If Africa Will Agree To Stop Shooting at Itself, and if the Donor Countries Can Agree To Do Something Positive in the Follo-up To A World-Agreement on a new Climate Change agreement, Africa Should be Indeed a Major Part of a Carbon Trading Mechanism.

In Anticipation of the Above, Some Tough Minded People Want To Try To Have Propsals On The Table For Real Plans Of Action. We Wish Them, And Ourselves - the Best of Luck.

Subject: Solicitation of African Carbon Offset Projects & Travel Sponsorship Opportunity
Reply-To: “Lars Rosendahl Appelquist” <lars.rosendahl@risoe.dk>

July 2, 2008

At COP‐13 in Bali, the UNFCCC Secretariat announced its intent to convene the first Africa Carbon Forum, in partnership with the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and the multilateral agencies supporting the Nairobi Framework, including UNEP, UNDP, UNIDO, UNECA, and the World Bank. The Nairobi Framework aims to assist developing countries, especially those in sub‐Saharan Africa, to enhance their participation in the CDM. This groundbreaking high‐profile event will combine a carbon investment trade fair, a policy forum for African DNAs and climate change officials, as well as targeted capacity building for the CDM.

The Forum will take place from 3 ‐ 5 September 2008 at Le Meridien Hotel, Pointe Des Almadies, in Dakar, Senegal.

Further details and a draft agenda can be downloaded from the IETA website: http://www.ieta.org/ieta/www/pages/index…

Despite the fast growth of the global carbon market and the urgent need to boost energy and infrastructure investment in Africa, local actors are only just beginning to tap into this market. The Africa Carbon Forum will strengthen links between CDM project developers and the region’s investment community, and facilitate knowledge sharing and transactions between project sponsors and global carbon offset credit buyers. Specifically, matchmaking and deal facilitation sessions will enable potential CDM project participants and developers to showcase their projects to interested parties, including investors and carbon buyers.

The organizers therefore invite all interested parties to attend and to submit their carbon offset project concepts for consideration.

As co‐organizers of the Forum, UNEP and UNDP have pledged to provide travel sponsorships for CDM project champions from across the African continent to attend the event, based on a competitive selection.

See attached document for additional details on the sponsorship procedures and requirements.

 http://www.ieta.org/ieta/www/pages/index…

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BACKGROUND

At COP13 in Bali, the UNFCCC Secretariat announced its intent to convene the 1st Africa Carbon Forum, in collaboration with the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and the partner agencies of the Nairobi Framework, including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), The World Bank and the African Development Bank. The Nairobi Framework was initiated with the specific target of helping developing countries, especially those in sub-Saharan Africa, to improve their level of participation in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

OBJECTIVE

This event will bring together representatives from designated national authorities (DNA), national focal points (NFP), representatives from several UN agencies, governments and the private sector.

The Africa Carbon Forum is a platform that will strengthen links between CDM project developers and the region’s investment community, provide opportunities for DNA representatives to exchange views and share their experiences relating to the CDM, while facilitating knowledge sharing and transactions between project sponsors and global carbon offset credit buyers.

The Forum will take place from 3-5 September 2008 in Dakar, Senegal, at Le Méridien Hotel, located in the Pointe Des Almadies area.
The event will combine a carbon investment Trade Fair, a Conference and policy forum for African DNAs and climate change officials, as well as targeted capacity building on the CDM. Specifically, matchmaking and deal facilitation sessions will enable potential CDM project participants and developers to showcase their projects to interested parties, including investors and carbon buyers.

The complete schedule of this three-day event will be available shortly.

The Africa Carbon Forum provides a platform for companies to Present, Showcase, Meet and Interact. The exhibitor section will be open to the following types of entities:
• Service providers in the carbon market (Designated Operational Entities, Applicant Entities, methodology developers etc);
• Technology providers for new technologies to reduce GHGs (sector-based, technology based, other);
• Solution providers;
• Individual industrial organizations showcasing their solutions and achievements;
• Project developers;
• Funds that will purchase emissions reductions;
• CDM Host country governments and DNAs;
• Bilateral and multilateral aid agencies and foundations; and NGOs

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Also from Denmark:

Based on the unequal geographical distribution of CDM activities where the Least Developed Countries (LDC) are largely under represented and the increasing microfinance activities in these countries, the Executive Board to the CDM launched the idea to explore the possibilities for combining CDM development with microfinance mechanisms. The COP endorsed the concept and the Government of Denmark decided to finance the project.

