The World Bank Group is soliciting applications for an Environmental specialist to join the team in Uzbekistan. The Environmental Specialist will be required to undertake the following tasks, among many others: Provide technical support for the screening of Bank projects for environmental, impacts, and vulnerabilities and identify risk management opportunities/strategies; Under the supervision of Senior Environmental Safeguards Specialists and…

La Direction régionale Europe de l’Ouest de l’Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) invite les chercheurs et enseignants affiliés aux établissements d’enseignement supérieur et de recherche membres à répondre à l’appel à candidatures ouvert dans le cadre de son action de soutien aux manifestations scientifiques francophones organisées en 2019. Ouverte à toutes les disciplines, l’action accueillera très favorablement les propositions…

This course explores why climate change adaptation is important in the African context. Africa is considered one to be one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. Historically, climate-related hazards such as drought, flooding, pest and disease outbreaks, coastal storms and heat waves have had devastating impacts on people and the environment in which they live. The course will examine adaptation in theory and in practice, through a…

The AgriFI Kenya Challenge Fund is an initiative by the European Union to support productive and market-integrated smallholder agriculture through the provision of financial support to agri-enterprises. The aim is to contribute to improvements in the capacity of smallholder farmers/pastoralists to practise environmentally sustainable and climate-smart agriculture as a business in inclusive value chains. The AgriFI Kenya Challenge Fund is looking…