This webinar will feature experiences from several grassroots initiatives and highlight how they fight for women’s improved access to and control over land and other natural resources and to scale up women’s land rights. Panelists will address the following questions: Why do women’s land rights remain an issue with so much attention focusing on it? What went wrong? What are good practices in achieving success towards women’s land rights and what…

The session will be moderated by Michael Tatarski, a journalist who has covered forest sustainability issues extensively in Southeast Asia. This event is for anyone who makes, trades, or sells wood furniture, and for everyone else who cares about protecting the world’s forests. Together we can help each other reach high sustainability goals. They will also be providing resources specific to the furniture sector that can help you tell, and…

Want to make a positive difference to the future of people and our one shared home, the Earth? Working at WWF could be your opportunity of a lifetime. All around the world, people are waking up to the deepening crisis of nature loss. A growing realization that nature is our life-support system. And that nobody will be spared from the impacts of its loss. Here at WWF, we are helping to tackle this enormous global challenge. The Proposal…

The story of Khao Din village began in the 1950s, when poor farmers moved to a new area of forest land recently opened for settlement. The soil of the newly cut forest was rich, and the crop harvests were bountiful. There were edible plants growing wild near the houses; the fish in the streams were easy to catch; and animals such as wild boars roamed nearby. With such abundance at hand and a cooperative spirit among the villagers, life was good…

The project is coordinated by the Ministry of Nature Protection under the guidance of Inter-Agency Climate Change Council (IACCC). The Project components include: production of the Second Biennial Report and Fourth National Communication (4NC) of Armenia under UNFCCC. The objective of this assignment is to conduct analytical work on Armenia’s land vulnerability assessment and adaptation measures based on the relevant technical guidelines and…

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of poorer countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. The World Bank's most recent stated goal is the reduction of poverty. This event is the 21st Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty. This year’s conference theme will be Institutions for Equity & Resilience. The Land and Poverty conference 2020 presents the latest…

The University of Geneva invites participants to take part in the e-learning course in Water Resources Management and Policy. The objective of this MOOC is to develop an understanding of the problems related to water management. Firstly, this course will define a resource and, more specifically, the resource of water. It will look at how water is used and the activities associated with it as well as any potential conflicts. The course will look…

The theme of ICSD 2017 - The World in 2050: Looking Ahead for Sustainable Development.

The Technical Expert Group (TEG) on sustainable finance was launched in July 2018 to support the European Commission in its work on the “Action Plan: Financing Sustainable Growth”. Action 1 of the Plan calls for the establishment of an EU classification system for sustainable activities. The Group published its final report on the EU taxonomy on 9th March 2020. This webinar will present the report’s technical screening criteria for up to 68…

Ecology and Ecosystem 2019 Conference gathers all the global leaders in Environment department to share their research at this exclusionary scientific program, The conference throws light on thought- annoying topics and recent research in the field of Microbial Ecology, Nutrient Transformation, Energy & Environment, Climate change, Environmental Toxicology and Genetics and latest advances in computational approaches in the field of soil…

The foundational course equips participants with a sound understanding of the concept of sustainable development as well as the vision and principles of the 2030 Agenda.

The agricultural sector is the most important economic sector in Ethiopia. Population growth, overuse of resources and increasing climate variability are increasingly threatening these economies. The Ethiopian government has recognized the need to increase marginal natural areas such as the regional state of Ethiopian Somali. It is supported by the German Development Cooperation through the project "Development of capacity to strengthen the…

With the New Zealand-India Sustainability Challenge you can win a trip to visit three New Zealand universities, interning at each of them for a week.

Utrecht University is seeking a candidate for a Ph.D. project titled Social networks in the emergence of sustainable cooperation: the case of care cooperatives. This position focuses on the social network of care cooperatives, and it will examine conditions under which care cooperatives are developed and sustained. We will seek to collaborate with a national network of care cooperatives to collect survey data among members of multiple care…

RMI’s National Energy Policy and Energy Action Plan (2016) aims to reduce dependence on imported fossil fuel, to provide equitable access to modern energy services to all Marshallese, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The specific targets are: to provide access to modern form of cooking to 90% of all households by 2020; to make households and businesses 50% more energy efficient and government buildings 75% more efficient by 2020; to…

The objective of the Ph.D. Program in Sustainable Energy Systems is to use a multi-disciplinary approach to educate a new generation of sustainability-aware leaders with expertise in energy systems and economics. A focus on energy system design and analysis, research, and leadership and entrepreneurship provides graduates with the tools to be at the forefront of sustainable energy systems development. The Ph.D. Program emphasizes the policy and…

The College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, is seeking a Research Associate/Fellow to contribute to writing scholarly publications with the Sustainability and Education Policy Network.

The Regional Office of The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO-LAC) is pleased to invite you to participate of the thirteen-week virtual seminar on The 2030 Agenda and the opportunities for the Caribbean: “Towards Sustainable Food Systems and Agriculture”, starting on 26 September 2018. This virtual space aims to strengthen capacities for the implementation of the 2030 agenda in the Caribbean and promote a better…

The University of Queensland offers an online free course that will attempt to provide key content knowledge to bridge the gap between the science and the practice of the application and enhancement of sustainable development.

The Genesis Charitable Trust ("the Trust") provides grants for public benefit to help individuals and communities within developing countries to improve their standards of living. The Trust has broad objectives and an interest in projects that provide sustainable, long-term income generation and self-sufficiency, especially those making a demonstrable positive impact on marginalised communities currently beyond the reach of traditional government…

From scorched landscapes to melting ice caps and polluted oceans, the impacts of climate change are clear and immediate. Yet despite the warning signs, progress to limit global warming remains slow and inadequate. Now, as the world grapples with the disruption of Covid-19—a crisis that at once threatens climate action and reinforces the need for collective efforts—businesses and governments are realising that they can’t simply return to normal…

Agriculture continues to be an engine of inclusive and accelerated livelihood growth and development, providing many with economic security in Africa and Asia. Currently, 2.5 billion people globally depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Though, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the average age of a farmer is 60 years old. As the world's population grows and those in the agricultural industry age, there is a…