The purpose of the project is to identify possible synergies between the CDM, especially CDM Programme of Activities (PoA), and microfinance mechanisms. The objective is to enhance CDM activities in LDCs, in particularly sub-Saharan Africa, by exploring ways to improve the financial feasibility of mitigation projects that are pertinent to LDCs.

DANIDA has appointed the Danish consulting engineering company NIRAS A/S to execute the study for which we have engaged the services of the internationally recognised experts Ms. Christiana Figueres and Mr. Hans Jürgen Stehr to enhance our in house capacity.

We would like to report to the EB on the advance of PoAs worldwide. Thus, if you are developing a PoA we would like to know the country(ies), the sector, and the foreseeable CPAs. We are particularly interested in PoAs in LDCs and Africa, but would be happy to receive information on PoAs in other regions.

We will collate the information received and make it available to users of Climate L, as well as include it in the report to the EB. We recognise the sensitivity of particular information during the project development process due to competition issues and will thus make sure that no confidential information is distributed and that the information will be collected without attribution to who is developing the PoA if requested.

Ms. Hanne Holm-Jørgensen

NIRAS
Sortemosevej 2
DK-3450 Alleroed
Denmark

email:  hhj at niras.dk
phone: +45 4810 4766

From:    P.Newell at uea.ac.uk
Subject: RE: ESRC PhD studentship
Date: June 24, 2008
ESRC Funded PhD Studentship in The Governance of Clean Development in the School of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia

Meeting the development needs of the majority of the world’s people in a carbon-constrained world presents a global challenge of staggering proportions. There is currently little research, however, about the role of institutions and policy processes in reconciling the growing levels of demand for energy investment in rapidly industrialising countries with the goal of clean development aimed at facilitating a transition to a lower carbon economy.  An ESRC Climate Change Leadership Fellowship on The Governance of Clean Development will address this issue. The programme of work will explore the conditions in which the governance context nationally and internationally helps to determine (i) the nature, scale and direction of investment flows in the clean development sector (within and beyond the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism) and (ii) the extent to which those flows are able to simultaneously satisfy social as well as environmental ends.

As part of this programme, applications are invited for a fully funded 3 year PhD studentship based in the School of Development Studies at UEA to be supervised by Prof. Peter Newell to begin in October 2008 (or as soon thereafter as possible). The subject of the research will be a comparative study of the governance of clean development in India and South Africa and will involve field work in both those countries. The studentship will allow significant involvement in the research and communication work associated with the fellowship at one of the UK’s leading centres for research on climate change development. The studentship includes PhD student fees, field work costs and project related travel, a stipend plus a Research Training Support Grant. To see the terms and conditions of ESRC studentships see http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/ESRCIn…
Applications

Applications are welcome from candidates with a minimum 2.1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent) and a relevant Masters degree or relevant experience. Please note that due to funding restrictions only EU and UK citizens are eligible. Applications should include a CV, a covering letter outlining relevant experience and interest in this area of work and a completed application form which can be downloaded from: http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/ss…. They should be submitted to Daniel Lightening, SSF Admissions, University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ Tel +44 (0) 1603 592805, E-mail:d.lightening@uea.ac.uk quoting ESRC/Newell. The deadline for applications is August 15th 2008. A telephone interview will be held in late August at a date to be confirmed.

For further information and queries please contact Prof. Peter Newell  P.Newell at uea.ac.uk

Professor Peter Newell
School of Development Studies
University of East Anglia
Norwich
NR4 7TJ
Tel: (01603) 593724
Fax: (01603) 451999
E-Mail:  P.Newell at uea.ac.uk
 http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/newell

From November 2007 to October 2008 I will also be:

James Martin Fellow
Oxford University
Environmental Change Institute
South Parks Road
Oxford
OX1 3QY
T: (01865) 275877
E-Mail:  peter.newell at ouce.ox.ac.uk
 http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/climate…

