Oct 2011
Frankfurt Water Symposium: Adaptation in Action
We are pleased to announce the second Frankfurt Water Symposium organized by KfW Entwicklungsbank which will take place from February 2–3, 2012 in Frankfurt. The symposium “Adaptation in Action – Climate Change and Water” will focus on adaptation to climate change in the water sector.
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Video dialog on climate change practice
22/10/11 02:52 Filed in: Virtual
We would like to share with you the results and resources from the Global Video Dialogue Series on Climate Change, organized jointly by the World Bank Institute’s Climate Change Practice and the World Bank country office in Pretoria, South Africa, which has covered key issues relevant to the upcoming United Nations Climate Conference (COP 17) in Durban in November/December 2011.
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Decision-making processes in a changing climate
The World Resources Report is pleased to announce the release of World Resources 2010-2011: Decision Making in a Changing Climate.
Webinar: sustainability master class
This is just a reminder to list members that registrations will soon close for the Sustainability Leadership Master classes being held in New York on December 1st, 2011. We will be providing webinar capabilities for those not quite able to make it. The Master class starts with a detailed overview of some of the big issues, challenges and opportunities both business and Government face from the politics of climate change, through to the business response and the important factors at play when determining climate change policies. If you are in business, Government or the Non-Government sector you will want to attend this important and exclusive Master class. At the end of the Master class there will be an exclusive networking event for participants to further share knowledge and collaborate.
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Hydrologist/programmer position
The Western States Water Council (WSWC) is looking to fill an open Hydrologist/Programmer position. The WSWC is looking for an energetic recent or near graduate in hydrology with an interest in, as well as experience with computer programming. The project will focus on helping the western states develop a water use and water availability data exchange. The purpose of this is to help the western states be in a better position to support the Department of Energy's water for energy studies and USGS's Water Census as well as other water availability and water planning studies. These types of data have historically been one of the weak links in the suite of water data, and the western states are committed to try to address these issues. Read More...
Experimental Hydraulic Methods conference
22/10/11 02:40 Filed in: Conference | Research
We would like inform you of the HMEM 12 Conference (http://content.asce.org/conferences/HMEM2012/index.html), to be held at Snowbird Resort, Utah (USA) in August of 2012. HMEM is sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and by the International Association of Hydraulic Research (IAHR). HMEM 2012 is the fourth in a series of highly successful HMEM conferences; previous conferences have been held in Buffalo, NY (1994), Estes Park, CO (2002), and Lake Placid, NY (2007).
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Resource management social media
Thomson Reuters Foundation, which publishes AlertNet Climate, has just launched youTrust.org, a new kind of social media platform. Read More...
Transboundary resource management: call for papers
On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee, I would like to inform you of the:
LEUPHANA SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT - Enabling a Transdisciplinary Approach
29th February – 2nd March 2012, Lüneburg, Germany
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LEUPHANA SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT - Enabling a Transdisciplinary Approach
29th February – 2nd March 2012, Lüneburg, Germany
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Climate, population hotspots
12/10/11 19:10 Filed in: Report
Population Action International’s mapping website shows how climate change and population dynamics will change the world over time. New features on the site include country profiles which contain maps, graphs, videos, and additional resources that offer a closer look at population, gender, and climate change trends in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, and Peru.
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Culture, politics, and climate conference
12/10/11 19:09 Filed in: Conference | Policy
University of Colorado-Boulder, Call for Papers
The International Conference on Culture, Politics, & Climate Change
September 13-15, 2012, Boulder, Colorado USA
www.climateculturepolitics.org
Deadline for abstracts: January 10, 2012
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The International Conference on Culture, Politics, & Climate Change
September 13-15, 2012, Boulder, Colorado USA
www.climateculturepolitics.org
Deadline for abstracts: January 10, 2012
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Earth System Governance: 2012
12/10/11 19:07 Filed in: Report | Conference
The Lund Conference on Earth System Governance: Towards Just and Legitimate Earth System Governance - Addressing Inequalities
Lund University, 18-20 April 2012
www.lund2012.earthsystemgovernance.org
We invite you to the Lund Conference on Earth System Governance to be held 18-20 April 2012 in Lund, Sweden. This conference is part of a global series organized by the Earth System Governance Project. The first Earth System Governance conference was held in Amsterdam in December 2009 and the second in Fort Collins in May 2011. The 2012 Lund Conference on Earth System Governance is hosted by Lund University and jointly organized by the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) and the Department of Political Science at Lund University, on behalf of the Earth System Governance Project.
