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SUMMARY:CMRA 2021 Summer School
DESCRIPTION:Modelling approaches for climate risk and climate change adaptions in the context of sustainable intensification in semi-arid West Africa\nThe Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) invite applications for an international summer school that will take place at the ICRISAT regional headquarter in Bamako\, Mali. \nApplications are invited from highly-motivated middle stage PhD students and postdocs from West Africa and Germany with a background in agricultural or environmental sciences and some prior modelling experience. \nThe summer school aims to enhance awareness of the state of the art in crop modelling for addressing climate risk and sustainable intensification among the region’s next generation of researchers and agricultural policy makers. It is designed to provide students with a broad overview of system’s analysis\, best practices in model application climate change impact assessments\, as well as emerging applications and challenges for crop modelling to support sustainable intensification of smallholder farming systems. Students will be equipped with knowledge and skills to use crop models in the design and assessment of resilient and productive cropping systems. \nOffered in French and English\, the course will combine lectures with international experts\, together with hands-on tutorials\, and group work and discussions. The maximum number of participants is 26. \nDate\nThe summer school has been planned for September 5–12\, 2021 ( Please note that depending on how the COVID-19 situation evolves\, the time and/or location might still need to be changed)\n​ \nLocation\nInternational Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)\, Bamako\, Mali \nFees\nTravel costs\, visa fees (if required)\, food and accommodation will be covered for successful applicants. \nThe Summer School is financially supported by the: \n \n  \n  \n© 2020 by VolkswagenStiftung \n© Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V. Müncheberg \nCopyright 2019 @ ICRISAT\, All Right Reserved
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SUMMARY:AGRF Summit 2021: Pathways to Recovery and Resilient Food Systems
DESCRIPTION:The eleventh Annual Summit of the AGRF\, which brings together thousands of delegates from governments\, the civil society\, the private sector\, research community\, and development partners will be held virtually from 6-10 September 2021 and will be co-hosted by the Government of Kenya and the AGRF Partners Group. Events begin on Monday\, September 6. \n2021 is a critical year for recovery and food system transformation. This year’s AGRF Summit will explore the pathways and actions needed to accelerate this process and steer the continent towards food systems that: deliver sufficient and nutritious food\, do not impact the environment negatively and create sustainable\, dignified jobs\, and shared prosperity for Africa. \nThe Summit aims to deliver the following outcomes: \n\nArticulate an African vision on inclusive agricultural transformation\nReflect on emerging coalitions\nIdentify priority country-level areas for support and intervention\nComplement public commitments with commitments from other stakeholders\nCatalyze an action agenda towards the UN Food Systems Summit\n\nClick here for further information and registration requirements.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/agrf-summit-2021-pathways-to-recovery-and-resilient-food-systems/
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SUMMARY:Wastewater and Emerging Pollutants: Unfolding A Toxic Story
DESCRIPTION:This webinar aims to discuss the matters of heavy metal contamination\, microplastics\, and nutrients with reference to wastewater. It will focus on case studies\, projects\, and examples that will present the current trends and ways to tackle these issues. \nRegistration is required. Click here.
URL:https://wefnexus.org/event/wastewater-and-emerging-pollutants-unfolding-a-toxic-story/
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SUMMARY:Wastewater and Emerging Pollutants: Unfolding A Toxic Story
DESCRIPTION:Background: \nEmerging pollutants is a term used by water quality professionals to describe contaminants that have been detected in water bodies. These may cause harm to human health and the ecological systems and are typically not governed under the current environmental laws\, posing as a greater risk to our livelihood. \nHeavy metal contamination is an issue of utmost importance as it has harmful effects on both\, the environment and on humans. Some of these negative impacts include the death of aquatic life\, algal blooms\, habitat destruction from sedimentation\, debris\, increased water flow\, other short and long-term toxicity from chemical contaminants. The main threats to human health from heavy metals are associated\, for example\, with exposure to lead\, cadmium\, mercury\, and arsenic. Most of the plastic produced in the world is not recycled but ends up in landfills or open dumps which makes it more likely to reach rivers\, lakes\, and eventually oceans. Microplastics (MPs)\, defined as less than 5 mm in diameter\, can be directly released in the water or formed by the degradation of bigger pieces. Many issues are linked to the presence of MPs in water\, such as damage to airways and stomachs of animals\, blocking canals and sewers\, and creating breeding habitats for mosquitoes. Excessive nutrient loading is a major threat to aquatic ecosystems worldwide that leads to profound changes in aquatic biodiversity and biogeochemical processes. Nutrients in excess can come from various sources. They can occur