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📢There's still time to apply to be one of the ASCEND Postdoctoral Research Fellows as a part of the newly established BAOBAB synthesis research teams. Deadline is 19 January 🌍 Details below
ASCEND is hiring 5 Postdoctoral Research Fellows to join BAOBAB synthesis research teams! 🌱Roles span forest restoration, climate justice, coastal carbon storage, resilient food systems, and education. Career growth and collaboration await!
🔗 Apply now: ascendclimate.org/opportunit…
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Read the new paper from ACDI researcher Glynis Humphrey, urging caution around using a single veld-burning strategy for carbon credits. The study, involving 26 researchers across Africa, highlights the complexities of fire abatement financing. Read more: nature.com/articles/s41893-0…
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Are you preparing a proposal for ASCEND's Request for Synthesis Teams on Biodiversity & Climate Change? 🌍 Join the info webinar on 21 Jan at 1 PM GMT 2 to learn more about ASCEND’s aims and get your questions answered. Sign up here: events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
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ACDI’s final quarterly newsletter for 2024 is out! 🌍Explore key achievements, research highlights, and upcoming opportunities in climate and development.
Read it here 👉 mailchi.mp/7aac0d7017b5/m7wh…
#ClimateAction #Sustainability #ClimateResilience
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Request for Proposals: Biodiversity & Climate Change🌍Calling researchers, policymakers & practitioners to submit proposals addressing global biodiversity-climate interactions.
📅 Deadline: 14 March 2025, 14:00 SAST
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ASCEND is hiring 5 Postdoctoral Research Fellows to join BAOBAB synthesis research teams! 🌱Roles span forest restoration, climate justice, coastal carbon storage, resilient food systems, and education. Career growth and collaboration await!
🔗 Apply now: ascendclimate.org/opportunit…
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ASCEND welcomes its first cohort of transdisciplinary teams to begin synthesis research in 2025. Teams will integrate diverse data and knowledge to accelerate solutions-oriented research and enhance action on climate change. Read about the teams here - ascendclimate.org/synthesis-…
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ACDI researcher Anna Taylor leads a review on what it will take to transition to climate-resilient development pathways in South Africa
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A review of climate-resilient development pathways applications shows ways to weigh-up options for reducing climate risks & leveraging opportunities to build a safer future. @ACDI_UCT doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2024/1… #SDG10 #SDG13 #SDG17
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The Wellcome Trust has commissioned a consortium including ACDI researchers at ASCEND to push the boundaries of research synthesis through artificial intelligence
#ResearchSynthesis #ClimateAction #AI
5 Dec 2024
Stopping #ClimateChange protects human health. The DESTINY project helps to pool the knowledge!
👉@wellcometrust has commissioned a consortium led by @MCC_Berlin researchers to push the boundaries of #ResearchSynthesis through #ArtificialIntelligence.
mcc-berlin.net/en/news/infor…
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An awesome opportunity for young climate scientists!
26 Nov 2024
ICYMI! 🌍 The Max Thabiso Edkins Climate Ambassador Program 2025 is here, and applications are OPEN! 💚 Ready to step up for the planet? Join the 4th edition and make real change happen.
🌟 Don't wait—apply now: connect4climate.org/initiati…
@Y2YWBG @WBG_Climate @WorldBank
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African Climate & Development Initiative retweeted
24 Nov 2024
#COP29 in Baku closed with a new finance goal to help countries to protect their people and economies against climate disasters, and share in the vast benefits of the clean energy boom. 💪 🌍
Learn more here: bit.ly/3V23TqI
Or here 👇
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African Climate & Development Initiative retweeted
22 Nov 2024
As COP29 draws to a close, a new politics of climate resilient development is more urgent than ever putting social justice and ecosystem stewardship at the core, engaging all of society. See our new paper out today in @NatureClimate nature.com/articles/s41558-0…
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African experts, incl. @zvobgoluckson, are advocating for GGA indicators that inform UNFCCC processes (e.g. NDCs, NAPs) & are global yet nationally relevant to avoid burdening developing nations.
Read more: universityworldnews.com/post…
#ClimateAction
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Join us on 21 Nov for an insightful webinar on the Ethics in Policy Deliberation Toolkit: a crucial resource for ethical decision-making in municipal planning, where experts will share insights around poverty, education & urban development!
Register here: tinyurl.com/542n3fyx
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Read more about the toolkit here - warwick.ac.uk/ethicstoolkit
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Exciting side event at #COP29 hosted in part by @UCT_news on governance, legal, and finance innovations for just & equitable transitions! 🌍 If you're attending #COP29, don't miss out on this vital discussion shaping the future of climate action.
#ClimateJustice
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African Climate & Development Initiative retweeted
7 Nov 2024
As delegates gather @COP29_AZ, our last seminar for 2024 investigates what type of workers may be impacted by the Just Energy Transition in South Africa, or better placed to withstand its potential effects
Co-hosted with @SALDRU1
Registration is needed✍️ bit.ly/4hFBv7e
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At COP29 countries will continue to flesh out the details of the GGA through the development of indicators to track their implementation. @zvobgoluckson explains why they matter and what Africa’s priorities are for their development. africanclimatewire.org/2024/…
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ACDI researcher Darington Sibanda recently contributed to the 27th Tipping Points webinar that explored the impact of community-based savings initiatives in South Africa’s Namaqualand. Read about the webinar's key points and takeaways.
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