Jun 2009
OECD Report on Development & Adaptation
30/06/09 15:48 Filed in: Report
In late May,
the OECD hosted a meeting on the
environment and development and a report of the
proceedings has just been released. Of critical
interest is the report on integrating adaptation
into development cooperation. The perspective
reflects primarily that of that “donor nations
in regard to the UNFCCC.
The report is available here.
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Development and Climate Change Panel
29/06/09 22:32 Filed in: Panel
Bridging the Gap in
the Developing World on Global Climate Change
Policies
Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Academy for Educational Development (AED), Greeley Hall
Location: 1875 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. Greeley Hall
SID-Washington invites you to join us for our July Chapter Event on Thursday, July 16th at the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, D.C.
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Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Academy for Educational Development (AED), Greeley Hall
Location: 1875 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. Greeley Hall
SID-Washington invites you to join us for our July Chapter Event on Thursday, July 16th at the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, D.C.
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Aspen Institute Report: Sustainable Water Use
29/06/09 18:08 Filed in: Report
The Aspen
Institute
PDF of the Report
From the Foreword:
America’s drinking water and wastewater systems face increasing challenges in maintaining and replacing their pipes, treatment plants, and other critical infrastructure. Prolonging and renewing the nation’s high-quality water services requires a clear sense of what is a sustainable water infrastructure, the amount of investment needed to create and preserve it, where investments should be made, and by whom. In 2008 and 2009 the Aspen Institute convened a multi-stakeholder dialogue to help provide clarity and promote leadership on these issues.
With few exceptions, everyone shares the goals of ensuring clean and safe drinking water for all communities, protecting the natural environment, and making certain that the nation’s water infrastructure benefits from sustained investment. Keeping these shared values in the forefront of our Aspen Dialogue was essential as the group examined the subordinate issues on which positions differed. In this case, the shared values and differing positions led to new thinking about an
expanded definition of water infrastructure, and by implication, what investments are needed to provide a more holistic approach to sustainable water infrastructure.
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PDF of the Report
From the Foreword:
America’s drinking water and wastewater systems face increasing challenges in maintaining and replacing their pipes, treatment plants, and other critical infrastructure. Prolonging and renewing the nation’s high-quality water services requires a clear sense of what is a sustainable water infrastructure, the amount of investment needed to create and preserve it, where investments should be made, and by whom. In 2008 and 2009 the Aspen Institute convened a multi-stakeholder dialogue to help provide clarity and promote leadership on these issues.
With few exceptions, everyone shares the goals of ensuring clean and safe drinking water for all communities, protecting the natural environment, and making certain that the nation’s water infrastructure benefits from sustained investment. Keeping these shared values in the forefront of our Aspen Dialogue was essential as the group examined the subordinate issues on which positions differed. In this case, the shared values and differing positions led to new thinking about an
expanded definition of water infrastructure, and by implication, what investments are needed to provide a more holistic approach to sustainable water infrastructure.
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Water ReUse Symposium: Seattle, WA, Sept 09
29/06/09 18:06 Filed in: Conference
| Research
The 24th
Annual WateReuse
Symposium, presented by the WateReuse
Association and cosponsored by the American
Water Works Association and the Water
Environment Federation, will feature more than
100 technical presentations, pre-conference
workshops, an EPA forum, regional water reuse
project poster displays, technical tours, a
national legislative and water policy plenary
session, receptions, an awards luncheon, and the
ever-popular exhibition component.
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Paleoclimate conference
26/06/09 18:35 Filed in: Conference
| Research
PAGES (Past Global Changes) is
holding a 4-day meeting on past climate change
at Oregon State University in July 2009.
The meeting program is at: http://www.pages-osm.org/osm/program_full.html
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The meeting program is at: http://www.pages-osm.org/osm/program_full.html
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Urban River Restoration: Call for Participants
26/06/09 16:57 Filed in: Conference
| Research
The following is an announcement regarding the upcoming WEF Urban River Restoration Conference and its co-located partner, the WEF/IWA Cities of the Future Conference.
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Applications: Observers for Climate Investment Fund committees
Applications are now available on the RESOLVE website for civil society/NGO observer seats on two Climate Investment Fund (CIF) Trust Fund Committees - the Clean Technology Fund the Strategic Climate Fund - and one sub-committee, the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience. Read More...
Adaptation and Biodiversity Law: Archived Talks
On June 3, 2009 the
Environmental Law Institute hosted an International
Roundtable Discussion on the question posed in the
subject heading: “What does adaptation to climate
change mean for biodiversity law?” This discussion
is part of an ongoing project at ELI to identify
options and make recommendations for countries
seeking to build adaptive capacity into the
governance of their biological resources. Working
with environmental law and policy experts from
around the world, we are currently developing a
Toolkit for regulatory authorities and
stakeholders, and a Report for policymakers (drafts
planned for release Spring 2010).
