studies contribute to 'climate change adaptation' policy? To biodiversity policy?</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Articles are invited from both the developing and developed world, from so-called difficult environments and those that are not, from indigenous peoples living in the tropics or the Artic to 'modern' agriculturalists living in the North. Word limit: 8000 words. Expected publication date: April 2018. Please send manuscripts by May 1st to:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Dr. Rajindra K. Puri </span><a href="mailto:rkp@kent.ac.uk" style="font-size:12.8px">rkp@kent.ac.uk</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> or Prof. Patricia Howard </span><a href="mailto:P.Howard@kent.ac.uk" style="font-size:12.8px">P.Howard@kent.ac.uk</a><br> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-24316342754290829292017-03-09T07:54:00.001-08:002017-03-09T07:54:29.248-08:0010 Days Left to Apply to the Online Course on Indigenous People and IWRM<div dir="ltr">There is now 10 days left to apply to the online course on Indigenous People and IWRM. The course will run from April 17th to June 10th on the Cap-Net Virtual Campus and will focus on how to best integrate traditional knowledge into policies and practices in IWRM.<br><br>The course is free, open for a maximum of 40 participants from the entire water sector, and successful participants will receive certificates by the end of the course. <br><br><a href="http://campus.cap-net.org/en/course/indigenous-people-and-iwrm/">http://campus.cap-net.org/en/course/indigenous-people-and-iwrm/</a> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-57154008072812326012017-03-09T07:51:00.001-08:002017-03-09T07:51:24.307-08:0010 Days Left to Apply to the Online Course on Indigenous People and IWRM<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(96,96,96);font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px">There is now 10 days left to apply to the online course on Indigenous People and IWRM. The course will run from April 17th to June 10th on the Cap-Net Virtual Campus and will focus on how to best integrate traditional knowledge into policies and practices in IWRM.</span><br style="color:rgb(96,96,96);font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><br style="color:rgb(96,96,96);font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><span style="color:rgb(96,96,96);font-family:arial,"helvetica neue",helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px">The course is free, open for a maximum of 40 participants from the entire water sector, and successful participants will receive certificates by the end of the course. </span><br> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-79460283469298678702017-03-09T07:25:00.001-08:002017-03-09T07:25:46.102-08:00Applications open: MSc Water: Science & Governance programme, King's College London<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:17pt"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri">The Department of Geography, King's College London is accepting applications for </span><a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/geography/study/masters/watersg/index.aspx" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri;color:blue">MSc Water: Science and Governance</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri"> progamme. Drawing on the university's leading reputation in water research, students are equipped with advanced <b>interdisciplinary training</b> to tackle the contemporary challenges of diverse water environments around the world.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:17pt"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri">This programme, </span><span style="font-family:Calibri">which now incorporates the former MSc Aquatic Resource Management,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri"> is deeply rooted in King's College London's long-standing experience and expertise in providing </span><span style="font-family:Calibri">in-depth fundamental and applied training in freshwater and estuarine science and management. Combined with international research excellence in water science, policy and politics, the programme offers a unique learning experience as well as access to a range of professional networks which include government, industry and NGO sectors. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:17pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri"><font size="3">Students will benefit from lectures, seminars, lab and field sessions informed by cutting-edge insights from King's Water research spearheaded by <b>12 staff</b>. Key features of the MSc programme include a residential <b>field trip</b> in Shropshire and Wales, guest talks by leading scientists and professionals, weekly research seminars, internships and dissertation placement. The <b>London location</b> also offers excellent opportunities for professional networking. This year, students have attended meetings co-hosted by King's Water and International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage, the British Ecological Society, the Institute for Fisheries Management, started internships with WWF-UK and will have opportunities to join an interdisciplinary field project in the Okavango River basin, Botswana. <u></u><u></u></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:17pt"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri">Research updates by the water team can be viewed on the King's Water blog or @KingsWaterKCL</span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:17pt"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri">Students have gone on to work at the UN, government agencies, global consultancy firms, and international NGOs. See students testimonials here: </span><a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/geography/study/masters/watersg/testimonials.aspx" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri;color:blue">http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/<wbr>departments/geography/study/<wbr>masters/watersg/testimonials.<wbr>aspx</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:17pt"><font size="3"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri">The department offers <b>bursaries</b> and there are number of <b>scholarships</b> currently being advertised: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,227);text-decoration:none"><a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/graduate-school/funding.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.kcl.ac.<wbr>uk/study/graduate-school/<wbr>funding.aspx</a></span></font></p></div></div> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-52864200933945698652017-02-13T10:50:00.001-08:002017-02-13T10:50:30.101-08:0013th Summer School on Toxic Compounds in the Environment 2017<div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"times new roman",times,serif;font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:medium">RECETOX Research Infrastructure, Regional POPs Centre for Central and Eastern Europe and Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Masaryk university would like to extend to you an invitation to attend the international</span></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"times new roman",times,serif;font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong><span style="font-size:medium">13th Summer School on Toxic Compounds in the Environment 2017</span></strong></span>,</span></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"times new roman",times,serif;font-size:11px"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",times;font-size:medium">which will commence from </span><span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong><span style="font-size:medium">26th June to 30th June 2017</span> </strong></span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",times;font-size:medium">at</span> <span style="text-decoration:underline"><strong><span style="font-size:medium">RECETOX, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic</span></strong></span>.