These listings are continued from a previous post: link

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DNV Climate Change Academy and Network -
 http://www.dnv.com/services/certificatio…
Business Development Managers, DNV Climate Change Academy and Network -
 http://www.dnv.com/moreondnv/careers/vac…
Duty Station: China (Beijing), US, Europe (London, Oslo)
Deadline for Applications: 15 August 2008
Contact Person: Miguel Rescalvo ( climatechange.academy at dnv.com)
Special Requirements: Excellent English languages skills. Fluency in written
and spoken Mandarin is a must for the position in Beijing.
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Smart Connections Inc. - www.smartconnections.net
Project Manager / Engineer -
 https://www.smartconnections.net/scviewp…
Duty Station: Sabah, Northern half of Borneo
Deadline for Applications: Dec 2008
Contact Person: Enrique Mesones - Phone: +1 954-925-3338 / Fax: +1
954-925-3339
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Winrock International - www.winrock.org
Program Associate - Ecosystem Services Unit -
 http://www2.winrock.org/careers/jd/PA%20…
 http://www2.winrock.org/people/jobs.asp
Duty Station: Arlington, VA, USA / Washington, DC USA
Deadline for Applications: Open until position filled
Contact Person:  jobs at winrock.org
Special Requirements: Must NOT require sponsorship to work in the US
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Ecofys Germany GmbH - www.ecofys.de
Senior Consultant Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Duty Station: Cologne, Germany
Deadline for Applications: as soon as possible
Contact Person: Econcern GmbH, Andrea Murszewski, Eupener Straße 59, 50933
Cologne, Germany, e-mail:  recruiting at ecofys.de
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RWE Power AG - www.rwe.com or www.rwe.com
CDM Monitoring/Verification Manager (m/w) - see attached file
Duty Station: Essen, Germany
Contact Person: Volker Schmidt, Huyssenallee 2, 45128 Essen, Germany;
 V.Schmidt at rwe.com, +49 201 12-22886 (Advertisement code: PNC-K08002-ELe)
Special Requirements: Very good spoken and written English and German;
Chinese language skills are an advantage
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South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd - www.southpolecarbon.com
Implementation Controller -
 https://www.southpolecarbon.com/_downloa…
Duty Station: Zurich, Switzerland
Contact Person: Vivien Pennycate -  v.pennycate at southpolecarbon.com
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CarbonFix Standard - www.CarbonFix.info
Project Coordinator - http://www.carbonfix.info/CarbonFix/Jobs…
Duty Station: Freiburg, Germany
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Pieter van Midwoud, +49 711 49039 902,
 p.vanmidwoud at carbonfix.info
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Energy Specialist - sustainability energy and biomass (CL/MP/24322) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/27219-Ener…
Duty Station: London, Warwickshire, Newcastle, Edinburgh; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: James Pipe; 0870 870 8986 ext 252;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Corporate Carbon Footprinting Consultant (CL/MB/23308) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/24629-Corp…
Duty Station: London, Oxfordshire; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Sarah Baggs; 0870 870 8986 ext 251;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Principal Consulting Engineer Carbon Management (CL/MJ/25088) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/29589-Prin…
Duty Station: Manchester; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Jo Sutcliffe; 0870 870 8986 ext 252;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Carbon Management Specialist (CL/MS/25083) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/29584-Carb…
Duty Station: Beijing; Stockholm
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Sophie Sauze; 0870 870 8986 ext 220;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Carbon Markets Manager (CL/MU/24964) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/29157-Carb…
Duty Station: Sydney; Australia
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Justine Pettifer; 0870 870 8986 ext 209;
 energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Head of Climate Change and Carbon Services (CL/MC/24984) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/29215-Head…
Duty Station: London; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Claire Wicks; 0870 870 8986 ext 273;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Senior Consultant (CL/MT/25143) - http://www.allen-york.com/job/29215-Head
of Climate Change and Carbon Services
Duty Station: Flexible UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Amber Travers; 0870 870 8986 ext 250;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Director Sustainability & Carbon Management (CL/MU/23851) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/25883-Dire…
Duty Station: London, West Yorkshire; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Justine Pettifer; 0870 870 8986 ext 209;
 energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Head of Climate Change and Carbon Services (CL/MC/24984) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/29215-Head…
Duty Station: London; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Claire Wicks; 0870 870 8986 ext 273;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Sustainability & Climate Change Consultant (CL/MK/25006) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/29270-Sust…
Duty Station: West Midlands
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Dawn Kenworthy; 0870 870 8986 ext 219;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Principal Climate Change Specialist (CL/MP/24552) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/27791-Prin…
Duty Station: London, Cheshire, Berkshire, Bristol, Edinburgh; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: James Pipe; 0870 870 8986 ext 252;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Climate Change Adaptation Specialist - Principal Consultant (CL/MJ/24859) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/28827-Clim…
Duty Station: Dorset, Oxfordshire; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Jo Sutcliffe; 0870 870 8986 ext 265;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Principal Investment Manager (Asia Pacific - CL/MS/24829) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/28757-Prin…
Duty Station: Singapore; Asia
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Sophie Sauze; 0870 870 8986 ext 220;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Energy and Environmental Manager (CL/MI/24929) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/29046-Ener…
Duty Station: London; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Miles Davey; 0870 870 8986 ext 213;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Energy Efficiency Programme Assistant - Sales (CL/MF/24831) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/28759-Ener…
Duty Station: Bristol; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Kerri Fionda; 0870 870 8986 ext 243;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
ESCO Development Manager (CL/MT/24653) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/28133-ESCO…
Duty Station: London; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Amber Travers; 0870 870 8986 ext 250;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Sustainable Energy Engineer (CL/MF/24318) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/27209-Sust…
Duty Station: Berkshire; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Kerri Fionda; 0870 870 8986 ext 243;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
ESCO Development Manager (CL/MT/24653) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/28133-ESCO…
Duty Station: London; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Amber Travers; 0870 870 8986 ext 250;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Senior Carbon Management Consultant (CL/MC/24815) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/28601-Seni…
Duty Station: London; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Claire Wicks; 0870 870 8986 ext 273;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Associate / Senior Engineer (CL/MU/24836) -
 http://www.allen-york.com/job/28767-Asso…
Duty Station: Leeds; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Justine Pettifer; 0870 870 8986 ext 209;
 energy at allen-york.com

