Dear colleagues,

Welcome to our third 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 Opportunities and Nominations

• Senior Climate Change Specialist, World Bank (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: 12 April
• Investment Appraisal Specialist for Climate Change, UNPD (Bangkok, Thailand) Deadline: 13 April
• Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific Coordinator (FRDPC), Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) (Apia, Samoa) Deadline: 19 April
• Lead Regional Environment and Climate Specialist (East and Southern Africa Region) - International Fund for Agriculture (Nairobi, Kenya) Deadline: 21 April
• Research Assistant and Researcher (SIPRI) (Stockholm, Sweden) Deadline: 22 April
• Call for Nominations: World-leading scientists sought for Earth Commission, Future Earth Deadline: 23 April
• Country Director, Ethiopia, WRI (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Deadline: 24 April
• Climate Change Adaptation Specialist, GHD Group (Ontario, Canada) Deadline: 25 April
• Call for Nominations: Applications for 2019 Global Climate Action Awards Deadline: 30 April
• East Asia Communications Coordinator, 350.org (Remote) Deadline: 1 May

Training opportunities and online courses

• Webinar: A Review of Sustainability Frameworks – Expanding Material Stewardship Potential 18 April, 10:00-11:30AM PST
• ForestEd – Physical Science of Forests, Climate Regulation, and Carbon Storage Course (MSU Forestry Forest Carbon and Climate Program and SAF) April 19
• Coastal Hazard Management Short Course (Griffith University, Gold Coast Australia) 8-10 May
• Mentoring & Training Program in IPCC Process for Early Career Mountain Researchers Deadline: 12 May
• Climate Change and Development Short Course (University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom) 3-7 June
• University of Malta Master of Arts, Research Islands and Small States (Distance Tuition and Scholarships Available) Deadline: 30 June

Calls for abstracts and proposals

• Call for Abstracts: African Climate Risks Conference 2019 (7-9 October, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Deadline: 28 April
• Call for Abstracts: 4th Regional Climate Conference ICRC-CORDEX 2019 (14-18 October, Beijing, China) Deadline: 30 April
• Call for Proposals: Climate Change Summit Africa 2019 (16-18 October, Accra, Ghana) Deadline: 31 May
• Research Call: WASCAL II (WRAP 2.0) Deadline: 14 June

Upcoming conferences and events

• 1st Great Lakes and Catchment Management Conference (Water Resource Institute, Entebbe, Uganda) 5-7 June
• International Conference on Development Challenges in Rural and Urban Areas (Suva, Fiji) 25-28 June
• Climate Change Summit Africa 2019 (Accra, Ghana) 16-18 October