Sep 2009
Climate adaptation network director position
28/09/09 19:26 Filed in: Job
Director,
Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network
(ELAN)
World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the
global conservation organization, seeks a highly
qualified individual to provide management and
scientific expertise on climate change adaptation
for both WWF and the Ecosystems and Livelihoods
Adaptation Network (ELAN).
The Director, ELAN will help coordinate the
management of ELAN and provide
additional scientific leadership for WWF adaptation
programs, in conjunction with other WWF
staff. He/she will work closely with IUCN,
WWF National organizations, other conservation and
development groups and other organizations/agencies
to develop and strengthen the ELAN partnership. The
incumbent will participate in making decisions
regarding the function and governance of ELAN,
including interacting and negotiating with
high-level officials of other WWF Network
Organizations, other conservation groups,
development organizations, leading researchers, and
officials from governments and international
organizations. She/he will help to plan and lead
meetings of advisory and governance groups, and be
a part of the team providing technical support and
training to field programs on IAV assessments,
adaptation options, and implementing adaptation
projects.
She/he will also, as appropriate to skill level and
knowledge, provide ongoing reports on developments
in, for example, the broad areas of foreign
assistance and adaptation finance; provide
leadership and support for international
negotiations around adaptation, and work with WWF
Global Deal Network Initiative. They will
provide ongoing reports to the Managing Director
for Climate Change Adaptation, the Vice President
for Climate Change and other senior WWF personnel,
including the Senior Vice President for Policy and
WWF’s President and CEO.
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US agency requests feedback on climate adaptation strategy
26/09/09 21:15 Filed in: Report
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service has released its Climate Change
Strategy for a 60 day period of public comment.
Here's an opportunity to comment on and influence
the overarching plan that will guide the
Service’s response to impacts such as changing
wildlife migration patterns, the spread of invasive
species, changing precipitation patterns and rising
sea levels.
http://www.fws.gov/news/NewsReleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=E79B541B-E2B2-1661-CE45BAD69C7597F7
The Service requests substantive comments, factual information, and other constructive criticism to help improve the plan. After reviewing the plan, the public can submit comments electronically through November 23, 2009. To view the report, provide comments and find out more about Fish and Wildlife Service efforts to address climate change, visit http://www.fws.gov/home/climatechange/. Read More...
http://www.fws.gov/news/NewsReleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=E79B541B-E2B2-1661-CE45BAD69C7597F7
The Service requests substantive comments, factual information, and other constructive criticism to help improve the plan. After reviewing the plan, the public can submit comments electronically through November 23, 2009. To view the report, provide comments and find out more about Fish and Wildlife Service efforts to address climate change, visit http://www.fws.gov/home/climatechange/. Read More...
Virtual freshwater conference — available 24/7
25/09/09 17:52 Filed in: Conference
| Research
The Nature
Conservancy with support from WWF ran a Virtual
Freshwater Conference between December 2008 and May
2009. The conference included 29 sessions, 75
speakers, and over 1500 participants from 23
countries and 48 US states. Recorded sessions
and the conference program are still available
at http://conserveonline.org/workspaces/vfc.
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Asia-Pacific land & water management e-conference
24/09/09 22:19 Filed in: Conference
Rapid degradation of
rural watersheds in the Asia-Pacific has been a
major concern of the governments and civil
societies in the region. Segmented management of
land and water resources is one of the root causes,
greatly exacerbated by a “domino effect” from
continuous population growth with associated
increased food, fuels and water requirements,
changing pressures on land from biofuels and
increased demands for protein-rich diets, as well
as anticipated adverse impacts of climate change in
the coming decades. The outcome is land and water
scarcity, particularly of better quality land and
more accessible and (in the past) naturally renewed
water supplies. In response, the immediate need is
the wider promotion and uptake of integrated land
and water resource management with a focus on rural
watersheds to ensure their sustainability while
improving local livelihoods. For this purpose, the
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific of the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO-RAP), in partnership with concerned
development partners, is organizing an E-conference
on Integrated Land and Water Resources Management
in Rural Watersheds. Read
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Request for info on biofuels
24/09/09 04:04 Filed in: Research
Wetlands
International is undertaking a Quick Scan on
Biofuels and Wetlands aimed at collecting current
data on how the new policies on production and
utilization of biofuels affect the worldwide
wetlands. Focus areas are SE Asia, Latin America,
Africa, Europe and USA. Please have a look
at
http://www.wetlands.org/Whatwedo/Projects/WetlandsandBiofuels/tabid/1253/Default.aspx for
more details.