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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Energy Specialist - sustainability energy and biomass (CL/MP/24322) -
http://www.allen-york.com/job/27219-Energy-Specialist—-sustainability-energy-and-biomass-Multiple-Locations
Duty Station: London, Newcastle, Warwickshire, Edinburgh; UK
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: James Pipe; 0870 870 8986 ext 252;  energy at allen-york.com
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Allen & York - www.allen-york.com
Sustainable Construction Consultant (Berlin - CL/MS/24891) -
http://www.allen-york.com/job/28885-Sustainable-Construction-Consultant–Germany
Duty Station: Berlin; Germany
Deadline for Applications: ASAP
Contact Person: Sophie Sauze; 0870 870 8986 ext 220;  energy at allen-york.com

From the UNFCCC Headquarters - No. 40 of the job listings consolidation for 23 June 2008 is ready for your perusal.

For former issues: http://lists.iisd.ca:81/read/?forum=climate-l,
or contact Ms. Tarizzo and Ishe will forward them. Should it not work immediately, you may copy and paste it into your browser and in case you get an error message, your good will to please provide us with your feedback in the details would definitely help readdressing any troubles and grant a constructive input to the service.

Further - The ALMOST NEW GRID for your new submissions follows below - I beg you to kindly take notice of the changes, and help making the consolidation work more efficient, and quicker. Please be reminded:

• to use it repeated for each post you intend to advertise
• as simple and unformatted as possible
• without omitting to specify all necessary details (place/e and country/ies of duty station, contacts with all prefixes, or similar)
• kindly use the Special Requirements field only for restrictive or legally binding criteria.

Please tolerate with the technical needs of the network server and only send in attached files if you cannot provide any link for your vacancy announcement, and kindly remember that it is NOT possible to accept any attachment file weighing more than 55K!!

In all your new posting requests or other communications, please make sure you use ONLY the following email address:  dtarizzo at tao.it.

As a last note, I would like to recommend that you kindly keep in mind your deadlines whenever submitting an ad for posting: this job listing information is planned as a weekly appointment but its effective issue depends more on the amount of requests and needs of the consolidation work, and the risk is that the expiring dates of the ads I include are too tight even though the request has been received with some advance! Apologies since now in case this turns out to be a slight inflexibility.

