Dear colleagues,

Welcome to our second October 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

• Consultant (Climate Change and Disaster Risk), Oxford Policy Management (OPM) (Oxford, UK) Deadline: 27 October
• Coordinator, Swiss Water Partnership (Zurich or Bern, Switzerland) Deadline: 27 October
• Consultant, Support to LDN Transformative Projects and Programmes Design, UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) (Home-based) Deadline: 29 October
• Programme Management Officer (Project Post), United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Paris, France) Deadline: 30 October
• Senior Coordination Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Geneva, Switzerland) Deadline: 31 October
• Africa Oceans Strategy Director, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Mombasa, Kenya) Deadline: 31 October
• Global Covenant Technical Coordinator, CDP Europe (Brussels, Belgium) Deadline: 31 October
• Associate Director of Programs, The Climate and Land Use Alliance (San Francisco, CA, USA) Deadline: 31 October
• Young Professionals Program (YPP), Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Manila, Philippines) Deadline: 31 October
• Senior NKE - Water Quality Expert (International), Niras (Kenya) Deadline: 1 November
• Team Leader (International), Niras (Kenya) Deadline: 1 November
• Senior Expert Consultant to co-author/co-edit the 2nd edition of the Global Land Outlook, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Home-based) Deadline: 1 November
• Research Analyst, Keeling Curve Prize, A Global Warming Mitigation Project (Home-based) Deadline: 1 November
• Researcher - Climate Change research group, International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) (London or Edinburgh, UK) Deadline: 3 November
• Senior Regional Advisor for Africa, The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (Gland, Switzerland) Deadline: 4 November
• Call for Applications: Fellowships for Women, Faculty for the Future 2020 - 2021, The Schlumberger Foundation (Various Locations) Deadline: 7 November
• PhD Fellowship Opportunity: Food Technologies and Food Security, University of Colorado Boulder (Colorado, USA) Deadline: 1 December
• Intern, Environment Affairs, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Bangkok, Thailand) Deadline: 31 December
• International Climate Protection Fellowships, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany) Deadline: 1 March 2020
• Junior Analyst - Energy and Environment, China Policy (Beijing, China) Deadline: ASAP
• Specialist (Environmental Resilience), World Economic Forum (WEF) (New York, NY, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• WASH Infrastructure Specialist, Splash (Kolkata, India) Deadline: ASAP
• Climate Adaptation & Resilience Specialist, S&P Global (London or New York, Various) Deadline: ASAP
• Staff Associate (Climate), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (Columbia University) (Palisades, NY, USA) Deadline: ASAP
• (Senior) Project Manager: Climate security and climate diplomacy, Adelphi (Berlin, Germany) Deadline: ASAP
• Policy Advisor on Adaption and Resilience, IISD (Ottawa, Canada) Deadline: Until Suitable Applicant is Found
• Communications Director, Forests, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: Until Suitable Applicant is Found
• Deputy Lead, Forest Goal, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: Until Suitable Applicant is Found

Training opportunities, online courses, and graduate programs

• Training Course: Science Communication - Communicating to non-scientists (University of Nairobi, Chiromo Campus, Nairobi, Kenya) 28-31 October
• Webinar: Farming Methods That Thrive in a Decarbonized World (ASU LightWorks and Security And Sustainability Forum) 30 October, 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM EDT
• Training Workshop under ICAR-HRM Programme on “Advances in Simulation Modeling and Climate Change Research towards Knowledge Based Agriculture”, Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture (CESCRA), Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) (New Delhi, India) 13 November - 3 December
• Young Scientists Summer Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) (Vienna, Austria) Deadline: 11 January 2020
• Climate Change and Development Short Course 2020, School of International Development, University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK) 11-15 May 2020

Calls for abstracts, proposals, and papers

• Call for Papers: Africa 2030 - Strengthening the Capacity of African Countries to Handle the Challenge of a Changing Environment (23-24 January 2020, Nairobi, Kenya) Deadline for Abstracts: 30 October
• Call for Session Proposals and Abstracts: Adaptation Futures 2020 (27-30 April 2020, New Delhi, India) Deadline: 31 October 2019
• Call for Abstracts: 6th International Symposium on Knowledge and Capacity for the Water Sector (27-29 May 2020, Delft, Netherlands) Deadline: 14 November 2019
• Call for Session Proposals: Sustainability Research and Innovation (SRI2020) (14-17 June 2020, Brisbane, Australia) Deadline: 15 November

Upcoming conferences and events

• Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Accra 2019 (Accra, Ghana) 29-30 October
• NCSE 2020 Annual Conference (Washington, DC, USA) 6-9 January 2020
• ISRTC 2020: International Sustainability Resources & Technology Conference (Muscat, Oman) 10-12 February 2020
• Adaptation Futures 2020 (New Delhi, India) 27-30 April 2020
• FRIAR 2020: 7th International Conference on Flood and Urban Water Management (Valencia, Spain) 11-13 May 2020
• Dresden Nexus Conference (Dresden, Germany) 3-5 June 2020
• Sustainability Research and Innovation 2020 (Brisbane, Australia) 14-17 June 2020