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Water at a Crossroads: Report from the World Water Council
22/09/09 19:35 Filed in: Report
| Conference
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World Water Forum
From climate change adaptation to the energy and food crunch, from the MDGs to the Right to Water—a wide range of issues was discussed and debated during the 5th World Water Forum (Istanbul, Turkey, March 2009).Water at a Crossroads,the official World Water Council synthesis of the 5th World Water Forum, presents the main themes and the different perspectives of participants in addressing key questions. The illustrated, magazine-style report provides an analysis of the major issues and the important decisions taken in Istanbul, interweaving technical solutions, social considerations and political commitments. It aims to improve everyone’s understanding of the water challenges we face today and the solutions at hand.
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From climate change adaptation to the energy and food crunch, from the MDGs to the Right to Water—a wide range of issues was discussed and debated during the 5th World Water Forum (Istanbul, Turkey, March 2009).Water at a Crossroads,the official World Water Council synthesis of the 5th World Water Forum, presents the main themes and the different perspectives of participants in addressing key questions. The illustrated, magazine-style report provides an analysis of the major issues and the important decisions taken in Istanbul, interweaving technical solutions, social considerations and political commitments. It aims to improve everyone’s understanding of the water challenges we face today and the solutions at hand.
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Pre-Copenhagen webinar
22/09/09 18:29 Filed in: Conference
| Panel
The
Asia Society
wants to let you know about an upcoming
webcast,
Copenhagen and Beyond – The Post-2012
Agreement. Senator
the Hon. Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change
and Water will be speaking with Asia Society’s own
Orville Schell, the director of the Center on
US-China Relations, tomorrow at
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 from 8:30-9:30 a.m.,
ET (New York, GMT-5).
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Conference on the European Water Framework Directive
22/09/09 16:44 Filed in: Conference
The
Water Framework Directive: Emerging Water
Management Challenges
29th and 30th September 2009 World Trade Centre, Lille, France
Join us in Lille, France where CIWEM together with our French counterparts ASTEE and the European Water Association are hosting a two day conference on 29th and 30th September looking at the challenges which have emerged in the past 9 years since the directive was issued.
These challenges include water scarcity, droughts, flooding and of course climate change. The event will crucially be asking the question can the WFD be implemented in such a changing climate?
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29th and 30th September 2009 World Trade Centre, Lille, France
Join us in Lille, France where CIWEM together with our French counterparts ASTEE and the European Water Association are hosting a two day conference on 29th and 30th September looking at the challenges which have emerged in the past 9 years since the directive was issued.
These challenges include water scarcity, droughts, flooding and of course climate change. The event will crucially be asking the question can the WFD be implemented in such a changing climate?
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Earth on Fire climate change exhibit
21/09/09 17:10 Filed in: Exhibit
Giant photographic
prints about climate change will carry the message
of urgency and action to Washington DC in October,
as the American Association for the Advancement of
Science opens a new two-part exhibit by
environmental photojournalist Gary Braasch in
association with author and filmmaker Lynne Cherry.
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Postdoc & PhD programs in desert hydroecology
PhD and postdoc
positions with Julian Olden at the University of
Washington's School of Aquatic and Fisheries
Sciences are listed below. Read
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Conference water observation and information systems for decision support
14/09/09 18:55 Filed in: Conference
The Fourth
International Scientific Conference BALWOIS
2010 will be organized in Ohrid, Republic
of Macedonia from 25 to 29 May 2010,
Hotel Desaret http://www.desaret.com.mk.
