Dear colleagues,

Welcome to our second November 2020 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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Job and fellowship opportunities

• PhD Opportunity: PhD Position in monitoring and modeling groundwater recharge across heterogeneous environments, University of Western Australia (Perth, Australia) Deadline: 27 November
• Intern (Environment Affairs), United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Paris, France) Deadline: 27 November
• Researcher in Disaster Risk Assessment & Loss Data, CIMA Foundation (Savona, Italy) Deadline: 27 November
• Climate Security Analyst, United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Geneva, Switzerland) Deadline: 27 November
• Programme Management Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Bangkok, Thailand) Deadline: 29 November
• Programme Management Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Nairobi, Kenya) Deadline: 29 November
• Research Chair Climate Change Adaptation, Aurora College (Inuvik, NT, Canada) Deadline: 30 November 
• Fellow, Resources for the Future (RFF) (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: 30 November
• Programme Advisor, UNEP-DHI Centre (Hørsholm, Denmark) Deadline: 30 November
• Climate Policy Coordinator, CAN Europe (Europe) Deadline: 4 December
• Programme Management Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Paris, France) Deadline: 6 December
• Program Associate (Healthy Watersheds Initiative), Watersheds BC (Victoria, BC, Canada) Deadline: 7 December
• PhD Opportunity: Regional assessment of the resilience of water supplies and environmental resilience, University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom) Deadline: 11 December
• Spring Internship: Gender & Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships, Global Water Partnership (GWP) (Stockholm, Sweden) Deadline: 13 December
• Spring Internship: Transboundary Water Cooperation, Global Water Partnership (GWP) (Stockholm, Sweden) Deadline: 13 December
• Spring Internship: Water Solutions for the SDGs, Global Water Partnership (GWP) (Stockholm, Sweden) Deadline: 13 December
• Spring Internship: Spring Internships: IWRM Toolbox, Global Water Partnership (GWP) (Stockholm, Sweden) Deadline: 13 December
• Spring Internship: Youth Engagement & Communications, Global Water Partnership (GWP) (Stockholm, Sweden) Deadline: 13 December
• PhD Opportunity: Smart monitoring technology of drinking water quality for improved private water supply management, The James Hutton Institute (Aberdeen, United Kingdom) Deadline: 8 January 2021
• Doctoral and Postdoc Fellowship Opportunities: Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa, SSRC (Various) Deadline: 1 February 2021
• Call for Applications: 2021 Keeling Curve Prize, Global Warming Mitigation Project (Various) Deadline: 10 February 2021
• Water Risk Filter Officer, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (Berlin, Germany) Deadline: ASAP
• Program Manager (Asia), Imagine H2O (Singapore, Singapore) Deadline: ASAP
• Postdoc Opportunity: “Robust River Basin Planning under Climate and Socio-Economic Changes,” ETH Zürich (Zürich, Switzerland) Deadline: ASAP
• Asia Pacific Policy Lead, Conservation International (CI) (Various) Deadline: ASAP
• Internship: Research Intern, OneWorld Sustainable Investments (Cape Town, South Africa) Deadline: ASAP
• Team Leaders for Climate Programme, Palladium (Various) Deadline: ASAP
• Internship: Earth Data Observation, RTI International (Durham, NC, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• Future Earth Network Associate, Future Earth (Boulder, CO, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• Climate Change Adaptation Experts, ICF (Colombo, Sri Lanka) Deadline: Until Suitable Applicant is Found
• Remote Sensing Specialist, Forest Monitoring Tasks, GAF AG (Munich, Germany) Deadline: Until Suitable Applicant is Found

Training opportunities, courses, and calls for submissions

• Virtual Event: Wiki4Climate climate change edit-a-thon, Future Climate For Africa and Climate & Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) (24 November - 1 December)
• Webinar: Overcoming the Challenges of Implementing NDCs in Africa, Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (26 November, 8:30AM UTC)
• Learning Session: Reflecting on effective approaches to research uptake and action, Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) (26 November, 1:00PM UTC)
• Call for Proposals: Postgraduate Scholarship: Catalyzing Climate Finance for the Southern African Development Community, Southern Africa Climate Finance Partnership (SACFP), Deadline: 30 November
• Webinar: The role of air circulation and cooling demand for planning universal household electrification in sub-Saharan Africa, CMCC (3 December, 11:30AM UTC)
• Call for Proposals: Request for Proposals on Food Security and Nutrition, The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) Deadline: 4 December
• Call for Partner Cities: Climate Smart Cities Challenge, Teknikföretagen, Viable Cities, UN-Habitat, Smart City Sweden, and Vinnova, Deadline: 22 January 2021
• Webinar: How to facilitate effective meetings on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, PLACARD Interchange (Self-Paced)
• Online course: Planning for Climate Change in African Cities, Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies & Erasmus University Rotterdam, United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa), (Self-Paced)