DDRN Newsletter June 2010: Climate Change, Food Security and Research Communication
Dear network member,
Since the latest monthly newletter (May 2010), several activities have been posted on the DDRN website. In this newsletter you can read all news posted regarding the multi-disciplinary themes prioritised by the Network:
1. Climate Change
2. Food Security
3. Research Communication
This newsletter is distributed monthly to all network members.
If you have any news regarding events, papers, briefs, funding, links, or other news within these themes that you wish to share with other network members, you are most welcome to send an email to maf@ddrn.dk. Please note that we only include papers that have been published already. Thanks!
Please use the headings as links to read more about the news.
1. CLIMATE CHANGE
1. Events:
Call for papers: Gender, Sustainability & Climate Change. November 25-26, 2010 - Linköping, Sweden. Deadline for submission of abstracts: August 1, 2010.
For upcoming events announced previously, please visit the DDRN website.
1. Papers and reports:
The multiplicity of climate and rural risk. Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) working paper 2010:08, by Ian Christoplos, May 2010.
Climate change adaptation in developing countries: issues and perspectives for economic analysis. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) report, by Muyeye Chambwera and Jesper Stage, May 2010.
Getting Ready: A Review of the World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility Readiness Preparation Proposals. World Resources Institute (WRI) working paper by Florence Daviet, Smita Nakhooda, Crystal Davis, March 2010.
A city-wide approach to carbon finance. World Bank (WB) report, 2010.
For papers and reports announced previously, please visit the DDRN website.
1. Briefs:
Baseline for trust: Defining 'new and additional' climate funding. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) briefing, by Martin Stadelmann, J. Timmons Roberts and Saleemul Huq, June 2010.
Agricultural technologies for climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries: policy options for innovation and technology diffusion. International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) issue brief no. 6, by Travis Lybbert and Daniel Sumner, May 2010.
For other briefs announced prior to this newsletter, please see the DDRN website.
1. Manuals and guidelines:
Guidelines for Reporting Information on Climate Finance. World Resources Institute (WRI) working paper by D. Tirpak, A. Ronquillo-Ballesteros, K. Stasio, and H. McGray, May 2010.
For manuals and guidelines announced previously, please visit the DDRN website.
1. Funding sources:
Global Environmental Leadership Fellows - University of Minnesota. Application deadline: August 1, 2010.
For other funding sources announced previously, please see the DDRN website.
1. Other news:
Climate talks back on track. South Centre, South Bulletin issue 47, May 2010.
Haramata 55: Bulletin of the drylands. Edited by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), March 2010.
Report on the Consultative Workshop on the Science of Climate Change and Socio-Economic Prosperity in Africa: Post-Copenhagen (UNFCCC/COP15). Workshop organised by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the International Council for Science (ICSU), Regional Office for Africa, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 17-19, 2010.
Job: Climate Change Research Fellows at IDS. Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. Closing date: June 29, 2010.
2. FOOD SECURITY
2. Papers and reports:
Global Hunger Index 2009. Concern Worldwide, German AgroAction and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) report, by Klaus von Grebmer et al., October 2009.
For papers and reports announced previously, please visit the DDRN website.
2. Funding sources:
Global Environmental Leadership Fellows - University of Minnesota. Application deadline: August 1, 2010.
Strategic research in health, food and welfare 2010 – Indo-Danish research collaboration within biotechnology. Application deadline: September 7, 2010.
Other news:
IFPRI Forum - Putting Poverty and Hunger Solutions to the Test. Volume 1 - 2010. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) newsletter, March 2010.
Job: 20 Research Positions available at IFPRI. Application deadlines will be open until the positions are filled.
3. RESEARCH COMMUNICATION
3. Events:
8th Euro-Africa ICT concertation meeting. June 23, 2010 - Brussels, Belgium.
For upcoming events announced previously, please visit the DDRN website.
3. Briefs:
Helping researchers become policy entrepreneurs. Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Briefing Papers 53, by John Young and Enrique Mendizabal, September 2009.
3. Manuals and guidelines:
A Good Place to Start: The IDS Knowledge Services guide to finding development information online. Institute of Development (IDS) guide, edited by Cheryl Brown and Gabrielle Hurst, 2008.
3. New links on DDRN website:
Glocal Network on Media and Development (Glocal NOMAD)
Research ICT Africa
Other news:
Knowledge to policy: Making the most of development research. Report from public event organised by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), April 29, 2010 - London, UK.
Writing convincing research proposals and effective scientific reports: a learning module. Part A: writing a convincing proposal. International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) workshop report by S.D. Baguma, P. Anandajayasekeram, and R. Puskur, March 2010.
Writing convincing research proposals and effective scientific reports: a learning module. Part B: scientific writing. International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) workshop report by S.D. Baguma, P. Anandajayasekeram, and R. Puskur, March 2010.
Study of Open Access Publishing (SOAP) Survey. This survey is being conducted by the SOAP project, financed by the European Commission and primarily aimed at active researchers in public and private organisations, from all fields of the research in the sciences and humanities. It focuses on publication of research articles in peer-reviewed journals. It should take about 10-15 minutes to complete.
Job: Organic Eprints coordinator and communication assistant at ICROFS. International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems. Application deadline: June 19, 2010.
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Best regards
Marianne Forti
Communications Officer
Danish Development Research Network
Department of Geography and Geology
University of Copenhagen
Øster Voldgade 10
1350 Copenhagen K
Tel: +45 35322522
Email: maf@ddrn.dk
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