<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>DISCCRS News</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B>3/30/2007</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style="">************************************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><B>TABLE OF CONTENTS</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.7px;"><B><I>Special Announcement: Sue Weiler Receives ASLO Award</I></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Sue Weiler receives ASLO's Distinguished Service Award for outstanding leadership in the professional development and mentoring of the next generation of aquatic scientists</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I want to thank each and every one of you for inspiring me in my work and for making DIALOG, DISCCRS, MAS and my other activities so much fun! And, thanks also for my endless use and abuse of you as datapoints! :)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>John Dower and Rob Campbell spearheaded my nomination and I know that many of you, I know not who, wrote letters in support of that nomination. I thank you all for that effort. It is truly something I never imagined.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I know many of you (including John and Rob!) were not at the Feb. 2007 ASLO meeting where the award was presented. I thought you might enjoy the annotated PowerPoints from my 10-minute acceptance speech, so I have posted it for you at <SPAN style="">/home/weilercs/ASLO_Award/ASLO_Award_annotated.ppt:</SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><A href="file://localhost/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-1989210_1-t_N3NSqrbe"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">https://netfiles.whitman.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-1989210_1-t_N3NSqrbe</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">.... And please don't forget to update your job and contact information when you move</SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica"> :):):) <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Best, Sue<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.7px;"><B><I><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></I></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.7px;"><B><I>Special Announcement: DISCCRS III Symposium</I></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Did you recently get your Ph.D.?</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Are you interested in climate change/climate impacts?</B><B> </B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>If yes, then read on!</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>DISCCRS International Interdisciplinary Climate Change Symposium</B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B>Hawaii, Sept. 10-17, 2007 -- Deadline for applications: 30 April 2007</B><B> </B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Airfare, room & board are fully paid for 36 accepted candidates from around the world. </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">See <A href="http://www.disccrs.org/"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000F0">http://www.disccrs.org</FONT></A> for details.</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></I></B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Education and Public Outreach: A Guide for Scientists</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.tos.org/epo_guide/index.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.tos.org/epo_guide/index.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>New report calls for decisive, concerted, sustained actions to combat climate change</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=MjM0OTQ"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=MjM0OTQ</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see RESOURCES 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Book - Dictionary and Introduction to Global Environmental Governance By Richard E. Saunier and Richard A. Meganck</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/777"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/777</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see RESOURCES 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Book -</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> <B>How to Live a Low Carbon Life: The Individual's Guide to Stopping Climate Change</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/773/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/773/</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see RESOURCES 3 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>SCIENCE NEWS</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Gore Warns Congress of Planetary Emergency</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>http://</SPAN><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/washington/21cnd-gore.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=us"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/washington/21cnd-gore.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=us</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>New Modeling Study Forecasts Disappearance of Existing Climate Zones</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=108522"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=108522</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Majority of World's Largest Cities at Risk of Rising Sea Levels</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070327-1702-climatechange-risingseas.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070327-1702-climatechange-risingseas.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2b95sd"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2b95sd</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Race for Riches Heats Up in Melting Arctic</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070324-0856-arcticbonanza.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070324-0856-arcticbonanza.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2jj7mv"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2jj7mv</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see NEWS 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B><I>JOBS</I></B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Director - Center for Leadership - Elon University - Elon, North Carolina (USA) </B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Closing Date: Until Filled</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipJobs/View_Job.asp?DBID=568"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipJobs/View_Job.asp?DBID=568</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Director - Undergraduate Leadership Program - Northwestern University - Evanston, IL (USA)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Closing Date: 4/30/2007</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipJobs/View_Job.asp?DBID=567"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipJobs/View_Job.asp?DBID=567</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Assistant Director - Student Affairs - University of Central Florida - Orlando, Florida (USA)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Closing Date: 4/19/2007</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipJobs/View_Job.asp?DBID=469"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.ila-net.org/LeadershipJobs/View_Job.asp?DBID=469</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Post doc - </B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>Air qaulity research - Atmospheric Modeler - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill NC (USA)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B></B></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 1 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Jackson Senior Research Fellow and Programme Leader in Energy - Oxford University (UK)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/vacancy/070427.