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Opportunities in Sustainability
28 April 2021
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Dear colleagues,
Welcome to our second April 2021 installment of "Opportunities in Sustainability" - our twice-monthly email round-up of relevant opportunities from and within the sustainability community delivered straight to your inbox!
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Best regards,
The START team
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Highlighted Announcement
New Central Asia Initiative and Survey
START is collaborating with GEWEX to advance climate change science and scientific capacities in Central Asia. The proposed collaboration seeks to:
- Better understand the regional implications of large-scale climate change.
- Improve understanding of land-atmosphere interactions that determine weather and climate.
- Link these exchange processes to improved understanding of potential climate change impacts on water availability and its implications for food production, hydropower, industry, disaster risk management, and environmental protection.
If you are from the Central Asian region, or are working in this area, we ask you to help us by filling out the survey in the link above.
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Job and fellowship opportunities
- Project Assistant, Water Beyond Boundaries (Consultant) Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) (Bangkok, Thailand) Deadline: 30 April
- French Speakers: Conseiller Technique - PROMIRE, FAO (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) Deadline: 30 April
- Project Officer, Global Water Partnership - East Africa (GWP-EA) (Entebbe, Uganda) Deadline: 30 April
- Hydrologist Rivers & Wetlands Division, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (New Delhi, India) Deadline: 30 April
- Junior Consultant (Water and Livelihood Resource Management), SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (Nanyuki, Kenya) Deadline: 30 April
- Consultant - Integrating Gender Equality and Human Rights into Climate Change and Renewable Energy in Asia, UNITAR (Home-Based) Deadline: 2 May
- Climate Policy/Strategy Specialist (Just Transition), Asian Development Bank (Remote) Deadline: 3 May
- Junior Officer, Resilient Development, ICLEI (Bonn, Germany) Deadline: 7 May
- Junior Officer, Climate & Energy Action, ICLEI (Bonn, Germany) Deadline: 9 May
- Project Manager Power Systems, Agora Energiewende (Bangkok, Thailand) Deadline: 9 May
- Call for Applications (Women Scientists): Samira Omar Innovation for Sustainability Award, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Deadline: 12 May
- Internship: Intern (Environmental Department), Total (Johannesburg, South Africa) Deadline: ASAP
- Research Associate (Climate and Water Research Cluster), National University of Singapore (NUS) (Singapore) Deadline: ASAP
- Resilience and Disaster Intern, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: ASAP
- Communications and Events Officer, Water Tracker for National Climate Plans, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) (Remote) Deadline: ASAP
- Partnerships Manager, Africa, Wetlands International (Dakar, Senegal or Nairobi, Kenya; Various) Deadline: ASAP
- Project Manager (Water Tracker for National Climate Plans), Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA) (Various) Deadline: ASAP
- Asia Pacific Policy Lead, Conservation International (CI) (Various) Deadline: ASAP
- MSc in Freshwater Quality Monitoring and Assessment, UNEP GEMS/Water Capacity Development Centre, University College Cork (Online) Deadline: ASAP
- PG Dip in Freshwater Quality Monitoring and Assessment, UNEP GEMS/Water Capacity Development Centre, University College Cork (Online) Deadline: Processed in Rounds (See “How to Apply”)
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Training opportunities, courses, and calls for submissions
- Webinar: "Harnessing Solar Energy for the Treatment of Water in Africa," ACEWM (29 April, 11:00AM GMT)
- Webinar: "Reforestation as a natural climate solution," Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests (30 April, 3:00PM GMT)
- Online Course: Python Training 2021, FCFA and GCRF African SWIFT (7-12 June) Deadline for Applications: 30 April
- Online Course: Making Cities Resilient: Developing Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Strategies, UNITAR (27 April-30 June) Deadline: 2 May
- Online Course: An Introduction to Climate Change: Science, Politics and Impacts, Centre for Science and Environment India (17-28 May) Deadline for Applications: 10 May
- Webinar: “African cities acting for nature,” ICLEI Africa (18 May, 12:00PM GMT)
- RISE Africa Action Festival 2021, ICLEI Africa (24-28 May)
- Virtual Conference: Restoring Africa’s Drylands: Accelerating Action On the Ground, GLF Africa (2-3 June)
- Webinar: “Where the two meet: lessons from the planned and unplanned city,” ICLEI Africa (15 June, 12:00PM GMT)
- Webinar: “Climate research and evidence for development: How transformative capacities can shape sustainable futures,” ICLEI Africa (15 June, 12:00PM GMT)
- Webinar: 1st African Forum on Urban Forests (AFUF), FAO and UN-Habitat (5-9 July)
- MOOC: NEW Certificate Course on Nature-based Solutions for Disaster and Climate Resilience, United Nations Environment Programme
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START provides opportunities for training, research, education and networking that strengthen scientific skills and inspire leadership for advancing solutions to critical sustainability challenges.
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