Dear colleagues,

Welcome to our second September 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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Highlighted Opportunity

Virtual Workshop: Learning workshop on the EPIC model for Asian Countries, EPIC-N Deadline: 1 November

The EPIC Network, in partnership with the UN Environment’s Global Adaptation Network and START, are pleased to now offer a learning workshop on the EPIC model for Asian countries, which will be held virtually on 8-9 March 2021. This workshop will provide a unique opportunity for collaborating pairs of individuals representing municipal governments and nearby universities to gain skills on the use of the EPIC model to address local sustainability challenges and return home with a work plan to implement it. For additional information, please reference the link above.

Job and fellowship opportunities

• Regional Global Adaptation Network (GAN) Liaison (UN Environment), United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Nairobi, Kenya) Deadline: 4 October
• Consultant for Tanintharyi River Ecosystem Survey, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (Myanmar) Deadline: 5 October
• Senior Research Associate/Research Associate (Process, power and meaning in water governance), Lancaster University (Lancaster, United Kingdom) Deadline: 6 October
• Intern (Urban Development and Water Division), Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Manila, Philippines) Deadline: 7 October
• Intern (Water SG, SDSC), Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Manila, Philippines) Deadline: 7 October
• Science Lead for the Earth Commission Secretariat, Future Earth (Stockholm, Sweden) Deadline: 9 October
• Senior Environmental Specialist, The World Bank (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: 9 October
• Postdoc fellowship in Valuing Water (Designing norms and behaviours for water positive lives at home), Linnaeus University (Småland, Sweden) Deadline: 11 October
• Intern (Economic Affairs, Disaster Risk Reduction), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) (Bangkok, Thailand) Deadline: 13 November 
• Program Manager (Fish Forever), Rare (Various) Deadline: ASAP
• Asia Pacific Policy Lead, Conservation International (CI) (Various) Deadline: ASAP
• Research Intern, OneWorld Sustainable Investments (Cape Town, South Africa) Deadline: ASAP
• Project Manager (Resource Watch), World Resources Institute (WRI) (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• Data Analyst (Global Water Program), World Resources Institute (WRI) (Beijing, China) Deadline: ASAP
• Consultant (Climate Strategies), South Pole (Berlin, Germany) Deadline: ASAP
• Earth Data Observation Internship, RTI International (Durham, NC, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• Future Earth Network Associate, Future Earth (Boulder, CO, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• Senior Manager (Flood-Prepared Communities), Pew Charitable Trusts (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• Senior Staff Associate I, Data Library, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (Palisades, NY, USA), 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

• Webinar: Ambiental Risk Analytics - Supporting better decision-making around flood risk management, Oasis Hub (5 October, 2:00PM GMT+1)
• Webinar: Mini-grids, Gender Equality, and Productive Use, ENERGIA and Power Africa (6 October, 3:00PM CET)
• Call for Proposals: Equity and the Natural World, National Geographic, Deadline: 21 October
• Virtual Conference: WMO Data Conference, WMO (16-19 November, 1:00PM-4:00PM CET)
• Summer School: Modelling approaches for climate risk and climate change adaptions in the context of sustainable intensification in semi-arid West Africa, The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) (Bamako, Mali) 21-28 February 2021
• MOOC: Free online courses in Energy, Climate Policy and Diplomacy, SOAS University of London, Various
• 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