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"times new roman",times,serif;font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",times;font-size:medium">We cordially invite you, and your students to participate in this summer school. We would be greatly pleased to welcome you in Brno. </span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",times;font-size:medium">For more information please refer to the first announcement at the annex or the </span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",times;font-size:medium">RECETOX web pages : </span><span style="font-family:"times new roman",times;font-size:medium"><a href="http://www.recetox.muni.cz/index-en.php?pg=events--13th-summer-school-on-toxic-compounds-in-the-environment-2017" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(1,134,186)">http://www.recetox.muni.cz/index-en.php?pg=events--13th-summer-school-on-toxic-compounds-in-the-environment-2017</a></span></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"times new roman",times,serif;font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",times;font-size:medium">Registration is open on the web page: <a href="https://is.muni.cz/obchod/fakulta/sci/recetox/?lang=en" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(1,134,186)">https://is.muni.cz/obchod/fakulta/sci/recetox/?lang=en</a></span></p><p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"times new roman",times,serif;font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",times;font-size:medium">Do not hesitate with registration, summer school is limited to 40 participants.</span></p> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-71153126078614363522016-11-22T15:13:00.001-08:002016-11-22T15:13:43.165-08:00The Oxford Adaptation Academy, 13 – 25 August 2017: Call for Applications.<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">This two week residential course enables individuals and organisations to develop a solid grounding in the links between vulnerability, climate impacts and adaptation. The focus is on the "how to" rather than "what is" adaptation; and is designed to inform a participant's individual needs in the context of their own professional development.<br> <br> See flyer for testimonials and visit website, Global Climate Adaptation Partnership at <a href="http://www.climateadaptation.cc/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.climateadaptation.<wbr>cc/</a><br></div> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-43873578867627484612016-11-22T15:03:00.001-08:002016-11-22T15:03:58.878-08:00Invitation to join: Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP)<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">Invitation to join: Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) <br> <br> IUSDRP has started operating, and the details can be seen at: <br> <a class="m_-774454478186124591moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-als/programmes/iusdrp.html" target="_blank">https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/<wbr>ftz-als/programmes/iusdrp.html</a> <br> <br> IUSDRP has been created with three main aims: <br> <br> 1. to perform externally-funded international research on sustainable development issues linking researchers from across the world <br> 2. to publish the results of research on sustainable development issues in high calibre journals <br> 3. to train doctoral students on matters related to sustainable development issues <br> <br> IUSDRP also organises a series of high level events on sustainable development issues -and climate change Symposia. Some of the events currently planned are: <br> <br> World Symposium on Climate Change Communication, Manchester, UK, <br> 22nd -24th February 2017 <br> <a class="m_-774454478186124591moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-als/events/communication.html" target="_blank">https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/<wbr>ftz-als/events/communication.<wbr>html</a> <br> <br> World Symposium on Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development, Malta, 2nd – 4th March 2017 <br> <a class="m_-774454478186124591moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-als/events/malta2017.html" target="_blank">https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/<wbr>ftz-als/events/malta2017.html</a> in Malta in March 2017 <br> <br> World Symposium on Sustainability Science and Research, Manchester, UK, 5th-7th April 2017 <br> <a class="m_-774454478186124591moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-als/events/sustainability-science.html" target="_blank">https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/<wbr>ftz-als/events/sustainability-<wbr>science.html</a> <br> <br> Sustainability and Social Science Research Symposium <br> University of Michigan, United States, May 17th-19th 2017 <br> <a class="m_-774454478186124591moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-als/events/michigan2017.html" target="_blank">https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/<wbr>ftz-als/events/michigan2017.<wbr>html</a> <br> <br> 2nd World Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation, Coimbra, Portugal <br> 6th -8th September 2017 <br> <a class="m_-774454478186124591moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-als/events/portugal-wscca-2017.html" target="_blank">https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/<wbr>ftz-als/events/portugal-wscca-<wbr>2017.html</a> <br> <br> Partners universities interested to join should contact our team <br> to discuss the details. There are no costs involved. If conditions <br> are suitable, a letter of committment can be sent to universities interested to participate, so they can join and benefit from <br> IUSDRP´s network and outputs. <br><br></div></div> </div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386007604393180573.post-27674172680343261862016-11-21T16:01:00.000-08:002016-11-21T16:02:01.362-08:00Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) funding applications, by 28 Nov<p dir="ltr">Re: Project funding for early-career conservationists</p> <p dir="ltr">The deadline for Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP) funding applications is fast approaching – 28th November 2016. We would greatly appreciate if you could please circulate this message to anyone in your networks who you think might be interested.</p> <p dir="ltr">In 2017, CLP awards are focused on projects occurring in 22 countries: Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Brazil, China, Egypt, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Oman, South Africa, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, UAE and Vietnam.</p> <p dir="ltr">CLP awards are aimed at early career conservationists with less than 5 years' professional experience in the conservation sector. CLP awards are team-based, with at least 3 people per team.</p> <p dir="ltr">At this stage, we are accepting proposals for Future Conservationist Awards worth up to $12,500 each. A member of each award-winning project will be invited, all expenses paid, to CLP's two-week Conservation Management & Leadership training in June/July 2017.</p> <p dir="ltr">All information on eligibility, guidelines, FAQs, and the application form are on our website: <a href="http://www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/grants/grant-overview/future-conservationist-award/">http://www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/grants/grant-overview/future-conservationist-award/</a></p> <p dir="ltr">CLP is happy to provide applicant support - interested applicants are encouraged to contact us (<a href="mailto:clp@birdlife.org">clp@birdlife.org</a>) with questions as soon as possible.</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11140683305378236993noreply@blogger.com0