News 22 Sep 2016 New Public-Private Partnership Launched to Help Communities Bridge Gap Between Climate Data and Resiliency PlanningFuture Earth is a partner on a newly-launched effort to put data and information to use in helping communities respond to the impacts of climate change.
News 22 Sep 2016 Future Earth opening: Director of Communications (Stockholm)Future Earth is seeking a Director of Communications to lead the programme's creative communications efforts around global sustainability. Apply by 14 October.
News 21 Sep 2016 Global Research Highlights 2015: GMBAIn the past year, the Global Mountain Biodiversity Assessment helped to organise the biggest meeting of its kind in mountain research and worked to develop a web interface for the assessment of mountain biodiversity.
News 16 Sep 2016 Respond to a new draft scoping report from IPBESFuture Earth will contribute a coordinated response to a draft scoping report for an assessment of the sustainable use of wild species. Send in responses by 29 September.
News 14 Sep 2016 Watch the live stream for an event on health and sustainable development in a changing planetJoin speakers from Future Earth and more online 16 September for a discussion on the critical intersections between health and the environment.
News 13 Sep 2016 Call for nominations: Scoping meeting for IPCC special report on desertificationFuture Earth will nominate experts for a meeting to outline the objectives of a new report on the impacts of climate change on the spread of deserts and land degradation. Propose yourself or colleagues for consideration.
News 10 Sep 2016 Job openings: Three new faculty positions in SwitzerlandApply by 7 October for three positions related to global sustainability at the University of Zurich.
News 9 Sep 2016 Meeting Summary: Advancing Planetary Health – linking health and environment dataRecent meeting brought together a wide range of health and environmental experts to plan activities of the Future Earth Health Knowledge-Action Network.
News 8 Sep 2016 New online course introduces students to the "wicked problems" facing people and the environmentEnroll now to take part in 40 hours of learning about the "ecosystem and systems thinking approach" to understanding changes in the world's oceans, forests and more.
News 25 Aug 2016 Expert Meeting on Global Change in North Africa and the Eastern MediterraneanThis week, experts will gather in Alexandria, Egypt, to discuss how research can address critical issues around planning for climate and other environmental changes in North African nations.
News 24 Aug 2016 An early start to climate change: New research shows that the oceans began warming in the mid-1800sNew research from the Past Global Changes (PAGES) research project links warming in the early Industrial Revolution to a spike in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
News 24 Aug 2016 Watch the live stream for a Future Earth-PROVIA-IPCC risks and solutions workshopParticipate online in a workshop titled "Integrated research on climate risk and sustainable solutions across IPCC working groups: Lessons learnt from AR5 to support AR6." Tune in from 29 to 31 August.
News 23 Aug 2016 Post-doc openings: Three new positions for "catalyst" researchers in biodiversity Apply by 7 October to a call from the Synthesis Centre for Biodiversity Sciences (sDiv) in Germany for post-doctoral researchers focusing on a range of "synthesis topics in biodiversity research."
News 18 Aug 2016 Join our series of interactive webinars on best practices on transdisciplinary and co-designed researchTake part in this webinar on 29 September to discuss case studies about designing successful transdisciplinary research projects.
News 15 Aug 2016 Position announcement: Executive Director of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)Apply by 7 October for this opening based in Montevideo, Uruguay.
News 10 Aug 2016 New film prize will recognise films that look at the health consequences of environmental changeFilmmakers must apply by 15 October to have their work considered for the Planetary Health Film Prize, which will be awarded in November at the Global Health Film Festival.
News 5 Aug 2016 Public review: Global Climate Observing System Implementation Plan 2016Get in comments by 5 September on the latest plans for this international programme focusing on climate observations.
News 4 Aug 2016 Global Research Highlights 2015: oneHEALTHIn the past year, authors from the oneHEALTH project published a paper to draw together research on the links between climate change and human health and called for an expanded definition of public health.
News 2 Aug 2016 Call for applications: Future Earth Science CommitteeSend in applications by 11 September to join the Future Earth Science Committee and advise Future Earth on generating science that is solution-focused and of the highest quality.
News 2 Aug 2016 Call for applications: Future Earth Engagement CommitteeSend in applications by 11 September to join the Future Earth Engagement Committee and advise Future Earth on co-designing and co-producing research with a range of societal partners.
News 29 Jul 2016 Call for proposals: Science, Technology and Innovation funding in BRICS countriesSubmit proposals by 25 August for a new programme that will support research on themes relevant to global sustainability, including natural disaster prevention, water resources and renewable energy.
News 25 Jul 2016 Call for pre-proposals: Understanding the Energy-Health-Natural Disasters nexus in the urban context in AfricaSend in pre-proposals by 15 August for a programme exploring sustainable cities in Africa.
News 15 Jul 2016 Watch a new video series on sustainable developmentVideos explore the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals through interviews with experts at the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research.
News 11 Jul 2016 Global Research Highlights 2015: IGACIn 2015, the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) project launched a new initiative to explore the sources and consequences of air pollution in the Arctic.
