Climate Change & Agrobiodiversity Research

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Scholarship Programme has been established with the funds received on the occasion of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize award to the IPCC. The first funding partner of the Programme is Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Former Norwegian Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy on Climate Change. The goal of this programme is to help strengthen the scientific and technical capability in developing countries to contribute to climate science and research and to develop and implement climate change policies and measures at the domestic and international level. It aims to provide a sound knowledge base and stimulate institutional strengthening in developing countries. Priorities will include research on climate processes, the impacts of climate change in the most vulnerable regions of the world, the potential for adaptation and mitigation, and sustainable development.

Deadline to apply to the scholarship: 31 July 2010.

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http://cambodiajobs.blogspot.com/2010/07/ipcc-scholarships.html

The Climate Adaptation Futures Conference co-hosted by Australia’s National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility and CSIRO’s Climate Adaptation Flagship will focus on climate impacts and adaptation. It is inviting scientists and decision makers from all over the world to share research approaches, methods and results with the aim of finding the “way forward.” One of the sessions (link) will focus on adapting agriculture to climate change and what the implications are for food producers and food security. The event will be held from 29 June to 1 July 2010 on the Gold Coast, Australia. The conference brochure can be found here.