News 14 Jan 2019 Mountain Research Initiative call for Synthesis Workshops 2019The MRI invites the global change research community working in mountain regions to submit applications for synthesis workshops funding.
News 8 Jan 2019 Future Earth Vacancy: Network Lead (Boulder, Colorado) Apply by January 23, 2019 to work with Future Earth in Colorado and around the world.
News 21 Dec 2018 Vacancy: Research Coordinator – Earth Observations (Oxfordshire, UK)The European Space Agency (ESA) and Future Earth are recruiting a Research Coordinator to be a liaison between the ESA Climate Office (part of the Science, Applications and Climate Department at ESA ECSAT) and the Future Earth Global Secretariat.
News 10 Dec 2018 Impacts of human-induced climate change are coming earlier than expected – but halving global emissions in the next decade is achievable and affordable, say scientists“10 New Insights in Climate Science” will be officially launched at a briefing event at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland. Organized by Future Earth and the Earth League.
News 5 Dec 2018 Global carbon dioxide emissions set to hit record after rising strongly in 2018 Global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and industry are projected to rise for the second consecutive year in 2018, by more than 2 percent to a new record, mainly due to sustained growth in oil and gas use, according to a leading scientific study released on Wednesday.
News 3 Dec 2018 Future Earth and Belmont Forum establish annual congress; seek expressions of interest for hostsFuture Earth, which supports the largest global community of systems-focused sustainability researchers and innovators, and the Belmont Forum, the world’s largest consortium of transdisciplinary global change and sustainability research funders, are joining forces to establish an annual marquis congress.
News 20 Nov 2018 Volvo environment prize seminar: Cities - the frontlines for global sustainabilityThe seminar will be held on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 1 PM – 4 PM UTC+01 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Registration for in-person attendance is required.
News 12 Nov 2018 Announcing the winners of PEGASuS 2: Ocean SustainabilityPartnership to support two ocean sustainability working groups involving not only researchers, but also innovators in policy, business and civil society to generate research that meets society’s needs.
News 12 Nov 2018 Vacancies: Postdoctoral Researchers (Santa Barbara, USA)Future Earth, the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), and the Colorado State University Global Biodiversity Center, are partnering to fill two postdoctoral positions for ocean sustainability science, to be based at NCEAS in Santa Barbara, California.
News 30 Oct 2018 Future Earth to host webinars on post-2020 biodiversity framework and engagement with Convention on Biological Diversity COP14
News 29 Oct 2018 Belmont Forum, Future Earth and JPI Oceans launch major funding call for ocean sustainability research Belmont Forum, Future Earth, and the Joint Programming Initiative Healthy and Productive Seas and Oceans (JPI Oceans), announce a call for proposals which aim to bring together researchers and experts across the globe to innovate solutions that accelerate sustainable use of oceans and minimize the effects from global change.
News 29 Oct 2018 Xuemei Bai of Future Earth Urban Knowledge Action Network awarded Volvo Environment Prize 2018A leading expert and thought leader on urbanization and sustainability, Xuemei Bai says “sustainability will be won or lost in cities.”
News 24 Oct 2018 Forest Transitions in the Andes: Workshop of the Natural Assets Knowledge-Action NetworkThe Natural Assets Knowledge-Action Network will hold its first regional workshop in Latin America in November on “Forest transition in the Andes. Pathways to optimize the balance between Natural Assets and the Sustainable Development Goals”.
News 16 Oct 2018 Input requested for Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) consultation on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework
News 12 Oct 2018 Call for Participation: Knowledge Action Network for Emergent Risk and Extreme Events seeks members
News 1 Oct 2018 During its 48th plenary session, IPCC panel notes Research and Action Agenda on Cities and Climate Change ScienceThe 48th Plenary session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is taking place in Incheon, Korea October 1st – 5th 2018. The post conference Progress Report, which includes the Research and Action Agenda on Cities and Climate Change Science, was presented on the opening day of the Plenary, and has been noted by the IPCC Panel.
News 24 Sep 2018 Sleeping Financial Giants report launched at UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Leadership Council Meeting Discussion of the report began day two of the 13th SDSN Leadership Council Meeting in New York, on September 24, 2018, during the session Global Systemic Risks and Earth System Tipping Points.
News 20 Sep 2018 Call for proposals: European Space Agency - Future Earth joint activitiesSeed funding available for attracting new users and developing new uses of ESA Earth Observation data; deadline 2nd November 2018
News 19 Sep 2018 Job Vacancy: Research Liaison Officer (Stockholm, Sweden)Apply by 2 October for this 9-11 month contract position