naturally\, however\, human-related inputs are much greater than natural inputs. \nThis webinar aims to discuss these matters with reference to wastewater and will focus on case studies\, projects\, and examples that will present the current trends and ways to tackle these issues. \nJoin the webinar on Thursday\, 9 September 2021\, from 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Nairobi time (EAT). Please register using this link. \nOrganizer: \nThe Global Wastewater Initiative (GW²I) is a multi-stakeholder platform that brings together UN agencies\, international organizations\, governments\, scientists\, the private sector\, and non-profit organizations with the goal of information-sharing and cooperation for an effective and comprehensive response to the challenges posed by wastewater management. \nThe GW²I is chaired by Turkey and hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Together with its partners and through the Global Wastewater Initiative\, UNEP seeks to enhance the understanding of wastewater as a resource and works on various issues related to sustainable wastewater management including policy guidelines\, technology\, knowledge generation\, capacity building\, and awareness-raising that contribute to the implementation of the sustainable development goal 6\, target 6.3.1\, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater discharged in our water bodies. \nDo you want to join the Initiative? Please contact riccardo.zennaro@un.org and avantika.singh@un.org. \nSpeakers: \nSarantuyaa Zandaryaa – Programme Specialist\, Division of Water Sciences\, UNESCO \nSarantuyaa Zandaryaa is a Programme Specialist for water quality in the Division of Water Sciences—the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO in Paris. Working for UNESCO since 2007\, Sarantuyaa leads IHP activities on water quality and wastewater management\, including the UNESCO Project on Emerging Pollutants in Water and Wastewater\, which aims to enhance and generate knowledge\, promoting research\, providing policy advice\, and building human capacities on emerging pollutants. Sarantuyaa has a Postdoctoral Degree in Environment and Sustainable Development Policy and a Doctoral degree in Environmental Engineering. Before joining UNESCO\, she worked at the United Nations University in Tokyo. \nJavier Mateo-Sagasta – Senior Researcher and Coordinator on Water Quality\, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) \nJavier has 20 years of experience as an agricultural engineer and environmental scientist in programs and projects aiming at the control of water pollution\, the safe use of marginal quality water in agriculture\, integrated water resources management\, and sustainable agricultural production in both developed and developing countries. In IWMI Javier is a senior researcher and coordinates IWMI’s work on water quality across research groups. Javier is the chair of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Global Water Quality Alliance\, a member of the Steering Committee of the Global Wastewater Initiative\, and a member of the Management Team of the CGIAR Anti-Microbial Resistance Hub. He currently leads the “ReWaterMENA project\, and undertakes regional and global assessments on wastewater\, water pollution\, and resource recovery and reuse with UN partners. \nRamesh Ramachandran – Director\, National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) \nAs Former Chair of Future Coasts (formerly Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone; LOICZ) from 2011 to 2015\, Prof. Dr. Ramesh implemented the LOICZ Nutrient Budget for major estuaries on the east and west coast of India among several other studies globally. For the past decade\, Ramesh Ramachandran has been involved in coupled land-ocean interface studies\, its management\, to aid policy decisions of the Ministry of Environment\, Forest & Climate Change. As the Founder Director of the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management of the Ministry of Environment\, Forest & Climate Change\, several trans-disciplinary research studies spanning coastal vulnerability\, socio-economic development\, coastal/ marine conservation\, spatial planning\, land-based pollution\, island management\, integrated coastal zone management\, and climate change are being undertaken under his leadership. Currently\, he is also chairing the steering committee of Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (GPNM)-UNEP. \nThe webinar will be moderated by Riccardo Zennaro\, Associate Programme Officer\, UNEP\, and Avantika Singh\, Intern\, UNEP. \nRiccardo is an Associate Programme Officer for wastewater management at UNEP in Nairobi\, Kenya. He is passionate about wastewater management and sanitation and has experience working on environmental and water-related programmes and projects in Europe and Africa. He holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Technology and International Affairs. \nAvantika is supporting the wastewater management portfolio at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi\, Kenya. She has recently completed her under graduation in Genetic engineering from Chennai\, India. She has also interned with AstraZeneca in Bangalore\, India\, and has worked with wastewater during this period as well. She aims to be able to contribute effectively towards improving the current water management and sanitation scenario in developing countries and make an overall impact on the environment. Avantika looks forward to completing a Master’s degree in the associated fields to become an effective contributor. \nThe original webinar announcement is available here.
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