The Cambridge Masters in Conservation Leadership invites applications for entry in 2024. The full-time masters program during one year is aimed at graduates of leadership potential with at least three to five years of experience relevant to biodiversity conservation. Scholarship programs offer support to students from developing countries. The application deadline for program admission is...Read More
The Ocean Conservation Trust offers small grants to organizations or individuals that deliver conservation projects. Projects can be research-based, educational or community events but must contribute towards a healthy Ocean. There is no geographical restriction on where projects might be located. The maximum grant awarded per application is £5,000. Applications close 15 October 2023. Link...Read More
Michele Bullock[*] Deputy Governor Sir Leslie Melville Lecture Canberra – 29 August 2023 Audio Melville is of course renowned for his contribution to the establishment of central banking in Australia. On that front it is a challenging time as we seek to return inflation to target in a reasonable timeframe and to preserve gains in the labour...Read More
Investments are needed around the globe to mitigate climate change, but it is in developing countries, where population growth and economic growth prospects are greatest, that climate mitigation investments need to grow the most. This column argues that closing the climate investment gap in these countries requires rechannelling of Special Drawing Rights to Multilateral Development...Read More
Children have the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, and governments must urgently act to ensure this, the United Nations says. In a new report, the UN Child Rights Committee says that climate change is affecting children’s rights to life, survival and development. It says young children are among the most vulnerable, yet...Read More
Mr. Huang Runqiu, CCICED Chinese Executive Vice Chairperson Minister of Ecology and Environment Steven Guilbeault, International Executive Vice Chairperson of CCICED, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada, Fellow Vice Chairpersons Excellencies, colleagues and friends. It is an honour to serve as Vice Chairperson of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development...Read More
What do plastic pollution, storytelling, and mental health have in common? These are all pathways Columbia scholars and students are taking to tackle the climate crisis, from different areas of expertise, through the Earth Networks program. Climate change and related environmental challenges are a messy, “wicked” problem that touches on many aspects of the way we live...Read More
Responding to the authoritative guidance issued by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which has concluded that countries must urgently implement measures to address the damage and threat to children’s rights from climate change and environmental degradation, Ann Harrison, Amnesty International’s Climate Advisor, said: “Children are among those most vulnerable to the...Read More
