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This page contains various global change announcements listed based on the dates they were posted on the APN website and not on the dates the information was gathered/compiled or sent to the APN information account. It is regularly updated and you may no longer find below those events that have taken place.

-02 July 2009
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT for Theme Leaders on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
The CGIAR Challenge Program on "Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security" is a major collaborative endeavour between the international agricultural (CGIAR) and global environmental change (ESSP) research communities (www.essp.org/index.php?id=76 ).

Research will be aimed at overcoming the threats posed by a changing climate to achieving food security, enhancing livelihoods and improving environmental management in the developing world.
The program seeks Theme Leaders for the following six Themes:

1: Diagnosing vulnerability and analysing opportunities
2: Unlocking the potential of macro-level policies
3: Enhancing engagement and communication for decision-making
4: Adaptation pathways based on managing current climate risk
5: Adaptation pathways under progressive climate change
6: Poverty alleviation through climate change mitigation

Theme Leaders can be appointed on a part-time or full-time basis for a three year renewable term, and in general will remain attached to their home institution. Each will be assisted by a full time science officer. Theme Leaders are expected to show inspired scientific leadership and would be responsible for developing and implementing the Theme research.
For further details on the positions and the application procedures, please click here or contact the Challenge Program Chair, Professor Thomas Rosswall at thomas.rosswall@gmail.com. Applications are due by September 10th, 2009.

-22 June 2009
Major new collaborative opportunity for GEC researchers
The new CGIAR Challenge Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is now being launched. CCAFS has been jointly developed by the GEC community (under the auspices of ESSP) and the CGIAR, and offers an unprecedented opportunity for GEC researchers to engage in collaborative work on this very important topic. Substantial funding for this 10-year project is anticipated.
To help the CCAFS management identify potentially interested researchers from within the GEC community, please register your interest on-line at http://www.essp.org/index.php?id=76. A project overview and links to background documents can also be found at this site.

WMO El Nino/La Nina Update
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) El Nino/La Nina Update has just been released. The final Update, in English, French as well as Spanish, is available on through this link: http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/wcp/wcasp/enso_update_latest.html. For your ready reference, the MS Word versions of these documents are available as follows.
1. English version
2. Spanish version
3. French version

-16 June 2009
APN is co-sponsoring the Second DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference (OSC2) "Biodiversity and Society: Understanding connections, adapting to change" (13-16 October 2009, Cape Town, South Africa). Please download the Second Announcement. More information is available on the OSC2 website (http://www.diversitas-osc.org/). To register, please visit: http://www.diversitas-osc.org/index.php?page=register. You may also contact Manuelle Roville, DIVERSITAS OSC2 Coordinator (info-OSC2@diversitas-international.org).

-03 June 2009
The United Nations University Institute for Sustainability and Peace (UNU-ISP) and the Integrated Research Systems for Sustainability Science (IR3S) of the University of Tokyo are organising a Conference on the Role of Higher Education in Adaptation to Climate Change on 11-12 June in Tokyo, Japan for the purpose of ‘Establishing a regional network to develop postgraduate educational programmes on climate change adaptation'. For more information, please click the appropriate lnk below or contact the UNU Adaptation 2009 Secretariat (adaptation2009@unu.edu).
- Conference Flyer
- Programme
- Conference Announcement

-28 May 2009
The Global Land Project Nodal Offices in Beijing, China and Sapporo, Japa, with support from the APN, will co-organise a Workshop on Vulnerability and Resilience of Land Systems in Asia in Beijing on 15-17 June 2009. The primary goal of this workshop is to integrate knowledge on the vulnerability of land systems to multiple stressors in Asia. Contact: ecosmag@glp.hokudai.ac.jp. For further infomation, please visit: http://www.glp.hokudai.ac.jp/ecosmag/Events.htm.

-26 May 2009
PhD Programme in Science and Management of Climate Change/ Call for Applications 2009/2010. 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 Management, 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. The deadline for the applications is 23rd June 2009. For further information please visit: http://venus.unive.it/phd-climate-change/

-21 May 2009
PAGES seeks nominations for new Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) members before 1 JUNE 2009.The SSC provides guidance for the PAGES project as a whole and oversees major scientific activities. In this round, PAGES is particularly interested in scientists from the Southern Hemisphere, and those who will actively work to drive forward the recently completed Science Plan and Implementation Strategy (http://www.pages-igbp.org/science/).

To nominate a paleoscientist (no self-nominations), please send the following Word files by email to PAGES Executive Director, Thorsten Kiefer(kiefer@pages.unibe.ch):
- A nomination letter (1 page)
- The nominee's cv (max. 6 pages)
- 2 letters of support from scientists within PAGES research areas (each max. 1 page)
- A statement from the nominee on their goals and plans for PAGES as an SSC member (max. 1 page)

A list of current SSC members and further details on the nomination procedure can be found at:
http://www.pages-igbp.org/people/sscmembers/

-21 April 2009
APN Secretariat is inviting applications from highly motivated individuals for the positions of Programme Fellow for Communications and Development and Programme Fellow for Science and Institutional Affairs. More information is provided by clicking this link.