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Tropical Cyclones/Hurricanes and Climate Change Forum
19/06/09 21:22 Filed in: Conference
| Virtual
At
the forum -
Hurricane Science for Safety Leadership Forum:
Safe Homes For All -
we’ve aligned some strange bedfellows to come
together to discuss these land use, environmental
and social challenges. Panelists include
environmentalists, government officials, free
market thinkers, and insurance
representatives. We anticipate lively, yet
constructive discussions focused on solutions based
strategies to natural disaster risk mitigation and
how best to balance the needs of communities with
the protection of sensitive ecosystems (and
hopefully some great angles for your blog posts).
The topics are quite timely as we’ve just entered
the Atlantic hurricane season and many important
environmental and social challenges need to be
addressed by the nation.
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Urban, Asian Adaptation Network
AdaptNet is RMIT
University Global Cities Institute's Climate Change
Adaptation Working Group network focused on urban
climate change adaptation. This decentralized
network creates a set of common knowledge and
reference points for participants in the network;
it offers a stock of such knowledge, and either
offers tools or direct users to tools to
undertake urban climate change adaptive policy research and analysis. AdaptNet highlights best practice and demonstration projects. It focuses on cities in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, but nested within the global network of cities.
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undertake urban climate change adaptive policy research and analysis. AdaptNet highlights best practice and demonstration projects. It focuses on cities in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, but nested within the global network of cities.
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Post-doc: Desert Fishes and Climate
Post Doctoral
Research Associate in Conservation of Desert Fishes
Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Biology
Kansas State University
Responsibilities: We seek a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with strong quantitative skills
for a collaborative project to develop a regional conservation plan and assess threats to desert fishes of
the Lower Colorado River Basin USA at multiple spatial scales. The successful applicant will be co-
advised by Dr. Craig Paukert (Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Kansas State
University) and Dr. Julian Olden (School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington),
and will work closely with fisheries biologists as part of the Desert Fishes Habitat Partnership of the
National Fish Habitat Initiative.
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Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Biology
Kansas State University
Responsibilities: We seek a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with strong quantitative skills
for a collaborative project to develop a regional conservation plan and assess threats to desert fishes of
the Lower Colorado River Basin USA at multiple spatial scales. The successful applicant will be co-
advised by Dr. Craig Paukert (Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Kansas State
University) and Dr. Julian Olden (School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington),
and will work closely with fisheries biologists as part of the Desert Fishes Habitat Partnership of the
National Fish Habitat Initiative.
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USGS & SCB: Climate Management Challenges for Colorado
16/06/09 02:25 Filed in: Conference
October 5 - 8, 2009
High Country Conference Center, Flagstaff, Arizona
A Collaboration of U.S. Geological Survey - Southwest Biological Science Center and The Society for Conservation Biology
Plenary Speaker: Paul Ehrlich - author of "The Population Bomb" and co-author of "The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment"
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High Country Conference Center, Flagstaff, Arizona
A Collaboration of U.S. Geological Survey - Southwest Biological Science Center and The Society for Conservation Biology
Plenary Speaker: Paul Ehrlich - author of "The Population Bomb" and co-author of "The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment"
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Society for International Development Panel on Climate and Poverty Reduction: July 16
15/06/09 23:32 Filed in: Panel
Society for
International Development Event:
Bridging the Gap in the Developing World on Global Climate Change Policies
Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009
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Bridging the Gap in the Developing World on Global Climate Change Policies
Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009
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Adaptation & Poverty Panel
13/06/09 00:08 Filed in: Panel
****IFPRI 2020 Panel
Discussion****
Climate Change -- Adaptation and Poverty
Panel:
Mahabub Hossain, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (Bangladesh)
Raul Montemayor, Federation of Free Farmers Cooperatives Inc. (Philippines)
Camilla Toulmin, International Institute for Environment and Development (United Kingdom)
Chair: Joachim von Braun
Thursday, June 25, 2009
3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
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Climate Change -- Adaptation and Poverty
Panel:
Mahabub Hossain, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (Bangladesh)
Raul Montemayor, Federation of Free Farmers Cooperatives Inc. (Philippines)
Camilla Toulmin, International Institute for Environment and Development (United Kingdom)
Chair: Joachim von Braun
Thursday, June 25, 2009
3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
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NASA global change education grant
NASA
has just released an announcement for the second
year of the Global Climate Change Education:
Research Experiences, Teaching and Learning
program.
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SEI adaptation course
07/06/09 18:04 Filed in: Course
The Climate Systems
Analysis Group at the University of Cape Town and
the Stockholm Environment
Institute, partners in weADAPT and the Global Climate
Adaptation Partnership, are offering a 2-week
“winter school” in the use of climate
information for developing adaptation
strategies, plans and policies. The winter
school will take place from 13 to 26 July 2009,
and is designed to provide a balance between
seminar style teaching and hands-on training,
supported by leading climate scientists and
adaptation experts, using the weADAPT platform
for developing the curriculum. We aim to provide
an overview of the latest relevant climate
science as well as working through sector
specific case studies and experiences of the
application of this knowledge in acting to
reduce risks. The winter school is supported
financially by UNITAR and SENSA.
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