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Check Out PECS Webinar on Evidence Based Approach for Indigenous-led Conservation
The Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) Collaborative Working Group organized a webinar titled "Using a multiple-evidence based approach for Indigenous-led conservation" on 21 February 2022. Dr. Cathy Robinson, a geographer based at CSIRO (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), reflects on a collaboration that applied Indigenous data governance and knowledge sharing protocols to bring together Indigenous knowledge (IK) and artificial intelligence (AI) to adaptively manage weeds impacting the Nardab Ramsar listed wetlands in Australia’s Kakadu National Park, a World Heritage area listed for its natural and cultural values. A recording of the webinar is available from here.
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Scientists Urge Policymakers to Adopt New Approaches to Addressing Global Change
A new report released in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) is a call to action for policymakers worldwide seeking to develop sustainable and equitable solutions to our most urgent global challenges. “Ten Facts about Land Systems for Sustainability” was co-authored by 50 leading land use scientists from 20 countries. A companion report offers specific examples to help policymakers and the public understand what’s at stake at this critical moment in global development. Read more here.
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Call for Applications: Collaborative Research Action Grants in SSCP
The Belmont Forum is now accepting applications for Collaborative Research Action Grants in the research area of Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SSCP). It will fund projects for three years, beginning in early 2023. The deadline for registration and proposal submission is early May 2022, and the deadline for full application is mid-October 2022.
The themes of the call are as follows
- Theme 1: Interdisciplinary research to support the transition to a green economy with sustainable consumption and production systems
- Theme 2: Sustainable and resilient industries and their governance systems
- Theme 3: Social inequality and environmental justice
- Theme 4: Integrating new technologies, policies, and practices into everyday life
SSCP Knowledge-Action Network contributed to the development of the grants. Training modules are also available on the Belmont Forum YouTube channel. Find more details here.
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Call for Applications: Urban KAN Steering Committee Members
Future Earth’s Urban Knowledge-Action Network (Urban KAN) is a global network of researchers and innovators in policy, business, and civil society working to solve the most pressing challenges facing cities worldwide. We build new knowledge and tools to accelerate real-world transitions and transformations to sustainable and livable cities.
The Urban KAN is now calling for (self-)nominations to join the Steering Committee. This is a great opportunity to take part in this global dynamic endeavor. You can submit your nomination from here. The call is open until 31 May 2022 (0:00 UTC). Members of the Steering Committee work to: (1) build a community of practice and mobilizing capacity among stakeholders; (2) facilitate, co-design, synthesis, and amplify research; and (3) bring knowledge to action by building networks, democratizing data, and bringing underrepresented voices into global policy and planning discussions.
For any questions, please contact urban@futureearth.org.
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Highlights (In Case You Missed It)
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Extreme Wildfires Projected to Increase 50% by 2100
According to a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), extreme wildfires are projected to be more frequent and intense, and are expected to increase 50% by the end of the century. Extreme fires are defined as a catastrophic fire occurring roughly once every hundred years. The report also warns of increased risks in the Arctic and other regions previously unaffected by fires. Scientists point out that climate change and land use can drive the fire increase. They urge governments to radically shift their spending from response to prevention of extreme fires. Read more...
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Anthropocene Magazine's Daily Science - Latest
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Here’s a Powerful Way to Recycle Disposable Face Masks
Mask recommendations have evolved with the Covid-19 virus, and the latest Omicron variant is now driving up demand for surgical and N95 masks. These disposable masks save lives, but they are made of plastic microfibers and are exacerbating the world’s plastic-pollution problem. A recent report estimated that 1.56 million facemasks entered the oceans in 2020. A team of researchers from Mexico and the U.S. have now found a way to turn disposable mask waste into batteries that can store as much energy as lithium-ion batteries, and could also be low-cost and flexible to boot. Read more...
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What If the World Phased out Meat Consumption over 15 years? The Numbers are Stunning—and Instructive.
The climate impact of livestock is so powerful, that if we phased out the consumption of meat over the next 15 years, we could start stabilizing greenhouse gas emissions from 2030 onwards. This would require a difficult culinary sacrifice — but it would get us more than halfway to achieving the emissions reductions laid out by the Paris Climate Agreement. Read more...
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Forests Follow Unexpected—and Surprisingly Fast—Paths to Recovery
Jungles grow with such abandon they can obscure entire civilizations beneath roots and vines. That fertility could prove vital in the race to heal the scars of deforestation. Tropical forests burned and cleared for farming and ranching in Central and South America and West Africa can bounce back in little more than a century, with some key features recovering in decades, according to new research. Read more...