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Lund University, 18-20 April 2012
www.lund2012.earthsystemgovernance.org
We invite you to the Lund Conference on Earth System Governance to be held 18-20 April 2012 in Lund, Sweden. This conference is part of a global series organized by the Earth System Governance Project. The first Earth System Governance conference was held in Amsterdam in December 2009 and the second in Fort Collins in May 2011. The 2012 Lund Conference on Earth System Governance is hosted by Lund University and jointly organized by the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) and the Department of Political Science at Lund University, on behalf of the Earth System Governance Project.
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LIVE: Global forum on sanitation & hygiene
The Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene is currently being held in Mumbai, India. Some 500 professionals from different disciplines and 70 countries are attending. Presentations from the sessions are being added daily on the official conference website, www.wsscc-global-forum.org, and you can follow in real time through the Twitter feed: http://wsscc-global-forum.org/twitter-feed.
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Soliciting feedback to Rio+20 conference
As part of the consultation process towards the “Bonn2011 Conference: The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus – Solutions for a Green Economy”, Stakeholder Forum in collaboration with the Federal Government of Germany invites you to participate in a stakeholders’ survey on the connection between water, energy and food security and the challenges to undertaking a multisectoral approach that guarantees long-term supply and equitable access to all three.
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Abstracts call: adaptation governance
Please find here a call for abstracts for a symposium on “The governance of adaptation” in Amsterdam, 22-23 March next year.
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climate change & governance workshop
Course on Climate change governance: adaptation and mitigation as institutional change processes
“Climate Change Governance – Business as usual is not an option”
A course on Climate Change Governance will be held from 21 November – 2 December 2011 in Wageningen, the Netherlands. The course builds on experiences in capacity building programmes on climate change adaptation in developing countries in which Wageningen UR collaborates with research institutions and development networks world wide.
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“Climate Change Governance – Business as usual is not an option”
A course on Climate Change Governance will be held from 21 November – 2 December 2011 in Wageningen, the Netherlands. The course builds on experiences in capacity building programmes on climate change adaptation in developing countries in which Wageningen UR collaborates with research institutions and development networks world wide.
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CDKN innovation funding
The CDKN Innovation Fund supports innovative thinking and innovative action. It is designed as an open competitive fund to provide fast-moving support for creative initiatives in the field of climate change and international development
drought & climate forum
10/10/11 17:37 Filed in: Conference | workshop
In the upcoming Fourth Drought Adaptation Forum organized by UNISDR Regional Office for Africa and UNDP DDC from 13 to 14 October 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya, we will discuss among other topics "gaps and challenges in existing funding mechanisms for long-term drought mitigation measures". It is often mentioned that while there is development funding and humanitarian funding, there is no funding mechanism in place which can be activated when very early predictions are received that a drought might happen. In the case of the current Horn of Africa drought, first indications were received late 2010, but little early action followed. One reason for this could be that it is difficult to fund long-term drought mitigation measures. Read More...
climate change & traditional knowledge
The archive of the Conversations with the Earth (CWE) Symposium "Seeking Balance: Indigenous Knowledge, Western Science and Climate Change" is now available on line @ http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/17683418
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Academic summer school 2012: water and a changing climate
10/10/11 17:32 Filed in: Research | Conference
11th International NCCR Climate Summer School:
"The Water Cycle in a Changing Climate: Observations, Scenarios, Impacts"
9 – 14 September 2012, Ticino, Switzerland
The NCCR Climate, Switzerland's Centre of Excellence in Climate and Climate Impact Research, invites young scientists to join leading climate researchers in a scenic southern Swiss Alpine setting on the occasion of the 11th International NCCR Climate Summer School 2012.
