En AECOM buscan incorporar un/a Consultor/a en el departamento de Remediación Ambiental para participar en proyectos de investigación y descontaminación de suelos y aguas subterráneas. Principales funciones del puesto: Diseño, planificación y ejecución de campañas de campo para la toma de muestras y realización de ensayos; Diseño, planificación y supervisión de obras y sistemas de descontaminación; Tratamiento de datos, interpretación de…

Nature offers many solutions to reduce the impacts of disasters and climate change, such as protecting forests on steep slopes, maintaining sand dunes along coastlines and wetlands to buffer excess rainwater. In this course, find out how people around the world are building resilience to disasters and climate change impacts through Nature-based Solutions. The Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) is pleased to offer a…

La creciente importancia que está adquiriendo la gestión ambiental en las políticas estatales y, por consiguiente, en las empresariales, queda demostrada por la abundante y cada vez más rigurosa legislación promulgada al respecto. Es por ello que cada vez se precisa con más frecuencia una figura especializada en la gestión del medio ambiente dentro de las empresas. La globalización de los mercados ha supuesto un incremento de la competitividad…

During the Youth for Climate Adaptation Conference on Friday 22 January, youth from all around the globe comes together in Groningen. Jointly they contribute to a Global Action Agenda and a Regional Groningen Action Agenda, to be presented at the Climate Adaptation Summit. A lot of inspiring workshops, speeches and activities will be available in the free interactive online festival experience that will address how we can work on climate adaptive…

Feeding nine billion people in 2050 without exhausting the planetary reserves is perhaps the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced. Founded by Harvard and MIT, the trusted platform for education and learning edX, offers a free online course on principles of crop production. You will learn about the ‘availability pillar’ of global food security that lies at the heart of food production, applicable to both crops and animal production. This…

At the Youth for Climate Adaptation Conference (YfCA), young people from around the world will gather to deliver a Global Youth Call to Action on Adaptation to high-level decision makers including Ex United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Ms. Cora van Nieuwenhuizen – Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Netherlands. The Call to Action has been co-designed by the Youth Adaptation Network through 15 global and regional…

Founded in 2006, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), is an African-led African-based organization that seeks to catalyze Agriculture Transformation in Africa. AGRA is focused on putting smallholder farmers at the center of the continent’s growing economy by transforming agriculture from a solitary struggle to survive into farming as a business that thrives. Under its 5-year strategy, AGRA looks to catalyze and sustain an…

For more than four decades, FAO has been working with the Government of the Philippines, civil society, community-based organizations and the private sector to address challenges in the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) recently approved the Project Identification Project (PIF) of the project entitled “Sustainable Management of Natural Resources towards Rehabilitation and Preservation of the Key…

The accredited international postgraduate program Agricultural Sciences and Resource Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ARTS) at the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Bonn and the Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF) cordially invite you to join the ARTS Seminar on "Nature’s Secrets for Navigating Uncertain Times". On January 26th Prof. Ruth DeFries will give this presentation. Prof. Ruth DeFries works in Ecology and…

The L’OCCITANE Foundation launches a call for projects to preserve biodiversity and encourages L’OCCITANE’s offices worldwide to participate by identifying and supporting local organizations with reforestation or agroforestry projects. The L’OCCITANE Foundation funds local organizations and projects that preserve biodiversity through reforestation or agroforestry projects. The project must focus on respecting biodiversity, for example, tree…

Jueves de Café Sostenible I - Estableciendo cadenas de suministro de café libres de deforestación y respetuosas con la biodiversidad Seminarios Online 4C “Jueves de Café Sostenible”: 4C tiene el agrado de invitarlos a participar de una serie de seminarios online en idioma español a llevarse a cabo a partir de Enero 2021. Los seminarios estarán dedicados a tratar temas de sostenibilidad en el sector cafetero y en la región de América Latina. Si…

The mission of UNU is to contribute, through research and capacity building, to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems that are the concern of the United Nations and its Member States. The mission of UNU-EHS is to advance human security through knowledge-based approaches to reducing vulnerability and environmental risks. Limiting climate change requires rapid and radical transformation of development pathways, especially in cities, which…

El LATAM Climate Summit 2021, será el Congreso Latinoamericano más grande sobre Cambio Climático celebrado con intervenciones de compañías multinacionales con presencia en Colombia, Chile y Perú. El objetivo principal es intercambiar experiencias y herramientas en la lucha contra el Cambio Climático con los diferentes actores de la sociedad. Durante el evento, se generarán iniciativas y propuestas innovadoras que pueden presentarse en diferentes…