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/vacancy/070427.php</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 2 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Post-Doc (two) - Marine Environmental Biologists – United Nations University – Dubai (United Arab Emirates)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.inweh.unu.edu/inweh/Vacancies.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.inweh.unu.edu/inweh/Vacancies.htm</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 3 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Postdoctoral Fellowship - The Study of Sharing Networks to Assess the Vulnerabilities of Coastal Communities to Oil and Gas Development in Arctic Alaska - University of Alaska – Fairbanks Alaska (USA)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 4 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Executive Officer, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) - Scott Polar Research Institute - Cambridge, (United Kingdom)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.scar.org/news/jobs/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.scar.org/news/jobs/</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 5 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><B>Policy Analyst - Natsource Llc - Advisory And Research Services Business Unit - Washington D.C. (USA)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 6 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(see JOB 7 below)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Resources and Funding Opportunities</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(RESOURCES 1) <B>New report calls for decisive, concerted, sustained actions to combat climate change</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=MjM0OTQ"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=MjM0OTQ</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Montreux, Switzerland, 21 March 2007 – Policy Directions to 2050: A business contribution to the dialogues on cooperative action, launched today, asserts that the only way to combat climate change is through decisive, concerted and sustained actions between governments, businesses and consumers.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The publication, produced by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), identifies policy options to sustain economic growth while transforming the ways we access, produce and consume energy. Presented as an illustrative roadmap from which routes must be chosen, it explores policy ideas and concepts for the transition to a low greenhouse gas (GHG) economy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It calls for the development and deployment of leading-edge technologies through partnerships and incentives and an approach to mitigate long-term market risk and deliver secure benefits for large-scale, low-carbon, new-technology projects.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Governments must start building the future policy frameworks, and it is necessary for us in business to begin to respond to those policies in time to meet the future emission reduction targets. We can not continue the ‘you first’ mentality. We need leadership and action by both governments and business," says WBCSD President Björn Stigson. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Policy Directions to 2050, launched at a key WBCSD members’ meeting here, says that "international efforts on climate change must recognize the sovereignty of national energy policy decisions, but at the same time provide the necessary global context for those decisions and the tools to optimize GHG emissions management. Systematically decarbonizing the global energy mix will require a broad and efficient mix of policies and programs, and there is a need to learn from current approaches and instruments that are being used and continue to evolve at international, regional and domestic levels."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"The world has reached an unsustainable trend in greenhouse gas emissions, so we now need to take action to decarbonize as much as possible the world’s energy mix. Resources are to be used more efficiently at the same time as we meet growing energy needs," says Anne Lauvergeon, CEO of French energy company Areva and Co-Chair of the WBCSD's Energy and Climate Focus Area. "For that to happen one key element is to collectively define a global, long-term and quantifiable pathway for annual greenhouse gas emissions. This shared diagnosis could then be a point of reference for the development of national energy and climate policies."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The publication puts forth four policy priorities:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1. Establishing by 2010 a quantifiable, long-term (50-year), global emissions pathway for the management of GHG emissions. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2. Closing the gap that will exist after 2012 (when the Kyoto Protocol expires), using the existing international framework as a basis, and modifying it to build up from local, national, sector or regional programs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3. Building robust programs at the national level, and in support of the international pathway. Such programs would include encouraging energy efficiency; broadening the range of fuels in the transport sector; and country-wide boosting of awareness and incentives for consumers across all levels of society toward low-carbon products, services and lifestyles.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>4. Developing and commercializing a number of low- and zero-GHG technologies over the coming decades. These will require supporting policies and programs to address technical and cost challenges. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Policy Directions to 2050 explores and introduces ideas for a new international framework and addresses key policy issues within power generation, industry and manufacturing, mobility, buildings and consumer choices, asking three basis questions: What is needed? Why is it needed? How could it work? Through this approach, the WBCSD hopes to stimulate the debate by contributing business insights that can help encourage the required technological and behavioral changes.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>"Demand for energy will increase by 60% by 2030. As demand increases, so will GHG emissions. All stakeholders, whether they be customers, shareholders, NGOs or the communities in which we work, will expect us to meet this increase in a sustainable way. But business cannot do this alone; it needs government to establish the necessary policy frameworks to get the ball rolling and put the technology into place," says Eivind Reiten, President and CEO of Norsk Hydro and Co-Chair of the WBCSD's Energy and Climate Focus Area.