The Inter-American Development Bank has launched the 2012 IDEAS Energy Innovation Contest seeking innovative proposals aimed at increasing energy efficiency and access to renewable energies in the Caribbean. A high proportion of the sponsorship for this contest is UKAID from the Department for … [Read more...] about IDB’s IDEAS Energy Innovation Contest
FAO’s New Free Online Course on Climate Change and Food Security
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has launched a new online course on Climate Change and Food Security. The course is available online for free access as well as free download. Users will be required to register and log in order to use this information. You can also … [Read more...] about FAO’s New Free Online Course on Climate Change and Food Security
PhD Programme in Science and Management of Climate Change: call for applications
Deadline- 11th of April 2012 The PhD Programme in Science and Management of Climate Change is jointly organized by the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change (CMCC). The main objectives of the PhD Programme are to provide the job market with experts … [Read more...] about PhD Programme in Science and Management of Climate Change: call for applications
Climate Change: A Report Lens from Asia
Deadline-20th March 2012 Inter Press Service (IPS) has come up with a call for proposals for the print/online journalist from East, South East and South Asia. The theme of this call for proposals is climate change. Journalists have to send their stories\on the given theme. Their stories should be … [Read more...] about Climate Change: A Report Lens from Asia
African Climate Change Fellowship Program – Call for Applications
Deadline- 12 March 2012. Countries/Region- Africa The Institute of Resource Assessment at the University of Dar Es Salaam (IRA-UDSM), in partnership with START and CCAA, has come up with the African Climate Change Fellowship Program (ACCFP). It is the time for call for applications 2012. The … [Read more...] about African Climate Change Fellowship Program – Call for Applications
Pastoralists Areas Resilience Improvement and Market Expansion (PRIME)-Request for Applications-USAID/Ethiopia
Deadline- March 6, 2012 Countries/Region- Ethiopia Pastoralists Areas Resiliency Improvement and Market Expansion (PRIME) is a five year project aimed to increase household incomes and improve the resiliency and adaptive capacity of pastoral communities to climate change through market … [Read more...] about Pastoralists Areas Resilience Improvement and Market Expansion (PRIME)-Request for Applications-USAID/Ethiopia
UNWC Global Initiative Symposium – The 1997 UN Watercourses Convention – What Relevance in the 21st Century?
The IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy Science (under the auspices of UNESCO) and WWF are together organizing a symposium on the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention in June 2012. The aim of the symposium is to collect many and different viewpoints from academia, government, international … [Read more...] about UNWC Global Initiative Symposium – The 1997 UN Watercourses Convention – What Relevance in the 21st Century?
Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia-Call for Proposals
Deadline:29 February 2012 Countries/Region:Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. South Asia is prone to disasters spawned or magnified by extreme climatic events, including floods, droughts, heavy downpours, and heat-waves. The frequency and severity of such events … [Read more...] about Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia-Call for Proposals
Making an impact: Fellowships and writing workshops for South Asia’s climate change researchers
Applications are invited for a new programme to support South Asian scientists and social scientists who are working on climate change. With the help of these fellowships and writing workshops during 2012, Support to Improve Climate Research and Information Services in South Asia (SICRISA) will … [Read more...] about Making an impact: Fellowships and writing workshops for South Asia’s climate change researchers
AusAid seeks Proposals from Australian and International NGOs for Community-based Climate Change Action Grants
AusAid is currently inviting proposals from Australian and international NGOs for the community-based climate change action grants, a funding scheme for NGOs to develop and implement community-based climate change responses in one or more Pacific Island countries or in a single country in South East … [Read more...] about AusAid seeks Proposals from Australian and International NGOs for Community-based Climate Change Action Grants