-17 April 2009
APN is organising the "Proposal Development Training Workshop under the Scientific Capacity Building and Enhancement for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries (CAPaBLE) Partnership" on 7 May 2009 during the 17th Session of the United Nations (UN) Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in New York. Please click here for more details.

-08 April 2009
The University of the South Pacific announces an opening at the Suva Campus, Fiji for the position of a Professor in Climate Change/Environment and Director for the Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development(PACE-SD). Please visit the website for the full announcement. The closing for application is on 08 May 2009.
Contact : HRHelp@usp.ac.fj

-06 April 2009
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) is issuing a Call for Proposals (CFP) on “Earth Observations in Decision Support Projects.” This CFP seeks to identify and promote practical applications of Earth observations to improve decision making. Documentation for this CFP is available at : http://www.earthobservations.org/documents/cfp/200902_cfp_eodsp.pdf. The due date for the submission of initial Concept Proposals is on 4 June 2009 and the due date for submitting Full Proposals is on 10 November 2009.

-27 March 2009
Start-Oceania Secretariat is pleased to issue their latest newsletter, the Oceanic Waves (volume 10, Issue 3).

-26 March 2009
The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) is recruiting an Assistant Director to manage its Science Programs. The position will be filled as soon as possible for a 3 year renewable term, and is based at the IAI Directorate, located on the campus of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil. For more information, please download the Position Announcement or the word from the IAI Director (PDF).

-10 March 2009
Call for papers of 'Earth System Governance: People, Places, and the Planet' - 2009 Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, to be held 2-4 December 2009 in Amsterdam. Abstracts must be submitted electronically by 15 May 2009 and not exceed 450 words.
Deadline for paper abstracts:  15 May 2009
Notification of acceptance:  15 July 2009
Full papers due:   15 November 2009
For more information, please visit :www.ac2009.earthsystemgovernance.org

-03 February 2009
The Global Land Project Nodal Offices in Beijing, China and Sapporo Japan is co-organising a Workshop on Vulnerability and Resilience of Land Systems in Asia to be held at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China on 15-17 June 2009. Interested researchers should submit an abstract of 200-250 words to ecosmag@glp.hokudai.ac.jp by 27 March 2009. Final papers of 6000 – 8000 words are due on 18 September 2009 for the book publication. Enquiries should be addressed to ecosmag@glp.hokudai.ac.jp. Please click here for more details.

-26 January 2009
Group on Earth Observations (GEO) has released the first issue of GEO News (Issue #1, 22 January 2009). You may now view the GEO newsletter from their wesite through this link: http://www.earthobservations.org/pr_gnl.shtml.

-22 January 2009
MEDIA RELEASE on the publication of Biodiversity Assessment of Tropical Island Ecosystems: PABITRA Manual for Interactive Ecology and Management is now posted on the website of the University of Guam. This manual resulted from an APN grant directed by Dr. Harley I. Manner, Professor of Geography. For more details, please visit the link below then to get hold of a copy of this book, please contact: Prof. Dieter Mueller-Dombois at amdhawaii@aol.com or Dr. Manner at hmanner@uog9.uog.edu.
http://www.uog.edu/dynamicdata/PresOfficeDIMCMediaReleases.aspx?siteid=1&p=446.

-13 January 2009
Abstract submission is now open for the Past Global Changes (PAGES) First Young Scientists Meeting and Third Open Science Meeting. For more details, please visit http://www.pages-osm.org/ysm/index.html and http://www.pages-osm.org/osm/index.html. You may also contact ysm@pages.unibe.ch  and osm@pages.unibe.ch

-09 January 2009
Applications are invited for the position of Science Communicator for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). Please visit http://www.igbp.net/page.php?pid=451 for more details or contact Charlotte Boss-Wilson at Admin@IGBP.kva.se .  You may also check these documents: announcement in full text and short text.

-06 January 2009
The Scientific Steering Committee of the Global Land Project (GLP) has recently granted Ecosystem Services Management in Asia (ECOSMAG) an endorsed project status. ECOSMAG is a project principally funded by the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) to improve our understanding of the impacts of land management on ecosystem services provided by upper tributary watersheds. Please click here for more details.

-22 October 2008
First Announcement and Call for Papers: The 6th International Symposium on Digital Earth (ISDE6) with the theme of Digital Earth in Action will be held in Beijing , China, 9-12 September 2009. The ISDE6 will mark the 10th anniversary of the birth of such an International symposium dedicated to Digital Earth. Click here for the detailed information about ISDE6. You may also visit the symposium website http://www.isde6.org or email the secretariat at ISDE6@ceode.ac.cn .

-04 September 2008
The book "Climate Change in Asia: Perspectives on the Future Climate Change Regime" edited by Yasuko Kameyama, Agus Sari, Moekti Soejachmoen and Norichika Kanie has just been released by the United Nations University Press. This book is a result of a two-year research project - Issues Related to Future Actions on Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific, which was funded by the APN in 2005 and 2006. To get hold of a copy, please contact: ykame@nies.go.jp.