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Are you a student interested in a career addressing climate and environmental changes in mountain regions? Then a Student Internship at GRID-Arendal could be an excellent opportunity.
For its internship programme in autumn 2018 and spring 2019, GRID-Arendal is looking for students with a range of interest areas, including climate change vulnerability and adaptation in polar and mountain environments. The full-time programme lasts from three to six months, and offers undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to work in a multi-cultural international organization, gaining practical work experience and developing skills under the guidance of experts.
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Eurac Research and the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security are organizing a workshop through their new joint program, Global Mountain Safeguard Research (GLOMOS). The workshop, 'Global Mountain Safeguard: Emerging Risks and Future Challenges for Mountain Regions Worldwide,' will take place in Italy this autumn.
The workshop will serve as a platform for communication and exchange on issues surrounding disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and emergency response preparedness in mountain regions.
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Relevant peer-reviewed literature and expert reviewers are sought for the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC).
As part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sixth assessment cycle, the IPCC SROCC is currently being written and is to be completed and published by the end of 2019. The report assesses the relevant literature on this topic, with a focus on literature published since the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), and includes both the physical and human aspects.
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This paper by MIREN, published in Global Ecology and Biogeography is the first species patterns analysis on a global scale that includes native and non-native species. The authors investigated patterns of species richness and community dissimilarity along elevation gradients using globally replicated, standardized surveys of vascular plants. They asked how these patterns of diversity are influenced by anthropogenic pressures (road construction and non-native species).
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The European Meteorological Society will hold its annual meeting 3-7 September 2018 in Budapest, Hungary. The OPCC (Pyrenees Climate Change Observatory), as co-conveners of the session 'Climate Change in Mountain Areas,' invites you to present an abstract of your work on this topic.
This session welcomes contributions in connection with mountain climate, climate change, changing climate-extreme events, natural disasters, and other climate-related socioeconomic impacts. Adaptation actions and best practices are also welcomed. The abstract submission deadline is 13 Apr 2018.
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This study forms part of a UK NERC-funded fellowship at Lancaster University, entitled ‘The resistance and resilience of mountain soils in the face of change’.
The primary focus of this call is to make the first global assessment of the response of alpine soil microbial communities to perturbations associated with climate extremes, and to use proximate controls (e.g. microhabitat, microbial community structure, soil organic matter quality, vegetation structure) as well as broader-scale controls (e.g. bioclimatic zone, geological attributes) to explain variance.
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Spring is in the air, and with it a fresh burst of energy and activity for us here at the MRI coordination office!
Earlier this month, the MRI’s Principle Investigators met with me in Bern to continue to develop and realign the MRI’s strategy for 2018/19 and beyond. We are now in the process of finalizing this and hope to be able to share it with you soon. There will be important announcements there on what we hope will be new ways to facilitate greater collaboration and participation within the mountain research community across the globe, and we look forward to your active engagement.
Towards the end of March, I was in Kathmandu, Nepal, meeting with colleagues at ICIMOD to discuss various ongoing collaborations such as our work on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework for monitoring and reporting on sustainable mountain development, which we are undertaking in the context of the Swiss Development Cooperation's 'Promoting Sustainable Mountain Development for Global Change (SMD4GC)' program. While in Kathmandu, I also attended the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) Management Committee Meeting, where I had the opportunity to present on the work of the UIAA's own Mountain Protection Commission and discuss with UIAA board members the strategic potential of linking to the mountain research community via MRI for their future projects and research needs. Finally, I was invited to give a talk at the Global Adventure and Mountaineering Conference and Expo (GAMCE) 2018, organised by the Nepal Tourism Board among others, where I had the opportunity to share ideas and link to new prospects for mountain research in the context of tourism and recreation. These prospects and ideas will be shared with the mountain research community by MRI at the upcoming Sustainable Summits Conference (SSC) 2018 in Chamonix, France, in June, and at the next SSC conference envisaged to take place in 2020 in Nepal.
We also continue to be actively involved in the high mountains chapter of the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC), where significant progress is being made. We would like to take this opportunity to encourage your participation in the development of this key publication by sharing your relevant, peer-reviewed mountain literature with us. You can also play an important role in this process by providing an expert review of the report’s First Order Draft. Further details, including information on important deadlines and how to submit your literature, can be found in the article below.
Plus, read on to discover the latest stories, publications, and opportunities from across the global mountain research community.
Kind regards,
Carolina Adler,
Executive Director MRI
COMING UP ON THE MRI'S AGENDA IN APRIL/MAY
April:
- Swiss Polar Day, 4 April, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Mountain Partnership Steering Committee Meeting, 23-24 April, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy.
- UIAA and IFMGA Environmental Commissions Meeting, 26-27 April, Samnaun, Switzerland.
- Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) 3rd Data Providers Workshop, 2 May, ESA-Frascati, Italy.
- International Mountains Conference 2019 Scientific Steering Committee Meeting, 3-4 May, Innsbruck, Austria.
- UIAA Mountain Protection Commission Meeting, 18-19 May, Lake District, UK.
- MRI / GEO-Global Network for Observations and Information in Mountain Environments Workshop, 23-25 May, Bern, Switzerland.
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Welcome to the February edition of the MRI Global Newsletter.
This month we've been in Quito, Ecuador, where MRI Executive Director Carolina Adler participated in the second lead author meeting for the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC). An intense few days of fruitful discussion concluded with an outreach event at which Dr. Adler spoke for mountains in a presentation to the media and wider public - more on that below.
And the mountain research community has been busy too! Read on to discover the latest stories, publications, and opportunities from across the global network.
COMING UP ON THE MRI'S AGENDA IN MARCH-APRIL
- Second meeting of the MRI Principal Investigators and MRI Strategy Meeting, 6 March, Bern, Switzerland.
- Management Committee and Executive Board meeting of the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), 23-25 March, Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Mountain Partnership Steering Committee meeting, April, FAO Headquarters/Rome, Italy.
