Dear colleagues,

Welcome to our second January 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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• Programme Management Officer, UNEP/ UN Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD) (Bangkok, Thailand) Deadline: 29 January
• Leadership Program: Ambassador Program, Rising Smart Water Professionals (RiSWP) (Various) Deadline: 29 January
• Fellowship: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Social, Economic and Political constraints of Nature-Based Solutions, ACDI, University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa) Deadline: 31 January
• Fellowship: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Process-Based Biogeochemical, Land Surface and/or Hydrological Modelling, ACDI, University of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa) Deadline: 31 January
• International Staff, International Centre for Environmental Management (ICEM) (Hanoi, Vietnam) Deadline: 31 January
• Internship: Intern - Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Manila, Philippines) Deadline: 31 January 
• Internship: Intern - Environment Affairs, United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: 31 January
• Doctoral and Postdoc Fellowship Opportunities: Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa, SSRC (Various) Deadline: 1 February
• Postdoctoral and/or Senior Visiting Fellows (either practitioners or visiting faculty), Climate Policy Lab, Center for International Environment and Natural Resource Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University (Medford, MA, USA - Remote during COVID-19) Deadline: 1 February
• Assistant Professor - Remote Sensing and Environmental Geography, San Diego State University (San Diego, CA, USA) Deadline: 1 February
• Assistant Professor (Earth Systems Science Dimensions of Climate Change), National University of Singapore (NUS) (Singapore) Deadline: 1 February
• Researcher - Sustaining and Strengthening City Climate Action in the COVID-19 crisis for a green and climate-resilient recovery, German Development Institute (DIE) (Bonn, Germany) Deadline: 5 February
• Research Assistant - Regional Programme on Energy Security and Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (Nairobi, Kenya) Deadline: 5 February
• Project Coordinator - Regional Programme on Energy Security and Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa (Nairobi, Kenya) Deadline: 5 February
• Team Leader, TMG Research gGmbH (Berlin, Germany) Deadline: 7 February
• Soil Organic Carbon Research Associate, TMG Research gGmbH (Berlin, Germany) Deadline: 7 February
• Call for Applications: 2021 Keeling Curve Prize, Global Warming Mitigation Project (Various) Deadline: 10 February
• Fellowship (for African Nationals): Postdoc Fellowships, DAAD climapAfrica: Africans in climate research, Deadline: 15 February
• Fellowship: ZUKOnnect Fellowships for Scholars from Africa, Asia and Latin America, Zukunftskolleg, Universität Konstanz (Konstanz, Germany) Deadline: 24 February
• PhD Opportunity: Quantifying the actual and potential contribution of nature-based solutions to global water security, Imperial College London (London, United Kingdom) Deadline: 19 March
• PhD Opportunity: Satellite-based monitoring and management of agricultural water use, University of Manchester (Manchester, United Kingdom) 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
• Manager, Technologies for Natural Climate Solutions, Verra (Washington, DC, USA or Remote) Deadline: Until Suitable Applicant is Found
• 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: “LDC reflections of 2020: climate action, ambition and the path forward” International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) (28 January, 11:30AM - 1:00PM GMT)
• Virtual Dialogue: “Geneva Beat Plastic Pollution Dialogues | Plastics and Standards,” Geneva Environment Network (28 January) 
• Webinar: “Using data in cities for the green transition,” ICLEI (29 January, 9:00AM - 10:30AM GMT)
• Webinar: “Time to Act: The Circular Economy Action Agenda,” World Resources Institute (WRI) and PACE (4 February, 2:00PM GMT)