We are delighted to announce that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has joined the World Adaptation Science Programme (WASP) as of February 2024. The WASP looks forward to working with UNESCO to make science work for climate adaptation.

Job opening: Assistant Professor in Economics & Finance of Climate Change Adaptation (permanent after 1-1,5y). We look for quantitative #economists interested in climate #physical #risks & how #climate #finance shapes #adaptation . tinyurl.com/EconCCA Deadline Feb 12

Can we use machine learning methods to identify the tools governments use to adapt to #climate #change ? New paper led by Anne Sietsma in One Earth gives some answers: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Better late than never: Dr. Alexandra Lesnikowski and I call for considering the positive and negative effects of political symbolism in (global) stocktaking of #ClimateAction #COP28 nature.com/articles/s4416…

Designing successful climate services for adaptation is key, but what is a successful climate service? New paper led by Eva Boon uses Delphi methods with experts to construct 12 key elements of a global definition of successful climate services. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Today, Angel Hsu joined Wageningen University & Research (@WUR) for a workshop on climate change tracking, adaptation, and #AI . Her presentation focused on mitigation with a focus on policy and urban areas.

Great to see this paper online at REEC where we explore how states framed #climate change #mitigation and #adaptation in their NC submissions (1994-2019) and test a couple of hypotheses. link.springer.com/content/pdf/10…

Congratulations Marjolijn Haasnoot! 🎉💐
Very much deserved!

Marjolijn Haasnoot has been appointed Professor of Climate Adaptation in Deltas and Coastal Regions
Utrecht University as of 1 November 2023.

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📢 We are hiring! 📢

Our group at Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development Utrecht University
has a new vacancy:

'Chair of Multilevel Sustainability Policy and Governance'

An exciting and important new position - join us!

And please RT.

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🌎 Over 1,000 participants confirmed for #AdaptFutures23 conference!

Join them! Take advantage of the early bird rate extension to take part in the world's largest networking event on climate change adaptation.

Read more 👉 adaptationfutures.com

A big congratulations to Anne Sietsma who passed his PhD viva yesterday with minor corrections! Anne's PhD pioneers the use of machine learning approaches for tracking climate adaptation Priestley Centre for Climate Futures Geography at Leeds

15: Explaining and Promoting Policy Innovation for Transformative Social Change
Chairs are Nihit Goyal Robbert Biesbroek & Stephan Huber
This panel is all about policy innovation, how governments innovate in policy processes, and how its catalyzes transformative social change.

To reduce connectivity barriers in an inclusive approach and promote carbon-conscious conference, #AdaptFutures23 is pleased to offer a number of grants to participate in the conference remotely for free.

Read more: adaptationfutures.com/awards/

📢Join our amazing Strategic Communication group Strategic Communication, Wageningen University @wur. We have two positions open and are looking for a PhD candidate and a post-doc/PhD candidate. Both positions are for four years and fully funded! 😃 1/3

📢 Job alert! We are looking for an assistant professor (TT) to join Strategic Communication, Wageningen University, We're a vibrant group researching and teaching issues related to sustainability, digitalisation and polarisation, and you can join us! Deadline March 20, feel free to reach out.
wur.nl/nl/vacature/as…

Come work with us on climate resilient development pathways