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The publication is the third in the Energy & Climate series and reflects the WBSCD’s continued engagement with governments in the search for solutions. Earlier publications included Facts and Trends to 2050 and Pathways to 2050, which sought to create a basis for dialogue and action by translating the scale and complexity of these challenges into simple, illustrative pathways to 2050. This trilogy has helped a variety of stakeholders think about the ways in which energy flows through the global economy and affects the climate.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(RESOURCES 2) <B>Book - Dictionary and Introduction to Global Environmental Governance By Richard E. Saunier and Richard A. Meganck</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/777"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/777</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The book provides a compilation of over 5000 terms, organizations and acronyms, drawn from hundreds of official sources. An introductory essay frames the major issues in GEG and outlines the pitfalls of talking past one another when discussing the most critical of issues facing the planet.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The result is a practical tool that should find a central place on the desk of anyone involved in environmental management, development or sustainability issues anywhere in the world, including the United Nations, government policy makers, NGOs and other stakeholder groups, the business community, and students and professionals.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Review copies are available for book review editors (journals, newspapers, newsletters, websites etc.) and inspection copies are available for course leaders. Please get in touch with Tel (direct): +44 20 7121 3152<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.earthscan.co.uk/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.earthscan.co.uk</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""> <O:P></O:P>********************</SPAN><SPAN style=""></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(RESOURCES 3) <B>Book -</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""> <B>How to Live a Low Carbon Life: The Individual's Guide to Stopping Climate Change</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/773/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://shop.earthscan.co.uk/ProductDetails/mcs/productID/773/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All the info you need – including data tables, supplier info and downloadable spreadsheets – to reduce your personal and home emissions from the UK average of 12.5 tonnes to a sustainable 3 tonnes per year. 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The most reliable source of information on low-carbon living currently available.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Science News</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 1)<B> Majority of World's Largest Cities at Risk of Rising Sea Levels</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070327-1702-climatechange-risingseas.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070327-1702-climatechange-risingseas.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2b95sd"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2b95sd</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>San Diego Union-Tribune (Registration Required) - LONDON - More than two-thirds of the world's large cities are in areas vulnerable to global warming and rising sea levels, and millions of people are at risk of being swamped by flooding and intense storms, according to a new study released Wednesday.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In all, 634 million people live in the threatened coastal areas worldwide - defined as those lying at less than 33 feet above sea level - and the number is growing, said the study published in the journal Environment and Urbanization.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>More than 180 countries have populations in low-elevation coastal zones, and about 70 percent of those have urban areas of more than 5 million people that are under threat. Among them: Tokyo; New York; Mumbai, India; Shanghai, China; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Dhaka, Bangladesh.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(NEWS 2) <B>Race for Riches Heats Up in Melting Arctic</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070324-0856-arcticbonanza.html"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20070324-0856-arcticbonanza.html</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or: </SPAN><A href="http://tinyurl.com/2jj7mv"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://tinyurl.com/2jj7mv</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>San Diego Union-Tribune (Registration Required) - HAMMERFEST, Norway - Barren and uninhabited, Hans Island is very hard to find on a map. Yet these days the Frisbee-shaped rock in the Arctic is much in demand - so much so that Canada and Denmark have both staked their claim to it with flags and warships. The reason: an international race for oil, fish, diamonds and shipping routes, accelerated by the impact of global warming on Earth's frozen north.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The latest report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says the ice cap is warming faster than the rest of the planet and ice is receding, partly due to greenhouse gases. It's a catastrophic scenario for the Arctic ecosystem, for polar bears and other wildlife, and for Inuit populations whose ancient cultures depend on frozen waters.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But some see a lucrative silver lining of riches waiting to be snatched from the deep, and the prospect of timesaving sea lanes that could transform the shipping industry the way the Suez Canal did in the 19th century. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates the Arctic has as much as 25 percent of the world's undiscovered oil and gas.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">***************************************************</FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><B>Jobs</B></SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Planktonnet: Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">To subscribe to the list, send an empty email to:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><A href="mailto:planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">planktonnet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">Or, visit <A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/</FONT></SPAN></A> and click on 'Join this group'<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 1) <B>Post doc - </B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><B> </B></SPAN><B>Air qaulity research - Atmospheric Modeler - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill NC (USA)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An immediate opening exists for a qualified person to conduct research in understanding the formation and chemical transformation of atmospheric pollutants. Projects involve providing technical support and communicating scientific understanding to aid policy makers involved <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>with developing pollutant reduction strategies in some of the country's most polluted cities.