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"The Water Cycle in a Changing Climate: Observations, Scenarios, Impacts"
9 – 14 September 2012, Ticino, Switzerland
The NCCR Climate, Switzerland's Centre of Excellence in Climate and Climate Impact Research, invites young scientists to join leading climate researchers in a scenic southern Swiss Alpine setting on the occasion of the 11th International NCCR Climate Summer School 2012.
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Conference on climate variability
10/10/11 17:30 Filed in: Conference | Research
ESF Research Conference Announcement:
Modes of Variability in the Climate System: Past - Present - Future
27 May - 1 June 2012, Obergurgl, Austria
The ongoing climate warming requires a detailed understanding of global and regional climate variations and forecasting of their future changes using climate models. These changes pertain not only to the average global warming but also to changes in regional climate, circulation patterns and their temporal variability. To decrease the uncertainty in these model predictions, climate models have to be validated using paleoclimate data as provided by natural climate archives. Spatially representative climate modes and teleconnection patterns and their temporal variability allow for this validation and represent the vehicles to contrast rather coarsely resolved climate models to point-wise paleoclimate data.
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Modes of Variability in the Climate System: Past - Present - Future
27 May - 1 June 2012, Obergurgl, Austria
The ongoing climate warming requires a detailed understanding of global and regional climate variations and forecasting of their future changes using climate models. These changes pertain not only to the average global warming but also to changes in regional climate, circulation patterns and their temporal variability. To decrease the uncertainty in these model predictions, climate models have to be validated using paleoclimate data as provided by natural climate archives. Spatially representative climate modes and teleconnection patterns and their temporal variability allow for this validation and represent the vehicles to contrast rather coarsely resolved climate models to point-wise paleoclimate data.
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Partners for the Americas climate fellowship
Attached is information and an application for the exciting opportunity for US professionals to travel for two weeks to Colombia as a Partners Climate Change Fellow and become part of a rapidly growing network of leaders in the field! The deadline for submitting applications is October 14th, 2011. The Fellowship will take place sometime during February and March of 2012. Please pass this on to your networks.
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water security/risk conference
10/10/11 16:07 Filed in: Conference | tools
Conference Announcement & Call for Papers
WATER SECURITY, RISK AND SOCIETY
St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford
April 16-18, 2012
The University of Oxford announces the agenda-setting conference:
Water Security, Risk and Society.
The link for more information and to submit your abstract is available here:
http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/watersecurity/
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WATER SECURITY, RISK AND SOCIETY
St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford
April 16-18, 2012
The University of Oxford announces the agenda-setting conference:
Water Security, Risk and Society.
The link for more information and to submit your abstract is available here:
http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/watersecurity/
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Climate-Energy water congress
10/10/11 16:06 Filed in: Conference
IWA World Congress on Water, Climate and Energy 2012
13-18 May - Dublin, Ireland
FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - 14th October!!
The extended deadline for the Call for Papers /Extended Abstracts closes on the 14th October 2011.
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13-18 May - Dublin, Ireland
FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - 14th October!!
The extended deadline for the Call for Papers /Extended Abstracts closes on the 14th October 2011.
To submit, please visit the website. www.iwa-wcedublin.org Read More...
Climate planning tools
A new, interactive users’ guide to tools for climate and development planning has just been launched by Ecofys and the Institute of Development Studies, with support from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN).
There are many dozens of tools and methodologies to assist decision-makers with development planning in a changing climate. They range from economic scenario development to spatial planning methods.
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There are many dozens of tools and methodologies to assist decision-makers with development planning in a changing climate. They range from economic scenario development to spatial planning methods.
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