Cheers from Bonn,
Daniela Tarizzo

Organisation’s Name:
Organisation’s Website:
Post Title/Position:
Link to Vacancy Announcement: (attach file only if link not available)
Duty Station: (please include both city/ies and country/ies)
Deadline for Applications:
Contact Person: (please insert all complete phone/fax prefixes)
Special Requirements: (only for info on binding/restrictive criteria;
nationality, language, legal/logistical issues, etc.)

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Global Change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training (START) -
 http://www.start.org/
DIRECTOR, International START Secretariat -
 http://www.start.org/curfinopp.html
Duty Station: Washington, DC, USA
Deadline for Applications: 30 June 2008
Contact Person: Dr. Hassan Virji, International START Secretariat, 2000
Florida Avenue NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009, Tel: +1 (202) 462 2213,
Fax: +1 (202) 457 5859
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World Resources Institute - www.wri.org / www.ghgprotocol.org
GHG Protocol Senior Associate – Product/Supply Chain Standard -
 http://www.ghgprotocol.org/internships-a…
Duty Station: Washington, DC, USA
Deadline for Applications: 1 July 2008
Contact Person: David Rich,  drich at wri.org
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The World Bank - http://www.worldbank.org/
Senior Carbon Finance Specialist (Energy Efficiency) - (See attached file:
JD-Sr Carbon Finance Specialist (Energy Efficiency).doc)
Duty Station: Washington, D.C., USA
Deadline for Applications: 2 July 2008
Contact Person: Yoshimi Muto, tel: 202-473-9482
Special Requirements: English [Essential]
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Institute for the Study of Society and Environment, National Center for
Atmospheric Research - http://www.isse.ucar.edu/
Postdoctoral fellow in integrated assessment modeling -
 http://www.fin.ucar.edu/hr/careers/uco.c…
Duty Station: Boulder, Colorado, USA
Deadline for Applications: 3 July 2008
Contact Person: Dr. Brian O’Neill,  boneill at ucar.edu
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Climate Neutral Group - www.climateneutralgroup.com
Carbon Project Developer -
 http://www.climateneutralgroup.com/ShowC…;
Duty Station: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Deadline for Applications: 7 July 2008
Contact Person: Denis Slieker,  info at climateneutralgroup.com
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Climate Neutral Group - www.climateneutralgroup.com
Carbon Project Trader -
 http://www.climateneutralgroup.com/ShowC…;
Duty Station: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Deadline for Applications: 7 July 2008
Contact Person: Denis Slieker,  info at climateneutralgroup.com
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UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -
 http://unfccc.int/2860.php
Progamme Officer (P4) Reporting, Data and Analysis Programme -
 http://unfccc.int/tools_xml/is_08_E056.p… -
 http://unfccc.int/secretariat/employment…
Duty Station: Bonn, Germany
Deadline for Applications: 12 July 2008 - Chief - Human Resources Unit -
 vacancies at unfccc.int
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UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -
 http://unfccc.int/2860.php
Information Systems Officer (P3) Reporting, Data and Analysis Programme -
 http://unfccc.int/tools_xml/ie_08_E055.p… -
 http://unfccc.int/secretariat/employment…
Duty Station: Bonn, Germany
Deadline for Applications: 12 July 2008 - Chief - Human Resources Unit -
 vacancies at unfccc.int
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International START Secretariat, Washington DC - www.start.org
Program Associate OR Program Director - http://www.start.org/curfinopp.html
Duty Station: Washington DC, USA
Deadline for Applications: 14 July 2008
Contact Person: Sandra Stowe; Email:  sstowe at agu.org; Ph: +1 202 462 2213;
Fax: +1 202 457 5859
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The GreenLife Organization, LLC - www.greenlife.com