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful candidate will use three dimensional air quality models to increase our understanding of the complex and interrelated chemical and physical processes that lead to pollution formation. The candidate will conduct advanced model performance evaluations on air quality models currently being used to develop strategies to bring areas into compliance with National Ambient Air Quality standards (NAAQs). Throughout the course of the work there will be direct involvement and communications with state and federal regulators presenting model evaluations and recommendations for improvements to model performance. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An understanding of atmospheric chemistry, or background in environmental chemistry is necessary. Familiarity with computer programming and with the UNIX environment is also necessary. Experience with the FORTRAN and Python programming languages is preferred, although not required. A Ph.D. in atmospheric science or a related discipline is required. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please send a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, and two names for reference to: <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dr. William Vizuete, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering CB#7431, Chapel Hill, NC 27599<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Email: atm </SPAN><A href="mailto:postdoc@unc.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">postdoc@unc.edu </FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>More information concerning Dr. Vizuete's air quality research is available at his web site at </SPAN><A href="http://www.unc.edu/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.unc.edu/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="ヒラギノ角ゴ Std W8">～</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="">vizuete<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 2) <B>Jackson Senior Research Fellow and Programme Leader in Energy - Oxford University (UK)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/vacancy/070427.php"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/vacancy/070427.php</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We seek to appoint an outstanding researcher with demonstrated excellence in scholarship and interdisciplinary project leadership and management to lead the well established ECI Lower Carbon Futures group in conjunction with a Jackson Senior Research Fellowship at Oriel College.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The post is available for five years in the first instance.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We seek a researcher with a strong background in social science, planning, policy analysis or economics who has a demonstrated record of publication, grants and policy outreach and impacts in energy to complement and build on the existing strengths of the Environmental Change Institute.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Current research in the Lower Carbon Futures programme includes understanding of household and building energy use, renewable energy and distributed energy systems,demand management, personal carbon quotas, energy and development and fuel poverty and we hope that the SRF will work in these or related themes. The programme is a key member of the UK Energy Research Centre consortium responsible for the demand reduction theme and for the organisation of the Meeting Place - providing networking and workshops for the energy research community (</SPAN><A href="http://www.ukerc.ac.uk/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">www.ukerc.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">). The group has close links to other programmes in the Environmental Change Institute including the UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) and the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change, to the Transport Studies Unit in the OUCE and to other energy researchers across the university.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Main Responsibilities:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The responsibilities and qualifications of the fellow are to:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1) Act as leader of the Lower Carbon Futures programme (to include representing the programme at ECI management meetings, participating in outreach to stakeholders, collaborators, media and within the university; fundraising and obtaining new contracts, managing proposals, budgets and staff; contributing to the Meeting Place and other events). 2)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ensure the completion of current major contracts to high standards, particularly the LCF contributions to the UK Energy Research Centre<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Contribute to the long term evolution of the ECI energy and other programmes, OUCE and the wider university including strategic planning and fundraising for continuation of current projects and the development of new initiatives.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>4)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Undertake, write up and publish research in the areas of energy policy in refereed journals and in other publications with public and policy impact<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>5)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Contribute to the general activities of the ECI and the university including attending and organising seminars and workshops, advising on research projects and proposals, and participating in the general intellectual life of the Oxford University Centre for the Environment<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>6) Offer a modest amount of postgraduate teaching in postgraduate programmes especially the MSc in Environmental Change and Management (typically in each year, 6-10 hours of core lectures, an option seminar) and supervision of MSc or DPhil dissertations<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As the Jackson Senior Research fellow of Oriel College responsibilities will include contributions to college life that include conducting high quality research and supervising a small number of graduate students at Oriel in the field of environmental studies, as well as attendance at meetings of the Governing Body<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Selection Criteria: 1) Advanced degree (PhD) and evidence of high quality publications in the energy use and policy field<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2) Proven ability to network nationally and internationally. Evidence of leadership in interdisciplinary research networks and collaborations<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3) Demonstrated ability in leading collaborative and policy relevant research.