The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives. Alliance solutions address the global crises of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation. Within the CGIAR consortium, CIAT’s Bean Program is responsible for leading…

Despite widespread recognition of the urgent need to change the way we grow and consume our food we are far from reaching this goal. Food production remains the single largest driver of environmental degradation and biodiversity loss, including of nutrient-rich varieties of plants and animals. This is not only a conservation issue: it undermines the resilience of our food systems to pests, diseases, and climate change. It affects nutrition. In…

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 desean conocer más sobre los últimos avances en este campo y escuchar a expertos en café y a profesionales de la sostenibilidad, ¡esta serie es para ustedes! Se cubrirán varios temas…

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 desean conocer más sobre los últimos avances en este campo y escuchar a expertos en café y a profesionales de la sostenibilidad, ¡esta serie es para ustedes! Se cubrirán varios temas…

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 desean conocer más sobre los últimos avances en este campo y escuchar a expertos en café y a profesionales de la sostenibilidad, ¡esta serie es para ustedes! Se cubrirán varios temas…

Tree planting dominates political and popular agendas, often portrayed as an easy answer to the climate crisis and effective mitigation for corporate carbon emissions. But it is not a simple solution and planting the wrong trees in the wrong place can cause considerably more damage than benefits, failing to benefit either people or nature. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Botanic Gardens Conservation International will jointly convene three…

How does food reach our plates? How is the food industry changing? What threats are there to food supply chains? How can we build a sustainable food industry? Get answers to these questions and more with this course that explores food and agriculture in the modern world. You will learn about the complexity of the global food supply chain, the vulnerability of the food industry to emerging threats and the solutions to stopping these threats early…

Man-made climate change is one of the biggest threats to the world. The effects are already being seen through receding glaciers, ocean acidification and an increasingly vulnerable food supply. It’s vital we work to find solutions to climate change. On this course you will explore solutions to this global challenge, including mitigation, adaptation and geo-engineering, which can help avoid the most dangerous climate changes and increase the…

La agricultura evoluciona rápidamente. Primero fue la mecanización de muchas labores agrícolas gracias a las máquinas de vapor, después llegó la electricidad y los combustibles. La tercera revolución, llamada revolución verde, vino con la incorporación de semillas mejoradas, fertilizantes y fitosanitarios, a la que se unió el desarrollo espectacular de maquinaria pesada para todo tipo de tareas. La cuarta revolución se está produciendo con la…

La Commission européenne lance un challenge à tous les jeunes de 18-30 ans de France : informer la population sur le Pacte vert pour l’Europe ! L’Union européenne a pour ambition de devenir le premier continent neutre d’un point de vue climatique d’ici à 2050. Pour atteindre cet objectif, la Commission s’engage dans la mise en œuvre du « Green deal », autrement appelé Pacte vert pour l’Europe. Ce document liste les mesures qui permettront de…

Le GREC-SUD, en partenariat avec la Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, l’agence de l’eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse et EDF Hydro Méditerranée organise une journée sur les ressources en eau et changement climatique en région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur - Quelles perspectives, comment s'adapter ? Cette journée, à destination des élus, gestionnaires, techniciens, bureaux d'étude et associations aura pour objectif de faire un bilan des connaissances les…

L’agence Biotope de Villers-lès-Nancy est située sur les coteaux de la Métropole du Grand Nancy, au cœur de la région Grand Est. Son équipe est composée d’une dizaine de personnes, dont 3 chefs de projets et 5 chargés d’étude. Pour cette agence, Biotope recherche un chef de projet écologue CDI. Les missions du chef de projet seront entre autres: Prendre en charge la réalisation d’études techniques et étudier des projets d’aménagement, leurs…

SCE est une société indépendante qui accompagne depuis plus de 35 ans les acteurs publics et privés dans leurs projets d’aménagement durable des territoires, et regroupe trois grands métiers : l’urbanisme - paysage, l’ingénierie des infrastructures et l’environnement. Pour la position ouverte d'un chef de projet environnement et aménagement, SCE attend du candidat de remplir les missions suivantes: réaliser et de piloter des études techniques et…

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…

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…

ActionAid Denmark (AADK) is looking for a Programme Officer to support their International Programmes and Policy team members in the continuous development and administration of their global programs. In the coming years, ActionAid Denmark (AADK) will grow significantly as an organization. In 2022, it will be 30.000 members, more volunteers, and more stakeholders, who will engage in a vision about creating a more just and sustainable world. The…

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an inter-governmental organisation mandated with the widespread and increased adoption and sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy. At present, IRENA has 163 Members (162 States and the European Union) that acceded to its Statute, and 21 additional States in the process of accession and actively engaged. IRENA supports countries in their transition to a sustainable energy future, and…

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…

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…

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…

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…

IUCN’s work focuses on valuing and conserving nature, ensuring effective and equitable governance of its use, and deploying nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN brings governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to agree and develop policy, laws and best practice, and also supports scientific research and manages field and policy projects all over the world. The IUCN Brussels team is looking for…

Global climate change raises the pressure on supply and demand for water. Changing temperatures and long-term variation in annual precipitation amounts and regional distribution patterns require more ways to control water levels. In addition to the changing climate, cropping patterns are diversifying and field irrigation methods are changing. In light of all these changes in water demand, supply and use, the role of (subsurface) drainage has…

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…

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…