IRES News: November 22nd, 2021

IRES News & Events

Kai Chan

• CBC Newsroom interview: What was actually accomplished at COP26?
• CBC Radio, 25min:25sec mark: Canada's climate strategy ahead of COP 26

David Boyd

• Reuters: Rights groups warn Paris pact rules on carbon markets leave indigenous people exposed Podcast: Keeping Up With the COP
• Joint Statement by UN human rights experts - Accelerate the end of the coal era to protect human rights (In relation to More than 40 countries agree to phase out coal-fired power at COP26)
• Policy brief submitted to COP26: Air Travel and Maritime Shipping Levies: Making Polluters Pay for Climate Loss, Damages and Adaptation

Navin Ramankutty

• National Observer: Focus on food technology at climate conference ignores what most of the world’s farmers need, experts say

Simon Donner

• Globe and Mail: COP26 is a circus with a purpose: Putting climate change in the spotlight so no country can ignore it

Jiaying Zhao

Spice Podcast: COP26: How to get everyone to act on climate change and the reason for climate inaction

Claudia Ituarte-Lima, former IRES Research Associate 

Raoul Wallenberg Institute Blog Post: COP26, climate justice and human rights: towards a grounds-up international law?

Andrea Byfuglien, IRES MSc graduate

Member of BCCIC Climate’s COP26 Delegation: https://www.bccic.ca/bccic-climates-cop26-delegation/

Congratulations to Dr. Hannah Wittman, whose work with Dr. Alexandra Lyon and Dr. Harriet Friedman regarding UBC Farm's Seed Hub was recognized by AASHE!

Their publication examine seed sovereignty, showing that seed-related research in public universities can contribute to transforming seed systems from privatized enclosures to a "seed commons." : http://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00089.

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IRES and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems are seeking an interdisciplinary scholar who uses econometric and other quantitative techniques to investigate human dimensions of biodiversity conservation. For example, research interests may include how individual and institutional actions affect conservation outcomes, or how biodiversity conservation affects aspects of human well-being. Review of applications will begin on November 25, 2021 and continue until the position is filled.

For questions about the application process, contact the Chair of the Selection Committee c/o melanie.train@ubc.ca. Anticipated start July 1, 2022. Share Widely!

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November 25, 2021: IRES Faculty Seminar with Naoko Ellis 

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December 2, 2021: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Leroy Little Bear 

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Job Opportunities

Assistant Professor Positions in Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Grand Valley State University

Deadline: November 29, 2021

Lead – Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Adaptation to Climate Change at the The International Institute for Sustainable Development

Deadline: December 3, 2021

Research Fellow: Supply chain emissions accounting (Trase) at SEI

Deadline: December 3, 2021

PhD position in Geography of renewable energy transformations at the University of Victoria, Canada

Deadline: December 5, 2021

PhD position in Energy Citizens for Inclusive Decarbonization in Geography at the University of Victoria, Canada

Deadline: December 5, 2021

Assistant Professor in Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science

Deadline: December 7, 2021

Assistant or Associate Professor in Agroecology & Watershed Ecology at UC Santa Cruz

Deadline: January 3, 2022

Assistant Professor of Ecological Aquaculture at UC Santa Cruz

Deadline: January 3, 2022

Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy at UC Santa Cruz

Deadline:January 3, 2022

Postdoctoral Researcher Position: Quantitative Ecosystem Services Evaluation at Aquanty

Deadline: Position remains open until filled

Three full-time tenure-track Assistant Professors in Climate Adaptation at the University of Washington

Deadline: Position remains open until filled

Teaching and Research Appointments on FacultyVacancies.com-November 2021

Deadline: Multiple Deadlines

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Graduate Student Opportunities

Call for Applications: Research Assistant for Naomi Klein, UBC Professor of Climate Justice

Naomi Klein is looking for an experienced graduate student researcher to assist with various writing and teaching projects beginning immediately. The researcher will be responsible for primary research and fact checking for articles, lectures, papers, and book projects.

Please send cover letter, resume and one research sample (a paper or article that you contributed to substantively) to: klp123@gmail.com. Applicants may also submit one short (no longer than 1000 words) writing sample.

Application Deadline: December 1, 2021

External Events

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Recent IRES Publications

Recent publications by IRES faculty:

Teaching Science as a Process, Not a Set of Facts

G Öberg, et al.
Science & Education (2021): 1-31.

Closing the Adaptation Gap in Mountains

G McDowell, M Stevens, et al.
FMountain Research and Development 41.3 (2021): A1.

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