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>4) Record of research and innovation in solving complex intellectual and policy problems and of analyzing data and information associated with energy policy<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>5) Recognized as a senior authority in one of more relevant fields of research<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>6) A record of planning, implementing and writing up research projects in a timely manner. 7) Evidence of management skills including team leadership and mentoring, budgeting and recruitment, and ability to deal tactfully and effectively with a wide range of contacts, including academics, students, other university staff, the media and decision makers<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>8) Record of research leadership including strategic planning, management of major proposals and problem solving<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>9) An interest in postgraduate training and mentoring students<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Further particulars can also be requested by telephone: 01865 285079.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Closing date for applications is noon on 27 April 2007. </B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOBS 3) <B>Post-Doc (two) - Marine Environmental Biologists – United Nations University – Dubai (United Arab Emirates)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A href="http://www.inweh.unu.edu/inweh/Vacancies.htm"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.inweh.unu.edu/inweh/Vacancies.htm</FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We seek two post-doctoral marine environmental biologists to join a five-person field research team for a major project in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The project is a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, 4-year effort to establish a sustainable marine environmental management program for extensive subtidal ecosystems newly-created during coastal terra-forming projects such as Palm Jumeirah and The World.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Our project includes a sophisticated environmental monitoring program, and specific targeted research to determine the ecological behavior of the new marine systems being created due to the reclamation efforts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The overall goal is to build a proactive management program based on scientifically sound models of ecological performance, which will make it possible to anticipate patterns of change and ensure maintenance of a sound ecological system with good water quality and resilient ecological communities. In addition, the project includes an educational component for environmental managers in the region and more broadly, in the form of training workshops and an international conference program.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This United Nations University project is being led by Dr. Peter F. Sale of UNU's Canada-based International Network on Water, Environment & Health (UNU-INWEH), with Dr. Ken G. Drouillard (University of Windsor) Dr. Charles G. Trick (University of Western Ontario), and Dr. Bjorn Kjerfve (Texas A&M University).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Dubai-based team works closely with the lead investigators, including occasional visits to the North American sites.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These are academic positions with excellent opportunities to undertake original research and to publish in leading journals. Successful candidates will hold a Ph.D. in some area of marine or environmental biology, preferably with tropical experience, and will have expertise in one or more of benthic ecology of tropical lagoonal habitats, production dynamics of tropical phytoplankton communities, benthic HABs, and nutrient dynamics, or microbial ecology of tropical coastal systems.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Experience in team-based, multidisciplinary research is desirable, as is familiarity with coral reef or other tropical coastal biota.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These are hands-on positions, so SCUBA and small boat experience will be expected.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Closing date is 10 April 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="font-family:Helvetica">********************<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 4)<B> Postdoctoral Fellowship - The Study of Sharing Networks to Assess the Vulnerabilities of Coastal Communities to Oil and Gas Development in Arctic Alaska - University of Alaska – Fairbanks Alaska (USA)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Application Deadline: Sunday, 15 April 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">, or until position is filled.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information and to apply, please submit a letter of interest<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">and CV to:: Gary Kofinas, E-mail: </SPAN><A href="mailto:ffgpk@uaf.edu"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">ffgpk@uaf.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The University of Alask a Fairbanks (UAF) is accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellow to take a major role in the project, "The Study of Sharing Networks to Assess the Vulnerabilities of Coastal Communities to Oil and Gas Development in Arctic Alaska."<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The successful applicant will be part of an interdisciplinary research team of four faculty members and a graduate student who will use multiple methods to assess the effects of future oil and gas development on the resilience and vulnerabilities of two Alaska North Slope coastal communities and one Interior Alaska rural community. A central focus of the three-year project is on social networks of sharing that are part of Alaska Native subsistence-cash economies. Study methods will include household survey research, ethnographic analysis, modeling, and a participatory focus group approach. Researchers and leaders of participating communities will compare their vulnerabilities with those in other communities through the international activities of the Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in Arctic Regions (CAVIAR) Project, an IPY initiative involving Canada, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and the U.S. The research will be coupled with another UAF project exploring the impacts of global change on ecosystem services in Alaska.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applicants should hold a PhD in a related field. The position is based in Fairbanks and the successful candidate should be prepared to travel to villages and international meetings. Some prior experience with social network analysis and/or community studies is desirable but not mandatory. The start date can be as early as spring and as late as the end of August.<O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************</DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 5) <B>Executive Officer, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) - Scott Polar Research Institute - Cambridge, (United Kingdom)</B></SPAN><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.scar.org/news/jobs/"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">http://www.scar.org/news/jobs/</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) seeks an Executive Officer to assist in the running of the SCAR Secretariat at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, United Kingdom. SCAR is a body of the International Council for Science (ICSU) that facilitates and coordinates Antarctic research and identifies issues emerging from greater scientific understanding of the region that should be brought to the attention of policy makers.