Global Change and Climate Change: Jobs and Education

The Goodnight Family Sustainable Development Program at Appalachian State University invites applications for the position of Director. The Programs mission is to engage students in the academic discourse and real-world practice of sustainable development with emphases in sustainable agriculture, development studies, and environmental studies.

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Master Program Global Change Ecology (M.Sc.) within the Elite Network of Bavaria
The program is devoted to understanding and analyzing the most important and consequential environmental concern of the 21st century, namely Global Change. A special program focus is the linking of natural science perspectives on global change with approaches in social science disciplines. The elite study program combines expertise of several Bavarian Universities and research institutions, with that of economic, administrative and international organisations. Our goal is the training of highly qualified leaders for tasks and problem solving in science, environmental protection, and with respect to political or economic decision making. Teaching language is English.
MSc Political Science "Global Environmental Governance" in Amsterdam
The one-year MSc Political Science (Global Environmental Governance) at the VU University Amsterdam covers several areas of global environmental change, one of its main empirical areas of study will be climate governance. This new programme is a unique combination of broad training in political science with intense specialised lectures and seminars on global environmental governance. In the first part of the programme, students will get a solid foundation in political theory, methods of political science, and international relations. In the second part, they will specialise in global environmental governance, with emphasis on the new actors, mechanisms and interlinkages in this important field of international relations.
MSc "Climate Change and Policy" in Sussex
The University of Sussex would like to invite applications for the MSc in Climate Change and Policy for entry in 2010. This is a unique course that aims to provide state-of-the-art training for the rapidly expanding market in climate change policy professionals within the public, private, consultancy and not-for-profit sectors. The programme addresses what is perhaps the most important issue of our time from a multidisciplinary perspective. Courses cover both the science of climate change and social science dimensions of policy responses. Students will acquire specialist knowledge of the causes and consequences of climate change and the policy issues surrounding mitigation and adaptation. Courses are taught by leading researchers in these fields from within the Geography Department and the world renowned Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU). Students have the opportunity to develop a specialist thematic or regional enquiry in the dissertation.
New Master of Climate Change
The Australian National University will offer a new Master of Climate Change starting in February 2009. The Master of Climate Change is an interdisciplinary coursework or coursework and research degree that allows students to develop a program of advanced learning suited to their individual interests and skills in the area of climate change. The degree is jointly offered by the Crawford School of Economics and Government and the Fenner School of Environment and Society.
PhD Programme in Science and Management of Climate Change
Ca' Foscari University of Venice, in collaboration with the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), launched a 3-year PhD Programme in Science and Management of Climate Change, organised in two Streams: Dynamic Climatology at CMCC in Bologna; and Climate Change Impact and Nanagement, at the Department of Economics of the Ca' Foscari University in Venice.
There are 6 places in total with 3 scholarships - funded by CMCC - available for the successful candidates.
IAS-STS Fellowship Programmes
The institute for advanced studies on science, technology and society (ias-sts) in Graz, Austria, promotes the interdisciplinary investigation of the links and interactions between science, technology and society as well as technology assessment and research into the development and implementation of socially and environmentally sound technologies. The IAS-STS is broadly speaking, an institute for the enhancement of science and technology studies.
The IAS-STS regularly invites researchers to apply for a stay between October and June as a
- Research Fellow (up to nine months) or as a
- Visiting Scholar (shorter period, e.g. a month)
Fellowships at Harvard
The Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School is soliciting applications for post-doctoral fellowships in the following areas:
1. Carbon capture & storage technology and policy;
2. Energy technology and policy in India;
3. Energy technology and policy in China;
4. U.S. transportation policy
5. Climate policy, and
6. Energy-technology innovation policy
Postdoctoral Fellowships - IIASA
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) invites applications for two Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions. We seek candidates who have held a doctoral degree for less than five years at the application deadline with a proven record of research accomplishments. Scholars will conduct their own research within one of IIASA's research programs or special projects on topics closely related to IIASA's agenda.

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IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP)
1 June - 27 August 2010
IIASA’s annual 3-month Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) offers research opportunities to talented young researchers whose interests correspond with IIASA’s ongoing research on issues of global environmental, economic and social change.
UKERC Energy Summer School
20 - 25 June 2010, Warwick, UK
The School has been specifically designed to give first and second year PhD students an understanding of energy systems as a whole and of pathways to low-carbon and resilient energy systems. We welcome applications from those engaged in energy-related research including technical, physical, social, economic, environmental and business aspects of energy and energy systems.
EAERE-FEEM-VIU European Summer School on Climate Change Negotiations
4 - 10 July 2010, Venice, Italy
The purpose of the Summer School is to investigate some of the key issues emerging from the economic analysis of transboundary pollution, global public good problems, and environmental conflict. The focus will be on climate change as an important example of a worldwide environmental problem requiring global solutions. The School will be divided in two parts. The first part will be devoted to the theoretical models on international environmental agreements based on game theory. The review of the basic models will be extended to include dynamic models and the analysis of uncertainty on the scope of cooperation. The second part will focus on some of the climate-economy integrated assessment models elaborated to evaluate the effects of different climate policies.
7th International Summer Academy "Energy and the Environment"
Transnational Energy Grids: On the Way to a Sustainable Energy Transmission
18 - 31 July 2010, Greifswald and Berlin, Germany
9th International NCCR Climate Summer School
Adaptation and Mitigation: Responses to Climate Change
29 August - 3 September 2010, Grindelwald, Switzerland
The summer school invites young researchers from all fields of climate research. The courses cover a broad spectrum of climate and climate impact research issues and foster cross-disciplinary links. The topics covered at the NCCR Climate Summer School 2010 will include:
- Emission scenarios and the future of the global climate
- Economics of climate change: an overview
- Assessing costs and benefits of climate change
- Adaptation and Mitigation: instruments, strategic aspects and implementation
- Climate policy and international negotiations