The purpose of the conference is to provide a
solutions-based forum and to exchange information
regarding research activities and plans for
studying the relationship between climate and
environment for improving the quantity and quality
of water, and engineering, and current policies
from state and federal agencies. Attendees will
include scientists and engineers, managers,
legislators, and policy makers responsible for
issues dealing with water. It is the intent of this
conference to bring forward the concerns and
impending problems (and offer solutions) that are
developing with regards to the availability and
quality of water, and the consequences to aquatic
ecosystems and human environment, not
only at the Balkan scale, but
wider. Read
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Investing in climate adaptation
10/09/09 20:24 Filed in: Panel
Invitation to a
Policy Briefing: Pathway to a Global Agreement:
Investments in International Climate Change
Co-sponsored by Senator Menendez
WHEN: September 14, 2009 at 1:30 PM
WHERE: Senate Dirksen G11
WHAT: A briefing by leaders in the business, faith, environmental, and development communities on the importance of investing in international climate change adaptation and mitigation. The briefing will highlight critical domestic policies needed to strengthen human security globally, increase US competitiveness and achieve a global agreement on climate change.
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Co-sponsored by Senator Menendez
WHEN: September 14, 2009 at 1:30 PM
WHERE: Senate Dirksen G11
WHAT: A briefing by leaders in the business, faith, environmental, and development communities on the importance of investing in international climate change adaptation and mitigation. The briefing will highlight critical domestic policies needed to strengthen human security globally, increase US competitiveness and achieve a global agreement on climate change.
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Telebriefing from the World Climate Congress
Please join us
*Friday, September 11, 3:30- 4:30pm (at GMT - 5)
for a conversation with Dr. Jane Lubchenco,
undersecretary of commerce for oceans and
atmosphere and NOAA administrator about World
Climate Conference-3. Dr. Lubchenco just returned
from leading the U.S. Delegation to the conference
last week in Geneva.
Hosted by the World Meteorological Organization, the conference, which brought together more than 2,000 climate scientists, sectoral experts and decision-makers, established a Global Framework for Climate Services to “strengthen production, availability, delivery and application of science-based climate prediction and services.”
Dr. Lubchenco will offer her observations and impressions from the conference, sharing some insights into the valuable collaboration and lessons learned from both the scientific segments, the meetings she attended and comments from heads of state from around the world. Climate change is a shared challenge, and this conference confirmed the pressing need for increased collaboration and coordination to improve the science and observations that support the development of climate information as well as the need to improve the coordination and delivery of climate information and services in all countries.
The call will be moderated by newly appointed NOAA Director of External Affairs, Andy Winer, and Dr. Lubchenco will take questions from participants.
Dial-in information:
US Toll Free Number: 877-457-9382
International Number: +1-630-395-0031
Participant Passcode: CLIMATE
Please contact Jennifer Austin at +1 202-302-9047 if you have any questions.
For more information about the conference go to:
World Climate Conference 3 information: http://www.wmo.int/wcc3/page_en.php
NOAA homepage: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090904_wcc3closing.html
Hosted by the World Meteorological Organization, the conference, which brought together more than 2,000 climate scientists, sectoral experts and decision-makers, established a Global Framework for Climate Services to “strengthen production, availability, delivery and application of science-based climate prediction and services.”
Dr. Lubchenco will offer her observations and impressions from the conference, sharing some insights into the valuable collaboration and lessons learned from both the scientific segments, the meetings she attended and comments from heads of state from around the world. Climate change is a shared challenge, and this conference confirmed the pressing need for increased collaboration and coordination to improve the science and observations that support the development of climate information as well as the need to improve the coordination and delivery of climate information and services in all countries.
The call will be moderated by newly appointed NOAA Director of External Affairs, Andy Winer, and Dr. Lubchenco will take questions from participants.
Dial-in information:
US Toll Free Number: 877-457-9382
International Number: +1-630-395-0031
Participant Passcode: CLIMATE
Please contact Jennifer Austin at +1 202-302-9047 if you have any questions.