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The primary tasks of the Executive Officer are to: 1) assist the Executive Director in the day-to-day operation of the secretariat, including supervising staff, coordinating programs, analyzing scientific issues concerning the Antarctic region, preparing proposals, and other activities as required; 2) maintain administrative contact with SCAR Members, scientific groups and committees, ICSU bodies, and other relevant international organizations, including the secretariats of the Antarctic Treaty System and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs; 3) arrange meetings, prepare agendas and reports of meetings, and circulate documents; 4) manage SCAR's bank accounts and financial records and disburse funds as approved; 5) prepare activity reports and financial reports as required; and 6)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>represent SCAR at meetings as directed by the executive director.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Candidates should preferably have a MSc or PhD in a scientific discipline relevant to research in Antarctica or the Southern Ocean, plus experience in international scientific research and collaboration, excellent communication and organizational skills, a high level of computer literacy (Apple Macintosh preferred), and complete proficiency in English. Competence in any other relevant languages will be an advantage. Applicants should be able and prepared to undertake significant overseas travel. The successful candidate will be expected to begin the position by mid-June 2007.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Applications should describe relevant experience, include a full CV and the names of two referees, and must be <B>submitted by Sunday, 15 April 2007</B></SPAN><SPAN style="">, to:<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">E-mail: </SPAN><A href="mailto:info@scar.org"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">info@scar.org</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Electronic submissions are preferred, though applications will be accepted via regular mail at: SCAR Secretariat, Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER, United Kingdom <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Contact: Colin Summerhayes, SCAR Executive Director<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>E-mail: </SPAN><A href="mailto:cps32@cam.ac.uk"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">cps32@cam.ac.uk</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal">********************<O:P></O:P></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="">(JOB 6) <B>Policy Analyst - Natsource Llc - Advisory And Research Services Business Unit - Washington D.C. (USA)</B><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Natsource LLC is a leading emissions and renewable energy asset management firm. The company’s Asset Management, Transaction Services, and Advisory and Research Services business units utilize their regulatory, market and trading expertise to assist private firms around the world in the strategic management of environmental risk, and to provide superior returns to investors by taking advantage of opportunities in local, regional and global emissions and renewable energy markets. Natsource is headquartered in New York and has offices in Calgary, La Paz, London, Ottawa, Panama City, Tokyo and Washington, D.C., providing the company with global reach and proximity to many of the world’s leading financial centers. More information is available at <A href="http://www.natsource.com">www.natsource.com</A>.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The company’s Advisory and Research Services business unit: 1) evaluates greenhouse emission reduction and renewable energy project opportunities and values the assets created by those projects; 2) assists asset managers and private firms to assess the economic risk of emission reduction and renewable energy requirements on their businesses and develop appropriate response strategies to minimize costs and capture business opportunities; 3) provides information on pricing and supply and demand dynamics in emissions and renewable energy markets; and 4) advises on the impacts of trading system design on market performance.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Policy Analyst will be based in our Washington, D.C. office and will work with our Advisory and Research, Transaction Services and Asset Management business units. Primary responsibilities will include leading and contributing to diverse analyses of existing and emerging greenhouse emissions markets, as well as international, national, and local policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase use of renewable energy (with a focus on U.S. policies/markets). The position requires extensive writing, including proposal and report writing focused on emissions trading and trading policy design, emissions markets (including supply/demand and pricing analysis), renewable energy and market issues, international climate policy, economic and risk management issues. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The individual must be a team player, have demonstrated strong writing and analytical skills, strong oral communication skills and ability to handle more than one project at a time. Ideal candidates will also have experience in environmental policy, energy and electric utility issues, and/or knowledge of international climate policy and market-based mechanisms. Other desired qualifications include: 1) <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Masters degree in international affairs, environmental policy, economics, business, or a related field; 2) <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>3-5 years work experience in the public or private sector, particularly in authoring reports on relevant topics; 3) <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Practical experience with markets and market analysis; 4) Knowledge of climate and renewable energy policy and ability to determine impacts of policy and identify opportunities for corporate clients; 5) <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Experience in building Excel spreadsheets and models to make simple to more complex calculations; 6) <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Background in environmental economics, microeconomics and/or finance useful; 7) Proficiency with word processing, presentational, quantitative/analytical, and desktop publishing principles and software. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please email cover letter, resume and salary requirements to: </SPAN><A href="mailto:tsheehan@natsource.com"><SPAN style="text-decoration: none; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">tsheehan@natsource.com</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="">. 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