Associate, Carbon Management (file attached)
Duty Station: New York, NY, USA
Deadline for Applications: 15 July 2008
Contact Person: Chief Recruiting Officer,  cro at greenlife.com
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Tricorona - www.tricorona.com
Technical Department - http://www.tricorona.com/jobs.php
Duty Station: Stockholm, Hamburg, Beijing
Deadline for Applications: 15 July 2008
Contact Person:  susanne at tricorona.se
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CantorCO2e - www.CantorCO2e.com
CDM Technical Associate - http://www.cantorco2e.com/AboutUs/?page=…
(ref. CDM Technical Associate)
Duty Station: Santiago, Chile
Deadline for Applications: 15 July 2008
Contact Person: Diego Arrigorriaga,  darrigorriaga at CantorCO2e.com
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CAF - Corporación Andina de Fomento - www.caf.com - www.caf.com
Multilateral Bank
Duty Station: The projects will be in Latin America, but it is not required
the consultant has duty station in this region.
Deadline for Applications: 15 July 2008
Contact Person: Camilo Rojas –  crojas at caf.com – 00571.313.23.11
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UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -
 http://unfccc.int/2860.php
Coordinator (D1) Sustainable Develpment Mechanisms Programme -
 http://unfccc.int/tools_xml/ie_08_E057.p… -
 http://unfccc.int/secretariat/employment…
Duty Station: Bonn, Germany
Deadline for Applications: 16 July 2008 - Chief - Human Resources Unit -
 vacancies at unfccc.int
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Climate Change Research Centre, Faculty of Science, University of New South
Wales, Sydney, Australia - www.ccrc.unsw.edu.au
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Climate Science, Climate Impacts and/or Climate
Adaptation) -
 http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/services/recru…
Duty Station: Sydney, Australia
Deadline for Applications: 25 July 2008
Contact Person: Enquiries maybe directed to the Co-Directors, Climate Change
Research Centre, Professor Matthew England at  m.england at unsw.edu.au,
telephone (61 2) 9385-7065 or Professor Andy Pitman at  a.pitman at unsw.edu.au,
telephone (61 2) 9385-7075 (facsimile (61 2) 9385-7123).
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Climate Change Research Centre, Faculty of Science, University of New South
Wales, Sydney, Australia - www.ccrc.unsw.edu.au
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Atmospheric Science) -
 http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/services/recru…
Duty Station: Sydney, Australia
Deadline for Applications: 25 July 2008
Contact Person: Enquiries maybe directed to the Co-Directors, Climate Change
Research Centre, Professor Matthew England at  m.england at unsw.edu.au,
telephone (61 2) 9385-7065 or Professor Andy Pitman at  a.pitman at unsw.edu.au,
telephone (61 2) 9385-7075 (facsimile (61 2) 9385-7123).
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Climate Change Research Centre, Faculty of Science, University of New South
Wales, Sydney, Australia - www.ccrc.unsw.edu.au
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Physical Oceanography) -
 http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/services/recru…
Duty Station: Sydney, Australia
Deadline for Applications: 25 July 2008
Contact Person: Enquiries maybe directed to the Co-Directors, Climate Change
Research Centre, Professor Matthew England at  m.england at unsw.edu.au,
telephone (61 2) 9385-7065 or Professor Andy Pitman at  a.pitman at unsw.edu.au,
telephone (61 2) 9385-7075 (facsimile (61 2) 9385-7123).
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Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Bern -
 http://www.vwi.unibe.ch/
Professorship in Microeconomics (see attachment)
Duty Station: Bern, Switzerland
Deadline for Applications: 15 August 2008
Contact Person: Prof. Robert E. Leu, mailto:director1@vwi.unibe.ch
Special Requirements: Language of instruction is English