Todavía puedes inscribirte al Primer Foro Virtual IASE México: Hablando de Sustentabilidad, el cual se llevará a cabo el día 21 enero de 11:00 a 12:00 hrs (hora central México) y en el que un sobresaliente panel de expertos hablará en torno al significado de los criterios ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) a nivel global, en el contexto de la economía sostenible, y la importancia de las certificaciones IASE para afrontar los desafíos…

BioCultura, la Feria de Productos Ecológicos y Consumo Responsable, es un encuentro de carácter internacional que se sitúa entre los más importantes de estas características que se celebran en Europa. 1º edición – 21-23 enero 2021 Estrenamos BioCultura ON del 21 al 23 de Enero de 2021, un nuevo formato de evento virtual para todos los públicos. BioCultura ON no es un evento virtual más, si no una experiencia digital que reproduce la esencia de…

LDN represents a paradigm shift in land management policies and practices. It is a unique approach that counterbalances the expected loss of productive land with the recovery of degraded areas. It strategically places the measures to conserve, sustainably manage, and restore land in the context of land use planning. It has strategic implications to how the country plans and manages its land resources. To date, 120 countries have committed to…

The mission of UN University is to contribute, through research and capacity building, to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems that are the concern of the United Nations and its Member States. UNU-ViE seeks to strengthen the presence of UNU in Europe and supports the worldwide institutional development of UNU by facilitating collaboration across UNU and the UN and sharing knowledge and expertise through the development of joint…

The mission of UN University is to contribute, through research and capacity building, to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems that are the concern of the United Nations and its Member States. The mission of UNU-EHS is to advance human security through knowledge-based approaches to reducing vulnerability and environmental risks. Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) was initiated as a non-profit organisation by representatives of…

La Chambre d'agriculture de la Charente-Maritime recherche un(e) conseiller(ère) agro-environnement. Le poste, en contrat à durée déterminée d'un an, est à pourvoir dès que possible et est localisé à Saint Jean d'Angély (17). Le(a) candidat(e) retenu(e) sera chargé(e), en collaboration et en appui d'autre(s) conseiller(s) du pôle des missions suivantes : Animer les actions agricoles d'un projet de territoire de gestion de l'eau ; Réaliser des…

GSOBI20 is jointly organized by the UN FAO and its Global Soil Partnership (GSP), the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS), together with the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI) and the Science-Policy Interface of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (SPI UNCCD). The Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity ‘Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity’ will be a…

¿Quieres formar parte de una consultora líder en soluciones y servicios de sostenibilidad global? En Anthesis Lavola buscan una persona organizada y metódica, con buenas habilidades comunicativas, con orientación a resultados, hábil en la redacción de informes y memorias técnicas, con experiencia en la coordinación de equipos de trabajo y desarrollo en áreas de negocio en el ámbito de la consultoría climática y que sienta afinidad con los valores…

The mission of UN University is to contribute, through research and capacity building, to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems that are the concern of the United Nations and its Member States. The mission of UNU-EHS is to advance human security through knowledge-based approaches to reducing vulnerability and environmental risks. Limiting climate change requires rapid and radical transformation of development pathways, especially in…

Individuals and organisations are looking for ways to reduce their carbon emissions and offsetting will have to play its part. Carbon offsetting markets are growing every year, and this looks set to only increase as we near 2030 when many organisations have set ambitious net zero targets. For example, Devon County Council has a target of achieving net zero by 2030 with no more than 30% of this through carbon off-setting. The agricultural sector…

Within a global network, the Young Ambassadors Society aims at promoting dialogue and cooperation between national and international young people and offers them opportunities to speak up and make an impact. The Y20 and Y7 summits are the official engagement groups of the G20 and G7 summits, bringing together young leaders representing the G7 and G20 countries. The conferences allow young delegates from these countries to gather to discuss ideas…

The Department of Forest Resources Management, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia (Vancouver Campus) invites applications for a 50 % Lecturer (term appointment) position. The successful candidate will principally lead the development, teaching and refinement of professional courses in Climate Vulnerability and Adaptation (CVA) with additional teaching in other graduate and undergraduate programs as needed. The UBC Faculty of…