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Greetings from C-CIARN Agriculture, Canada is already experiencing the effects of global climate change and incurring costs to adapt to it. Although efforts to move towards stabilization of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases through emission reductions are important and necessary, it is also recognized that the rate and magnitude of climate change will continue to demand social adaptation strategies to minimize the risks to quality of life. Adaptation therefore is a necessary, and complementary, policy response to climate change mitigation. (from the Canadian Government Response to the Seventh Report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. The full report is available here) Adaptation is the focus for the C-CIARN sponsored Parallel Event at COP 11 on Dec 2, 2005. A session on Food Security, featuring Canadian and international speakers, starts off the day-long event. Opening Address from Dr. Lloyd Axworthy. The full program is available here ALL WELCOME! 1. Rivington, M., K.B. Matthews, G. Bellocchi, K. Buchan, C.O. Stöckle and M. Donatelli, 2005. An integrated assessment approach to conduct analyses of climate change impacts on whole-farm systems. Environmental Modeling and Software, (Specific issues and page number to be determined). Access article 2. Hood, Adam, Bob Cechet, Hemayet Hossain, and Kathryn Sheffield, 2005. Options for Victorian [Australia] agriculture in a “new” climate: Pilot study linking climate change and land suitability modeling. Environmental Modeling and Software, (Specific issues and page number to be determined). Access article 3. Wall, Ellen, and Barry Smit, 2005. Climate Change Adaptation in Light of Sustainable Agriculture. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 27(1): 113-123. SSHRC's recently published strategic plan identifies international research collaboration and the internationalization of research training as one of the Council's four new priorities for action. SSHRC has launched a new program, the International Opportunities Fund (IOF) , which is expressly designed to help Canadian researchers take advantage of international collaborative opportunities in a timely and flexible manner. Social sciences and humanities researchers affiliated with Canadian postsecondary institutions may apply for $25,000 Development Grants or $75,000 Project Grants at any time. Results will be announced four times a year (January, April, July and October). Contact for more information: Craig McNaughton, Senior Program Officer, SSHRC E-mail: craig.mcnaughton@sshrc.ca 350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1610 Ottawa, ON K1P 6G4 Tel.: (613) 943-1149; Fax: (613) 947-0223 1. The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia is seeking up to six experienced and outstanding individuals to take leading roles in the ADAM Project (2006-2009), newly funded by the European Commission. 1 Senior Research Coordinator (£35,245 to £43,850 per annum) 5 Senior Researcher posts (£27,929 to £36,959 per annum) • Climate change policy and governance • Policy analysis and appraisal • Participatory appraisal of climate change policy • Economics of climate change impacts • Vulnerability and adaptation Further particulars are available here (closing date for the Tyndall positions is 25 November 2005). 2. The Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is looking for a researcher (for three years) in environmental science, social science, or policy studies to join the work on the Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies: Supporting European Climate Policy (ADAM) project that is funded by the European Union. The researcher will work in a multidisciplinary research team on the development and application of a highly innovative methodology for the appraisal of climate change policy options. Further particulars for the IVM positions will be available from ca 8/9th November here 3. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is advertising the following vacancy announcement , with an application deadline of 1 December. Applications can be submitted only online via this website "ONE-YEAR PROJECT POST, with possible extension depending on the availability of grant funding. We are looking for a climate change analyst in the Global and Structural Policies Division of the OECD ENVIRONMENT DIRECTORATE. S/he will be part of a team, working in conjunction with the International Energy Agency (IEA), to provide support to the Annex I Expert Group. The Annex I Expert Group is a group of government delegates and experts from Annex I Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It was established in 1994 to address analytical issues related to the UNFCCC, and, more specifically, issues related to the commitments of Annex I Parties under the Convention" __________________ Remember: A session on Food Security, featuring Canadian and international speakers, starts off the day-long event. Opening Address from Dr. Lloyd Axworthy. The full program is available here All for now, Ellen Wall (ewall@uoguelph.ca) Co-ordinator, C-CIARN Agriculture (Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network for Agriculture) Blackwood Hall (Room 202) University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1 Phone: 519 824 4120 ext 58480 Fax: 519 763 4686 http://www.c-ciarn.uoguelph.ca |
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