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From:    organizers at 350.org

Reply-To:    organizers at 350.org

Subject: We’re on the move
Date: June 25, 2008

Pincas,

We know that the 350 project is working best when it moves out of our hands and into the hands of others.  We’ve created 350.org so that you can take this very scientific target, 350 parts per million CO2, and give it the life and vision it needs to become the one number our leaders can’t ignore. People are already organizing in their communities everywhere around the world, applying their ingenuity and creativity, giving 350 the life and momentum it needs to take off.

Check out the exciting actions already bubbling up, and then plan your own community action to add your voice to the movement:    http://www.350.org/take-action

News stories related to climate change are rolling in from around the globe - ballooning gas prices and fuel riots, food shortages, typhoons and major flooding in parts of the world, but our story is building as well - hopeful, bold, and united in a call for a fair future.  Here are a few examples of incredible 350 actions:

Spreading the Word:

On Monday, June 23, 2008, in conjunction with over 150 signatories from around the globe, the Tallberg Foundation in Tallberg, Sweden took out full page ads in the New York Times, the Financial Times, and the International Herald Tribune.

The advertisement is a lead up to the 2008 Tallberg Forum, where Dr. James Hansen and Desmond Tutu, among others, will discuss our need to address the 350 limit. Read more about it on our blog.

Art for the Cause:

Craftster.org, Etsy, BurdaStyle, and several other on-line crafting organizations have teamed up with 350.org to launch Creativity 350 contests, challenging interested crafters to make the most inspiring creations and t-shirt designs to help promote the campaign and spread the number.  Check out the contest details on our blog and our new 350 Postcards project at http://www.350.org/take-action.

Raising the Number to a Higher Power:

United Church of Christ congregations in Massachusetts, USA have launched a call to action to bear witness to the realities of climate change and spread the spiritual significance of committing to reach 350 by ringing church bells 350 times.  More news will appear about this effort on 350.org soon.

These efforts are a wonderful beginning — the most notable thing about them may be that they are still a beginning.  International negotiations on climate change move at a snail’s pace, but with this kind of energy and momentum building around 350, we have a chance to bring it up to speed with new creativity and new urgency.

Please take action today and help us build these beginnings into a truly global movement:

 http://www.350.org/take-action

With deepest thanks for your efforts,

The 350.org Team - Bill, Jamie, Jeremy, Jon, Judit, Kelly, Phil, May, Will

Isaac Berzin to enlist Israelis into the business of green.
By Karin Kloosterman
June 04, 2008

While Israel has some of the world’s most promising clean technology companies for producing renewable energy — consider Ormat and its geothermal power station in Nevada or Solel’s solar energy plant in the Mohave Desert - proving viability on Israeli turf has been a sore spot for inventors and would-be international and local investors.

Lack of policy and infrastructure in the Israeli government stalls the rapid implementation of new clean technologies. This harms not only Israelis who need cleaner, alternative fuel sources, but it is a disservice to the environment and people around the world, who would readily adopt this tiny nation’s innovative solutions if proven they could work.

Thanks to a little green vision in the form of algae, Isaac Berzin, the founder of GreenFuel Technologies in Cambridge MA, has returned to Israel to help turn Israeli ingenuity into action. Now a senior fellow at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya, Berzin has plans to build a new Institute for Alternative Energy Policy in Israel under the IDC.

Berzin looks to collect the best-fit alternative energy solutions from across academia and the industry in Israel - about 10 different technology platforms - to build a center of excellence, “10 times bigger and stronger than GreenFuel,” Berzin tells ISRAEL21c

Recently voted as a Time Magazine most influential person for 2008, if anyone could build a biofuel powerhouse in Israel it would be Berzin, who has a kind of rock star popularity in the US for his work with GreenFuel. Continuing on as an advisor in the company, he says, “GreenFuel is doing great, the baby is walking now.”

The father of three, who now lives in Jerusalem, sees the importance of creating a real solution to end the world’s dependence on oil within the next few years. If it’s not found, in 10 years he says, the planet will have “reached the point of no return.”

Taking advantage of Israeli technology and research, Berzin is planning to have a serious biofuel solution ready within five years. While there is no one silver bullet solution, he admits, Israel has all the tools to start making a renewable fuel alternative.

Israel’s toolbox includes decades-long research into water technologies and grey-water irrigation, and the know-how for taking advantage of low-quality land and growing crops on brackish water. “Algae can grow in salt water, with sewage and on any type of land quality,” says Berzin. “The world is moving to a ‘grow your own solution’ for energy crops, and there is no reason why Israel shouldn’t be a leading country in this field,” he says.

The new institute he is currently setting up, will develop sustainable and strategic global alternative energy policies and will collaborate with the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS) based in Washington, where Berzin is also a senior fellow.

A representative from the IAGS wrote ISRAEL21c, “[We] congratulate senior fellow Dr. Isaac Berzin for his inclusion in TIME Magazine’s 2008 list of the world’s 100 most influential people. Berzin received this honor for his important scientific contribution to the development of alternative fuels and for his leadership role in the global movement to end the world’s oil dependence.”

Earlier this month, Berzin signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the US Department of Energy as an “honest broker” for helping his new institute choose what technologies and research to implement. The institute, after all, is expected to be a moneymaking endeavor as well.

According to Berzin, investing in the clean fuel solutions of oil-rich algae is a “zero-risk exercise. The solution is attractive, because I am not punishing the industry. The world is moving to producing its own energy crops. Algae for biofuel is (finally) an economically viable solution. It is also a moral solution - not competing with food crops on valuable resources such as fertile land and potable water.”