For more information about the conference go to:
World Climate Conference 3 information: http://www.wmo.int/wcc3/page_en.php
NOAA homepage: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/20090904_wcc3closing.html
Another USGS postdoc opp
We are pleased to
announce a USGS Mendenhall Posdoctoral
Fellowship opportunity in Fort Collins,
CO.
Research Advisor(s): Jill Baron, (970-491-1968), jill_baron@usgs.gov, Travis Schmidt (970-226-9470), tschmidt@usgs.gov; Matthew Wallenstein, Colorado State University (970-491-7056), mawallen@nrel.colostate.edu; Andrew Fountain, Portland State University (503-725-3386), andrew@pdx.edu.
Mendenhall Fellows are appointed to the USGS for two years and receive full salary and benefits at the GS-12 level. The 2009 base salary for a GS-12, step 1 is $59,383. This amount might be higher depending on the amount of locality pay or cost-of-living allowance (COLA) for the geographic area of the assignment. The appropriate Human Resources Office contact can provide further information upon request.
Research Advisor(s): Jill Baron, (970-491-1968), jill_baron@usgs.gov, Travis Schmidt (970-226-9470), tschmidt@usgs.gov; Matthew Wallenstein, Colorado State University (970-491-7056), mawallen@nrel.colostate.edu; Andrew Fountain, Portland State University (503-725-3386), andrew@pdx.edu.
Mendenhall Fellows are appointed to the USGS for two years and receive full salary and benefits at the GS-12 level. The 2009 base salary for a GS-12, step 1 is $59,383. This amount might be higher depending on the amount of locality pay or cost-of-living allowance (COLA) for the geographic area of the assignment. The appropriate Human Resources Office contact can provide further information upon request.
When to Apply. The application closing date is November 9, 2009. Applicants must include an 8-page research proposal.
Read More..."Massive " recruitment in Australian groundwater, ecohydrology positions
As our CGS friends
and colleagues know, the CGS is now part of the
National Centre for Groundwater Research and
Training (NCGRT). We are pleased to continue and
expand our short course program together with this
exciting new Centre. The short courses will
continue to operate on the same business model that
has been so successful for the CGS. The NCGRT has
$55M in funding to spend on research and research
training over five years. The NCGRT is recruiting
now for about 170 Honours, PhD, Postdoc and
Technical and Research positions at universities
around Australia. We are inviting Expressions of
Interest from Australian and overseas candidates.
This is the largest coordinated recruiting drive
ever undertaken in groundwater in Australia. You
can help us to spread the word. Initial EOIs
close on Wednesday 16 September.
Please click here for a copy of the
advertisement,
which appeared in The
Australian’s Higher Education supplement on
Wednesday 2 September (page 3). Detailed
information is available on the Centre’s
website: www.groundwater.com.au
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USGS postdoc opportunity
The
US Geological Survey has announced a Mendenhall
Research Fellowship Opportunity on preferential
flow in the unsaturated zone, titled
Effects of Unsaturated-Zone Preferential Flow:
Water Quality, Ecosystems, and Climate
Change-Affected Water
Supply.
Information is at
http://geology.usgs.gov/postdoc/2011/opps/opp53.html.
This is one of a wide variety of postdoctoral
positions now being advertised on the Mendenhall
website
http://geology.usgs.gov/postdoc/.
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Prize for solutions for water problems
WANTED: INNOVATIVE
SOLUTIONS TO WORLD’S WATER CRISIS
REWARD: $70,000
Business plan challenge opens September 1, 2009
The inaugural Imagine H2O Prize competition is now open for submissions. The competition offers prizes of $70,000 in cash and in-kind services, which will be awarded to the business plans which promise the greatest breakthroughs in the efficient use and supply of water.
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REWARD: $70,000
Business plan challenge opens September 1, 2009
The inaugural Imagine H2O Prize competition is now open for submissions. The competition offers prizes of $70,000 in cash and in-kind services, which will be awarded to the business plans which promise the greatest breakthroughs in the efficient use and supply of water.
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