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The Carbon Credit Company (3C Group)
3C holds extensive expertise in:
- development and implementation of trading strategies for EU-allowances
- development, implementation, and marketing of JI/CDM-projects
- development, implementation, and marketing of climate neutral events, products and services
- comprehensive advisory services in Carbon Funds for fund managers and project financers
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Conservation International
Conservation International believes that Earth's natural heritage must be maintained if future generations are to thrive spiritually, culturally and economically. Our mission is to conserve the Earth's living heritage, our global biodiversity, and to demonstrate that human societies are able to live harmoniously with nature. [homepage]
ecofys
Working at Ecofys means working at one of the largest international consultancies, specialised in sustainable energy and climate issues. Almost 300 professionals work in our offices in the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Italy, Canada, France, Turkey and Bulgaria. [homepage]
EcoSecurities
EcoSecurities is one of the world’s leading companies in the business of sourcing, developing and trading carbon credits. EcoSecurities structures and guides greenhouse gas emission reduction projects through the Kyoto Protocol, working with both project developers and buyers of carbon credits [homepage]
Factor Consulting + Management AG
Factor is a facilitator of emissions trading and an advisor on climate policy. Our clients include industry and financial institutions, public authorities, and international organizations. Set up in 1999, Factor was one of the early movers and has an established track record in carbon business. Factor is based in Zurich, Switzerland with operative offices in China, India and Italy. Our staff include engineers, scientists, economists and business experts with many years of experience in emissions trading and climate change policy.[homepage]
GTZ
GTZ, an internationally renowned enterprise for international cooperation, offers a wide variety of interesting and challenging jobs in and outside Germany. Working for GTZ, you will be actively helping to foster economic and social progress in developing and transition countries.[homepage]
Institute for Energy of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
The Institute for Energy provides scientific and technical support to different stages of European policy-making in the energy area, on issues related to environmental protection, safety and security of the citizens, and sustainable development. [homepage]
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) (see recruitment)
The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), established by an initiative of the Japanese Government in 1998, is a research institute that conducts pragmatic and innovative strategic policy research to support sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region-a region experiencing rapid population growth and expanding economic activity.
IGES is a policy-oriented institute that reaches beyond pure academic research. It aims to produce outputs that can be reflected in the policy-making processes of international organisations as well as national and local governments, and in the activities of businesses, NGOs and local citizens. To this end, IGES reaches out actively to various stakeholders. [homepage]
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an international research organization located near Vienna, Austria. The institute conducts inter-disciplinary scientific studies on environmental, economic, technological and social issues in the context of human dimensions of global change. It is sponsored by its National Member Organizations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. [hompage]
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is an independent, non-profit research institute working in the field of sustainable development. In alliance with others we seek to help shape a future that ends global poverty and delivers and sustains efficient and equitable management of the world's natural resources. Based in London, IIED currently has 74 staff from 16 countries and an annual budget of £9m. [homepage]
Intercooperation
INTERCOOPERATION (IC) is a Swiss Foundation engaged in development and international cooperation since 1982. It is a knowledge organization, combining a professional approach with social commitments. Its expertise, process competence and services are grouped around three principal working domains, namely sustainable natural resource management, the rural economy and local governance and civil society. [homepage]
Oxford University Centre for the Environment (OUCE)
The Oxford University Centre for the Environment (OUCE) aims to be a world-class environmental research and educational hub spanning the natural and social sciences at the University of Oxford. [homepage]
Point Carbon
Point Carbon is a world-leading provider of independent news, analysis and consulting services for European and global power, gas and carbon markets. Point Carbon’s comprehensive services provide professionals with market-moving information through monitoring fundamental information, key market players and business and policy developments. [homepage]
SNV
SNV is a Netherlands-based, international development organisation that provides advisory services to nearly 1800 local organisations in over 30 developing countries to support their fight against poverty. Working for SNV is intensive and varied. With your experience and expertise, we can make a real difference to the lives of people in developing countries. It's not every-day work. That's the least you can say about working for SNV. As a consultant, you live and work in Africa, Latin America, Asia or Eastern Europe (Albania), working with and among colleagues of various nationalities, in another culture, with its own language and customs. [homepage]
UNFCCC-Vacancies
We support cooperative action by States to combat climate change and its impacts on humanity and ecosystems. This is our contribution to a sustainable world and to realizing the vision of peace, security and human dignity on which the United Nations is founded. Guided by the Parties to the Convention, we provide organizational support and technical expertise to their negotiations and institutions and facilitate the flow of authoritative information on the implementation of the Convention. We are committed to performing these tasks to the highest standards of professionalism and objectivity. [homepage]
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
As the UN's global development network, UNDP is at the forefront of today's development dialogue in championing the poor and disadvantaged. Our focus is on providing developing countries with knowledge-based consulting services and building national, regional and global coalitions for change. With a strong history of inclusion and consensus-building, UNDP has earned the trust and partnership of leaders across the developing world. We are now hiring a new generation of expert practitioners who want to contribute to those partnerships by offering strategic approaches to long-standing problems. We seek individuals who can communicate advice and new ideas across cultures and all strata of society. We have a wide range of international opportunities at various levels; competitive salaries offered commensurate with experience. [homepage]