The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need. Palestine is adversely affected by climate change that compounds the…

You are encouraged to register for IHE Delft's forthcoming Symposium which they have taken online. This offers more opportunities for interaction before, during and after the event. As scientists around the world race to create effective antivirals and vaccines in the fight against COVID-19, the international water community has likewise been looking at what the water sector can, and needs to, do. This kind of global unpredictability, complexity…

Australia Awards Scholarships for development is offered by the Australian Government to help promote prosperity, reduce poverty, and enhance socioeconomic stability in partner developing countries. Successful applicants are trained to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to drive change and build enduring people-to-people links with Australia. The Scholarship aim to contribute to the development needs of Australia's partner countries in…

Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) Postdoctoral Fellowships are tenable at centres of excellence in developing countries, i.e. research institutions with a well-established track record in research and a demonstrated competency in a field relevant to sustainability science. A host centre should be identified by the candidate based on his/her particular area of research. In all cases, the host…

This course explores approaches to cross-organizational and cross-sectoral policy coherence on the national, regional and international levels, with a view to equipping participants with a sound understanding of why policy coherence is important for achieving sustainable development, what coherent policy making entails, and what are the specific tools, mechanisms and approaches that can be employed to foster policy coherence. Inputs by high-level…

Do you want to find out why promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment can help deliver better environmental outcomes, and to figure out how you can do it? The course will help you better understand the linkages between gender and the environment. It will provide you with the knowledge and tools to mainstream gender, and to be an effective change-maker for sustainable development. It will also give you facts and figures, and a better…

In this course, we will go on a journey to Africa and and discuss what are the challenges and outlooks for sustainable development on the continent. The course introduces you to the key approaches, policies and international frameworks that aim to unlock more sustainable patterns of consumption and production (SCP). We will cover a number of aspects and various thematic areas: from energy efficiency - to climate-smart agriculture, from SCP tools…

Combining ROot contrasted Phenotypes for more resilient agro ecosystems CROP The Biogeophysics group at the Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation of the University of Hohenheim conducts research to improve our understanding of biogeophysical and -chemical processes in terrestrial ecosystems. We use innovative modeling tools in combination with experiments to analyze critical controls of process dynamics. Our research contributes to the…

The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) is a cutting-edge institute addressing global public health challenges through research, translation into policy and education. ISGlobal has a broad portfolio in communicable and non-communicable diseases including environmental and climate determinants, and applies a multidisciplinary scientific approach ranging from the molecular to the population level. Research is organized in three main…

NMBU has a special responsibility for research and education that ensures the basis of life for future generations. Sustainability is rooted in everything we do and we provide knowledge for life. NMBU has 1700 employees and 5200 students and is organized in seven faculties. NMBU has a campus in Ås and in Oslo. In the autumn of 2020 we are co-located on Ås. About the position Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)…

The funding initiative aims at the development and sustainable reinforcement of research in Sub-Saharan Africa and is open to all disciplines. A primary objective is to provide junior researchers in Africa with an opportunity to enhance their skills and academic qualifications and to open up future prospects in their home countries. Besides supporting African-German research cooperation, a special focus has always been on the development…

El agua constituye un factor ambiental clave que tienen que ser evaluada, investigada, protegida y gestionada de manera óptima. El Máster "AQUARID" se centra en conocer, comprender, analizar, valorar y resolver los problemas asociados con el agua y sus implicaciones medioambientales en regiones de clima árido y semiárido. Además pretende aportar la capacitación científica y técnica suficiente para plantear y resolver los problemas relacionados…

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development. The incumbent will work in close collaboration with the project team in Thailand Operational Hub (THOH), UNOPS Asia Region personnel, partner counterparts, UN agencies, and…

Le projet Répondre aux menaces à la paix et a à la cohésion sociale liées aux migrations non maitrisées par l’appui à l’autonomisation et à la promotion des femmes à Madagascar (Projet REAP) financé par les Fonds Consolidation de la Paix et mise en œuvre par le PNUD et l'Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations (OIM). Ce projet est urgent dans la mesure où les effets et impacts liés aux migrations non maitrisées depuis la région Androy…

The University of Oulu is an international scientific community, with 15,000 students and approximately 3,000 employees. By combining multidisciplinary research and education, high-level infrastructure and wide cooperation with international research and educational institutes, companies and the public sector it has created a significant research and innovation hub of “Science with an Arctic Attitude”. The Water, Energy and Environmental…

Happiness and wellbeing is something all humans experience, and is something most societies strive to achieve on a communal scale. In an age of convenience, we are living in an increasingly isolated society, with depression, loneliness, and anxiety running rampant in both high- and low-income countries. According to the WHO, “depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, and is a major contributor to the overall global burden of…

Join the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) online as they present the 2019 Europe Sustainable Development Report. This is the first independent quantitative report on the progress of the European Union and its member states towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report was prepared by teams of independent experts at SDSN and the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP). In this webinar participants can expect…

Background The Agribusiness Competitiveness Activity in Tajikistan (ACAT) will work to expand and improve market systems in order to increase employment opportunities and income for agribusinesses. The Agribusiness Competitiveness Activity in Tajikistan is a five-year, $18.6 million project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The activity will implement a market-driven approach, led by the private sector, to stimulate…

Private Sector Engagement Team Lead, Natural Resource Security and Governance Activity Winrock is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as Private Sector Engagement Team Lead for an anticipated USAID-funded project in the Philippines that aims to improve the way that natural resources and the areas from which these are derived are governed and address the drivers of natural resources insecurity by addressing both the supply of and demand for…

The Sr. Director for the Agriculture, Resilience and Water Group will be responsible for leading Winrock’s development and implementation of its strategic vision for the agriculture, resilience and water sectors. Demonstrated managerial and technical leadership in projects and proposals in the areas of resilient agriculture, market systems, water systems and/or monitoring and evaluation will enable this individual to secure, manage and articulate…

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with funding from European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Operation (ECHO) is implementing 'Emergency Livestock Response to Drought Affected Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Communities in Afar, SNNPR and Somali Regions of Ethiopia' that aims to intervene in safeguarding livelihoods of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities. The interventions implemented include the provision of animal…