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New Study Casts Carbon Inequality in Sharp Relief
Raising the living standards of more than 1 billion people who currently live on less than US$1.90 per day would cause only a negligible increase in global carbon emissions, according to a new analysis. The results underline the importance of the extremely outsized carbon emissions of the world’s richest people. They also suggest that two of the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals—to eradicate extreme poverty and halve the number of people living below national poverty lines on one hand, and to address climate change on the other—need not be in conflict. Read more...
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Join the RIHN 16th International Symposium: The Arts of Living with Nature
When: 7-11 March 2022
The 16th International Symposium of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) will be held from 7-11 March 2022 with the theme, "The Arts of Living with Nature." This international symposium will address the arts as the fundamental creative fields of life, as they are instantiated in things, places, and social forms, which in turn express humankind’s experience of living in continuity with the earthly forces that are ever at work. It will also explore Eastern and Western conceptions of natural intelligence, and these root sources of human creativity in the material world, as they extend across the formal plastic arts, craft, and fields such as dance, music, and performance, all of which can be seen to speak to the human hope for life within a nature that remains a vast source of the unknown. The symposium will be held online, free of charge, and with simultaneous interpretation in English and Japanese. Find more here and register here.
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Associate Director Position at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Closes: 8 March 2022
The Advancement and Outreach team at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute is looking for a talented Associate Director who is passionate about accomplishing their long-term research goals that support tropical conservation and sustainability. The successful candidate needs to have four to six years of experience in major gift fundraising, preferably in a major, science-related institution, non-profit organization, or educational institution. Find more here.
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Call for Proposal: Forum on Science Communication
Closes: 10 March 2022
Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation 2022 will take place in Hannover, Germany, from 4-6 October 2022, and will be focused on “Shaping transformation – Science communication for a changing society.” The Forum explores how science communication can contribute to building bridges between science and society, and offering approaches for a holistic communicative guidance for societal shifts. The call for proposal is open until 10 March 2022. Proposals can be submitted online and the details can be found here.
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Lecturer / Senior Lecturer Position on Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences at the University of New South Wales
Closes: 11 March 2022
The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, a large, collaborative and multi-disciplinary school in the Faculty of Science at the University of New South Wales with over 150 academic, research and professional staff, is seeking to appoint a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in the Earth sciences. The purpose of this role is to conduct high quality research, teaching and research student supervision in the UNSW earth science and/or physical geography programs. Find more here.
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PhD Research Fellow Position in speleothem-based paleoclimate research at the University of Bergen, Norway
Closes: 13 March 2022
The Department of Earth Science at the University of Bergen is seeking a PhD Research Fellow in speleothem-based paleoclimate research. The position is for a fixed-term period of three years with the possibility of a fourth year with other work (e.g. teaching duties at the Department). Starting date as soon as possible but no later than September 2022. Find more here.
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Doctoral Researcher/ PhD candidate/ Postdoc Positions at the University of Bremen, Germany
Closes: 14 March 2022
This project is part of the newly established Priority Programme “Tropical Climate Variability and Coral Reefs – A Past to Future Perspective on Current Rates of Change at Ultra-High Resolution” (SPP 2299) of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). The programme aims to enhance our understanding of tropical marine climate variability and its impact on coral reef ecosystems in a warming world, by quantifying climatic and environmental changes during both the ongoing warming and past warm periods on timescales relevant for society.
- The Doctoral Researcher/ PhD Candidate position is to commence on 1 June 2022 with a duration of three years and aimed at obtaining a doctorate degree within this timeframe. Find more here.
- The Postdoctoral Researcher will support the coordinator of the Priority Programme in science management related activities. Find more here.
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ESA Ocean Training Course in January 2023
Closes: 22 March 2022
Applications will open soon for ESA's 2023 Advanced Ocean Synergy Training course. Up to 60 master and PhD students and postdocs will be offered a free berth onboard the tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl. The students will be involved in analyzing near real time satellite data in comparison to onboard collected data and ocean model fields. In addition, the students will actively participate in crew-related watches and tasks. The 10-day training in January 2023 is jointly organized with the “Partnership for Education and Cooperation in Operational Oceanography” (PECO2) project, including partners from South-Africa, China, France, India and Norway. Find more here.
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"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
— R. Buckminster Fuller, author, inventor, and architect
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